is a Japanese video game director and producer who works for Nintendo. Kimura joined the company as a trainee in 1988, and designed the characters of Super Mario Bros. 3.Iwata Asks: Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary: Super Mario Developers After that, he was originally assigned to Gunpei Yokoi and the Nintendo R&D1 team. Kimura designed a variety of games for Nintendo including several of the NES Zapper software and the Metroid series. Shortly after working on Super Metroid, Kimura was transferred to Shigeru Miyamoto and the Nintendo EAD group.MobyGames Profile: Hiroyuki Kimura
He is also the manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development (EPD) Group No. 10, which oversees the Super Mario 2D games and the Pikmin franchise.
Ludography YearTitleRole1988Super Mario Bros. 3Character designer1989GolfDesigner1991Metroid II: Return of SamusDirector, graphic artist1992Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsTesting player1994Super MetroidBackground artist1995Mario ClashDirector1996Wave Race 64CG artist2000Mario Artist: Talent StudioDirector, designer2001Super Mario AdvanceArt directorMario Kart: Super CircuitSupervisorSuper Mario Advance 2Director2002Super Mario Advance 32003Super Mario Advance 42005Yoshi Touch & GoBig Brain AcademyProducer2006New Super Mario Bros.2007Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree2008New Play Control: Pikmin2009 New Play Control: Pikmin 2 New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2012 New Super Mario Bros. 2Co-producer New Super Mario Bros. U2013 Pikmin 3 Producer2015 Super Mario Maker Co-producer2016 Tank Troopers Progress supervisor2017 Mario Kart 8 DeluxeProgress manager Arms Production manager2019 New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeCo-producer Super Mario Maker 22020 Pikmin 3 Deluxe Project manager2023 Pikmin 4Super Mario Bros. WonderProduction manager
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