Katsuya Eguchi
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Eguchi on stage during Nintendo's press conference at E3 2012
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| Native name | 江口 勝也 |
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May 15, 1965 Tokyo, Japan |
| Employer | Nintendo (1986–present) |
| Title | Deputy General Manager of Nintendo EPD |
Katsuya Eguchi (江口 勝也 Eguchi Katsuya?, born May 15, 1965) is a game designer, producer, and deputy general manager at Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, most known for being a creator and a spokesperson of the Animal Crossing series. He was born in 1965 in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in the Chiba Prefecture. He began work at Nintendo in 1986 and spent some time doing promotional artwork before starting as a designer on Super Mario Bros. 3. He first served as director for Star Fox in 1993. Other games he has directed include Super Mario World, Star Fox 2, Wave Race 64, and Yoshi's Story.
Eguchi served as a senior producer of his own EAD software development group, but currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of Nintendo's Entertainment Planning & Development division.
Eguchi is credited with the creation of the Animal Crossing series.Mental Floss writes that "Animal Crossing was inspired by Eguchi’s experiences...when he was a 21 year-old graduate who’d taken the decisive step of moving from Chiba, where he’d grown up and studied, to Nintendo’s HQ in Kyoto." And in addition: "Eguchi wanted to recreate the feeling of being alone in a new town, away from friends and family."
In an interview with Edge, Eguchi described the beginnings of Animal Crossing:
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