Hideki Konno

Hideki Konno
File:Hideki Konno GDC 2011 Day 3 (cropped).jpg Konno in 2011
Born	(1965-05-13) May 13, 1965 Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Occupation	Game producer, designer
Employer	Nintendo (1986-present)

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 (2003) — 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

Interviews

• Iwata Asks: Mario Kart Wii - Development Staff Interview