Nintendo's Genyo Takeda Wins D.I.C.E'.s Lifetime Achievement Award

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ D.I.C.E. Awards awarded Nintendo co-representative director and Technology Fellow Genyo Takeda a Lifetime Achievement Award last Friday.

He designed Nintendo’s first arcade game EVR Race, a game that Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto called “the first video game Nintendo released.”

Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was also awarded Game of the Year, Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design.