Miyamoto, also, I'd like to add that the inevitable Miyamoto vs Kevin Butler matchup will be somthing to watch.

Too bad these two great icons have to eliminate each other! I vote for Miyamoto, even if the "only" new great IP he made this gen was Wii Sports, I hope he finds his creativity for next-gen. He's simply a genius!

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People obviously don't know enough about gaming history to give Yu Suzuki the credit he deserves. He invented 3D fighting games, 3D driving games, the first full body experience game, the first 3D shooting game and his game designs have influenced so many games that it's ridiculous. The Wii wouldn't even exist without Yu Suzuki's numerous innovations. The guy was an idea machine, he created whole new concepts and pulled off amazing feats of technical wizardry with his games.

I vote for Yu Suzuki, he's done so much for gaming and people aren't giving him the respect he deserves.

Shigeru Miyamoto!

This the finals already?

Anyways, Rol is right. Yu Suzuki is the man, dont even know the other guy that much.

Aren't you downplaying Miyamoto too much? He invented the L/R buttons and the analogs, together with too many great games who influenced many others (Zelda and its freeroaming are an example). If there's someone who can stand to Suzuki's carrer it is Shigeru Miyamoto. The Wii and the other consoles wouldn't be the same even without him too.

Miyamoto is the only true answer here

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I never even mentioned Miyamoto, but I will now. Pretty much every game Miyamoto made was using ideas that were already put into games, he may have have come up with some finer details, but the overall design and structure of his games were old news by the time they released. Zelda wasn't the first open world game, it wasn't even the 8th, but it did do it very well and popularized it. It's like how Nintendo didn't introduce touch screen gaming, but they did make it popular. Yu Suzuki actually created whole new ways to play games, he did stuff that no one had ever done before and he basically conquered the Arcades during the late 80's and 90's, people seem to forget that. 

Regarding the triggers, did Miyamoto actually invent them? It's not that I don't believe you and it was definently a  significant creation, but I wasn't under the impression that he was a hardware designer at the time. You have to remember that we aren't talking about SEGA vs Nintendo, we are talking about Miyamoto vs Yu Suzuki.

I'm not saying Miyamoto hasn't done alot for gaming, I'm just saying Yu Suzuki has been far more influential when it comes to how games of today are actually built and designed.