Shigeru Miyamoto has topped Your Time 100, Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2008 list. The official results page reads “Time asked who you thought should be on the list of the 100 most influential people of the year. Over 200 candidates were given a rating of 1 to 100. And your #1 choice? Shigeru Miyamoto!”

Miyamoto secured almost 2 million votes (1 974 651 to be exact), placing him 300 000 votes ahead of runner-up Korean pop singer Rain (1 555 867 votes) who bested Stephen Colbert (904 523 votes).

Harmonix co-founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy also featured on the list. The duo well deserved a mention since they created Rock Band and Guitar Hero. A tribute written by Steven Van Zandt, lead guitarist of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, calls them “the Batman and Robin of Harmonix, who, with the video games Guitar Hero and now Rock Band, may have saved classic rock for generations to come.”

Shigeru Miyamoto is currently third on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people this year.

Miyamoto has received 483 709 votes so far, placing him ahead of Jon Stewart and Al Gore but just behind Rain and current number 1 Steven Colbert. His average rating is 64 percent.

Dubbed as the ‘father of modern video gaming,’ Miyamoto’s pros include creating Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda and the more recent Super Mario Galaxy. Time raises the question of whether he will be able to use his Wii Fit game to make ‘the obese, video game-playing kids out there’ aware of their bodies.

Head over to the Time website to see how the voting is going head or to vote for Shigeru Miyamoto.

If there is one name that is synonymous with Nintendo it is Shigeru Miyamoto. Currently the Senior Managing Director of Nintendo, Miyamoto created many of the video game industry’s iconic characters including Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox. Miyamoto’s recent projects include Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii and Super Mario Galaxy.

So it should come as no surprise then that his signature would be so sought after, as Nathan Smart discovered after placing a Super Famicom signed by Miyamoto on eBay.

In addition to the signed console and two controllers (which does work by the way), the auction includes Super Donkey Kong, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros 1,2 and 3, Super Game Boy, Mario & Wario as well as Mickey’s Tokyo Disneyland Adventure.

Smart visited New York in 2005 to meet Miyamoto and obtained the signature then. He has since been assaulted by gamers who lack understanding of how a gamer could part with such a treasure. Smart commented “Basically, the whole point of having this thing was that I got to meet one of my heroes and selling this piece of gaming history isn’t going to change that experience at all.”

The current bid stands at $1 525. If you are interested you have until the 28th of March to bid. Care to cast your vote as to how much the system will be sold for?

Shigeru Miyamoto is currently third on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people this year.

Miyamoto has received 483 709 votes so far, placing him ahead of Jon Stewart and Al Gore but just behind Rain and current number 1 Steven Colbert. His average rating is 64 percent.

Dubbed as the ‘father of modern video gaming,’ Miyamoto’s pros include creating Mario, Donkey Kong, Zelda and the more recent Super Mario Galaxy. Time raises the question of whether he will be able to use his Wii Fit game to make ‘the obese, video game-playing kids out there’ aware of their bodies.

Head over to the Time website to see how the voting is going head or to vote for Shigeru Miyamoto.