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Shinya Hiratake is a planner at Nintendo EPD Tokyo. He was originally hired by Square Enix to work on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles before Nintendo picked him up. He moved to the Tokyo office in 2009.
He came up with the idea for the Captain Toad diorama levels in Super Mario 3D World, which led to his directorial debut in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. Afterwards, he was level design lead for Super Mario Odyssey.
Game Works[]
- Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (2003) - Assistant Planner
- Mario Kart DS (2005) - Planning
- New Super Mario Bros. (2006) - Map & Level Design
- Wii Sports (2006) - Assistant Director
- Wii Play (2006) - Assistant Director
- Wii Sports Resort (2009) - Planning
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) - Planning
- Super Mario 3D Land (2011) - Level Design
- Super Mario 3D World (2013) - Level Design
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) - Director
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017) - Level Design Lead
- Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Switch/3DS) (2018)
- Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (2021)
Special Thanks[]
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)