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Colbert Not World's Most Influential Person

Despite host's truthy campaign, Time poll honor goes to Wii designer

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 30, 2008 5:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – The result of an annual Time poll to name the most influential person in the world didn’t exactly give closure to a heated rivalry between contenders Stephen Colbert and Korean pop star Rain—neither took the top honor. That went to programmer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Nintendo’s Wii, as well as the Mario, Zelda, and Metroid game franchises.

Though he had campaigned on "Larry King," "Today," and his own perpetual soapbox, Colbert placed a distant third to Rain in the influence-ranking poll. Miyamoto received 1,829,710 votes for most influential, while defending champ Rain got 1,491,910, and the faux TV host took in a paltry 853,004.

Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto introduces the new pressure sensitive Wii Balance Board for the active-play video game Wii Fit during the E3 media briefing held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium... (AP Photo/Stefano Paltera)

Stephen Colbert poses for photographers during the Comedy Central party, in this Sept. 16, 2007 file photo, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rene Macura,File)

Stephen Colbert gestures during the filming of the Colbert Report on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on Monday April 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)

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