Makoto Kano (video game designer)
, also credited as Makoto Kanoh pre-1995, is a Japanese game designer and supervisor. He was born in Kyoto, Japan. Kano began working for Nintendo in 1974. He was one of the original designers in Nintendo's creative department. Originally, he designed toys and board games 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 "Famicom Wars" 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, Famicom Wars, and Kid Icarus universe. Interviews. Iwata Asks: Game & Watch Iwata Asks: Game & Watch - Development Staff Interview