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Hiroyuki Kimura (born June 1, 1965) is a video game producer and the former manager of Nintendo EAD Software Group No. 4. When he joined Nintendo in 1988, he helped design the Lava Lotus and Spike characters in Super Mario Bros. 3 before he was assigned to Nintendo R&D1, where he did graphic design on many games, like the Maridia background in Super Metroid.
Since the Nintendo 64 era, he has worked for Nintendo EAD. He was the director of most Super Mario Advance titles and eventually became the producer of most games in the Big Brain Academy, New Super Mario Bros., New Play Control! and Pikmin series.
After Nintendo EPD was structured, he became progress manager for various games, although he also retained his role as coproducer on the 2D Mario series.
Game Works[]
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) - Character Design
- Golf (Game Boy) (1989) - Designer
- Knight Move (1990) - Designer
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) - Director, Graphic Designer
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) - Testing Player
- Super Metroid (1994) - Background Designer
- Mario Clash (1995) - Director
- Wave Race 64 (1996) - CG Designer
- Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000) - Director, Designer
- Super Mario Advance (2001) - Art Director
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) - Supervisor
- Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001) - Director
- Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (2002) - Director
- Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003) - Director
- Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) - Director
- Big Brain Academy (2005) - Producer
- New Super Mario Bros. (2006) - Producer
- Touch de Tanoshimu Hyakunin-Isshu: DS Shigureden (2006) - Producer
- Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (2007) - Producer
- New Play Control! Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2008) - General Producer
- New Play Control! Pikmin (2008) - Producer
- New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (2009) - Producer
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) - Producer
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012) - Coproducer
- New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) - Coproducer
- New Super Luigi U (2013) - Coproducer
- Pikmin 3 (2013) - Producer
- Super Mario Maker (2015) - Coproducer
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (2016) - Co-producer
- Tank Troopers (2016) - Progress Supervisor
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) - Progress Management
- ARMS (2017) - Production Management
- New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019) - Coproducer
- Super Mario Maker 2 (2019) - Coproducer
- Pikmin 3 Deluxe (2020) - Project Management
- Pikmin 4 (2023) - Project Management
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) - Production Management
Special Thanks[]
- Mario Artist: Communication Kit (2000)
- Banjo-Tooie (Japanese version) (2000)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original Game Staff)
- Metroid Prime (2002)
- The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (2004)
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004)
- New Play Control! Metroid Prime (2009)
- New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2009)
- New Play Control! Chibi-Robo! (2009)
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)