The pitch that convinced Miyamoto to back Mario Rabbids

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Davide Soliani isn't just your typical Nintendo fan. 15 years ago, upon finding out that legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto - the man that had made him want to create video games in the first place - was going to be visiting Italy to promote a new Zelda game, he decided he had to meet him in person.
So determined was he and a group of friends that they rang hotels throughout the city Miyamoto was visiting, claiming to be his Italian translators, until finally they found out where he was staying. They raced over to the hotel and proceeded to wait, for hours, in the cold and rain. It didn't matter one bit that Soliani was suffering from a fever at the time, that wasn't going to stop him from meeting his idol and expressing his gratitude.
For Miyamoto this may have been a quick photo and a few autographs, but for Soliani, it was an incredibly important moment. Even then he dreamt of someday working alongside this man, who in his eyes was quite simply the greatest game developer in the world.
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