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Makoto Kanoh (born October 30, 1950) is a former Nintendo designer who joined in 1972. Initially he was in charge of industrial design of various toys developed by the company, like the Custom Lion. Later, he was in charge of graphic design of most of the Game & Watch titles, and he was also the industrial designer of the R.O.B. accessory.
He was heavily involved in the Metroid series. Some of the projects he's worked on at Nintendo include Super Metroid, the Super Scope for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Mario & Wario.
Eventually Kanoh became involved in artwork production for some games, until he became an advisor for Nintendo. He has since then retired.
Works[]
- Wrecking Crew (1985) - Design
- Stack-Up (1985) - Director
- Gyromite (1985) - Director
- Metroid (1986) - Scenario Writer (as Kanoh), Assistant
- Kid Icarus (1986) - Title Design (as Makorin)
- Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987) - Director
- Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha (1988) - Cooperation
- Famicom Wars (1988) - Title (as Makochin)
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (1989) - Cooperation
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) - Designer
- Super Scope 6 (1992) - Director
- X (1992) - Japanese Support
- Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992) - Producer
- Battle Clash (1992) - Director
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) - Graphic Designer
- Mario & Wario (1993) - Producer
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) - Testing Player
- Super Metroid (1994) - Producer
- Teleroboxer (1995) - Artwork Staff
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (Super Famicom) (1998) - Original Staff
- Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000) - Artwork
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Original Game Staff (Character Design: Some Nintendo Characters)
- Nintendoji (2013) - Production Management
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
Special Thanks[]
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Balloon Kid (1990)
- Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994)
- Super Game Boy (1994)
- Mario's Tennis (1995)
- Wave Race 64 (1996)
- Mario Party (1998)
- Mario Party 2 (1999)
- Paper Mario (2000)
- Mario Party 3 (2000)
- Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001) (Japanese Version)
- Mario Party-e (2003)
- Pushmo (2011)