, also credited as Makoto Kanoh pre-1995, is a Japanese game designer and supervisor. He was born in

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. Kano began working for

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in 1974. He was one of the original designers in Nintendo's creative department. Originally, he designed toys and

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s before working on the Nintendo Beam Gun series. Kano eventually became one of the lead designers of the '' Game & Watch'' series. By 1984, he was heavily involved in several Nintendo R&D1 games, including '' Hogan's Alley'', '' Gyromite'', and more specifically the '' Metroid'', '' Kid Icarus'', and ''

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'' series. Some other projects he has worked on at Nintendo include '' Super Metroid'', the Super Scope for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and '' Mario & Wario''. Kano is credited with creating several early Nintendo characters during the 1980s. Ultimately, his best known achievement may have been creating the concepts of the '' Metroid'', ''

'', and '' Kid Icarus'' universe.Iwata Asks: Game & Watch
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kano, Makoto 1950 births Japanese video game designers Japanese video game producers Living people Metroid Nintendo people Japanese video game artists