These are the companies I have complete and utter respect for in the industry:
Nintendo: Best game developer by far and as console manufactuers aren't a bunch of utter knobs
Treasure: They're kick arse
Team Ico: SotC, enough said
Matrix Software: For actually doing a better job with their games than their publisher, Square-Enix
Level 5: DQ IX, Prof Layton, Dark Cloud and they have now set up their own Western publishing house
As for individual people:
Miyamoto: Mario, Zelda, Pikmin, Wii...., etc
Iwata: All the right business moves with Nintendo
Nubuo Oematsu: Creates arguably the best soundtracks in any games
Sakaguchi: Simply awesome
Sakurai: I love Smash Bros and Kirby and Kid Icarus Uprising looks very good as well








