I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.
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Shigeru Miyamoto was a contemporary Japanese video game designer. Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he has served as one of its representative directors as an executive since 2002. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in video games, he is the creator of some of the most acclaimed and best-selling game franchises of all time, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox and Pikmin. Read more on Wikipedia →

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