Hideki Konno
Japanese video game designer

Hideki Konno

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Japanese video game designer
Gender:
Male
Places:
Japan
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EngineerVideo game developer
Work field:
EngineeringGamingTechnology
Birth:
13 May 1965(Chiba, Japan)
Star sign:
Taurus
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Hideki Konno (紺野 秀樹, Konno Hideki) (born May 13, 1965) is a video game director and producer who works for Nintendo. He joined the company in 1986, realizing his dream after a long adoration of playing Famicom games. He was the lead producer for the Mario Kart series of games for years. In 2015, Konno began managing Nintendo's mobile projects at their Entertainment Planning & Development division.

Works

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987) — Assistant director, game designer
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) — Assistant director, game designer
  • Ice Hockey (1988) — Director
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) — Assistant Director, character designer
  • Super Mario World (1990) — Map Director
  • SimCity (1990) — Director
  • Super Mario Kart (1992) — Director
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) — Director
  • Mario Kart 64 (1996) — Director
  • Yoshi's Story (1997) — System Director
  • F-Zero X (1998) — Advisor
  • Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) — Supervisor
  • Luigi's Mansion (2001) — Director
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) — Supervisor
  • Geist (2005) — Producer
  • Nintendogs (2005) — Producer
  • Mario Kart DS (2005) — Producer
  • Mario Kart Wii (2008) — Producer
  • Nintendogs + Cats (2011) — Producer
  • Nintendo 3DS (2011) - Producer
  • Mario Kart 7 (2011) — Producer
  • Mario Kart 8 (2014) — Producer
  • Fire Emblem Heroes (2017) — Producer
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) — Producer
  • Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (2017) — Producer
  • Dragalia Lost (2018) — Producer
  • Dr. Mario World (2019) — Producer
  • Mario Kart Tour (2019) — Producer

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