“We just talked about music as we shared some beers together”.
Shigeru Miyamoto might be famous to anyone who knows their Mario from their Sonic, but it’s easy to forget this wasn’t always the case – and even today, there are people who might not be aware of the great man’s legacy. So, when non-gamer Tony LeCroix had a chance meeting with the legendary game designer at the end of the ’80s, it’s perhaps not massively surprising that he didn’t know who he was.
“I was in the music business, and in 1989, I was working for a country band,” LeCroix tells us. “We were playing at a festival in Japan. The promoter owned a country bar that was named Good Time Charlies; his name was Charlie Nagatani. After the concert, he invited us to his bar. Upon arriving, he introduced me to his friend that could only speak broken English, but enough to communicate.” No prizes for guessing who this ‘friend’ was – but suffice to say, LeCroix and Miyamoto hit it off thanks to their shared love of music.
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