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Kenta Usui is a designer at Nintendo that joined in 1993. He has mainly worked on level design, though he had a brief stint at directing portions of games, mostly the dungeons and bosses of several Zelda titles. He was also the co-director of Super Mario Sunshine and Pokémon Box.

In recent years Usui has been mainly involved in level design of various 2D Mario and Yoshi titles.

Game Works

Super Mario All-Stars (1993) - Graphic Designer
Donkey Kong (Game Boy) (1994) - CG Designer, Course Designer
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995) - Course Designer
Super Mario 64 (1996) - Course Designer
Wave Race 64 (1996) - CG Designer
Special Tee Shot (1996) - Designer
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) - Dungeon Design
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) - Dungeon Director
Super Mario Sunshine (2002) - Director
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - Assistant Director
Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Director
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Boss Battle Planning
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (2009) - Map & Level Design
New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) - Level Design
New Super Luigi U (2013) - Level Design
Yoshi's New Island (2014) - Map and Level Design
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
Yoshi's Woolly World (2015) - Map & Level Design Director
Super Mario Maker (2015) - Level Design
Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) - Map & Level Design Director

Special Thanks

Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original Game Staff)

Interviews

N.O.M.: Super Mario Sunshine (translated through N-Sider)

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+{{Head|type = Person|class = C}}{{VG Designer|image = [[File:Kenta Usui.jpg|150px]]|company = [[Nintendo]]|latestgame = ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''|firstgame = ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''|position = Designer}}'''Kenta Usui''' is a designer at [[Nintendo]] that joined in 1993. He has mainly worked on level design, though he had a brief stint at directing portions of games, mostly the dungeons and bosses of several [[Zelda series|Zelda ]]titles. He was also the co-director of [[Super Mario Sunshine|''Super Mario Sunshine'']] and [[Pokémon Box|''Pokémon Box'']].
+In recent years Usui has been mainly involved in level design of various 2D [[Mario series|Mario ]]and [[Yoshi series|Yoshi]] titles.
 == Game Works ==
-* [[Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)|Super Mario All-Stars]] - Designer
+* [[Super Mario All-Stars (SNES)|''Super Mario All-Stars'']] (1993) - Graphic Designer
-* [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]] - CG Designer, Course Designer
+* [[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|''Donkey Kong'' (Game Boy)]] (1994) - CG Designer, Course Designer
-* [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2|Yoshi's Island]] - Course Designer
+* [[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island|''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'']] (1995) - Course Designer
-* [[Special Tee Shot]] - Designer
+* [[Super Mario 64 |''Super Mario 64'']] (1996) - Course Designer
-* [[Super Mario 64 ]]- Course Designer
+* [[Wave Race 64|''Wave Race 64'']] (1996) - CG Designer
-* [[Wave Race 64]] - Designer
+* [[Special Tee Shot|''Special Tee Shot'']] (1996) - Designer
-* [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] - Dungeon Design
+* [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time'']] (1998) - Dungeon Design
-* [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]] - Dungeon Director
+* [[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'']] (2000) - Dungeon Director
-* [[Super Mario Sunshine]] - Director
+* [[Super Mario Sunshine|''Super Mario Sunshine'']] (2002) - Director
-* [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]] - Assistant Director
+* [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|''The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'']] (2002) - Assistant Director
-* [[Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire |Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire]] - Director
+* [[Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire |''Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire'']] (2003) - Director
-* [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]] - Boss Battle Planning
+* [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'']]'' ''(2006)'' ''- Boss Battle Planning
-* [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]] - Map & Level Design
+* [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii|''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']] (2009) - Map & Level Design
-* [[New Super Mario Bros. U]] - Level Design
+* [[New Super Mario Bros. U|''New Super Mario Bros. U'']] (2012) - Level Design
-* [[New Super Luigi U]] - Level Design
+* [[New Super Luigi U|''New Super Luigi U'']] (2013) - Level Design
-* [[Yoshi's New Island]] - Map and Level Design
+* [[Yoshi's New Island|''Yoshi's New Island'']] (2014) - Map and Level Design
+* [[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'']] (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
-* [[Yoshi's Woolly World]] - Map & Level Design Director
-* [[Super Mario Maker]] - Level Design
+* [[Yoshi's Woolly World|''Yoshi's Woolly World'']] (2015) - Map & Level Design Director
-* [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]] - Map & Level Design Director
+* [[Super Mario Maker|''Super Mario Maker'']] (2015) - Level Design
+* [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World'']] (2017) - Map & Level Design Director
+=== Special Thanks ===
+* [[Super Smash Bros. Melee|''Super Smash Bros. Melee'']] (2001) (Original Game Staff)
+== Interviews ==
+* [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0208/sms_inte/index.html N.O.M.: Super Mario Sunshine] ([http://www.n-sider.com/contentview.php?contentid=262 translated] through N-Sider)
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