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Makoto Kanoh

  • Writer
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  • Producer
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Makoto Kanoh is known for Metroid (1986), Super Metroid (1994) and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025).
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    Known for

    Metroid (1986)
    Metroid
    7.8
    Video Game
    • Writer(as Kanoh)
    • 1986
    Super Metroid (1994)
    Super Metroid
    9.1
    Video Game
    • Writer(uncredited)
    • 1994
    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025)
    Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
    Video Game
    • Writer
    • 2025
    Kaeru no tame ni kane wa naru (1992)
    Kaeru no tame ni kane wa naru
    7.6
    Video Game
    • Producer
    • 1992

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    Writer

    • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
      • characters
      • Pre-production
      • Video Game
      • 2025
    • Metroid Prime: Pinball (2005)
      Metroid Prime: Pinball
      7.1
      Video Game
      • co-creator (creator, uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
      Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
      8.3
      Video Game
      • co-creator (creator, uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Metroid: Zero Mission (2004)
      Metroid: Zero Mission
      8.5
      Video Game
      • Writer (1986 scenario and Samus created by, uncredited)
      • 2004
    • Metroid: Fusion (2002)
      Metroid: Fusion
      8.4
      Video Game
      • Samus created by (uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Metroid Prime (2002)
      Metroid Prime
      8.8
      Video Game
      • co-creator (creator, uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
      Super Smash Bros. Melee
      9.0
      Video Game
      • character design: some Nintendo characters
      • 2001
    • Super Metroid (1994)
      Super Metroid
      9.1
      Video Game
      • Samus created by (uncredited)
      • 1994
    • Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
      Metroid II: Return of Samus
      7.5
      Video Game
      • co-creator (creator, uncredited)
      • 1991
    • SolarStriker (1990)
      SolarStriker
      5.4
      Video Game
      • scenario (uncredited)
      • 1990
    • Metroid (1986)
      Metroid
      7.8
      Video Game
      • scenario written by (as Kanoh)
      • 1986

    Additional Crew

    • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014)
      Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
      8.3
      Video Game
      • supervisor: Original Games
      • 2014
    • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (2014)
      Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
      7.9
      Video Game
      • supervisor: Original Games
      • 2014
    • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
      Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
      7.5
      Video Game
      • testing player
      • 1994
    • X (1992)
      X
      Video Game
      • japanese support (as M. Kanoh)
      • 1992
    • Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
      Metroid II: Return of Samus
      7.5
      Video Game
      • designer
      • 1991
    • Famicom Wars (1988)
      Famicom Wars
      Video Game
      • title designer (as Makochin)
      • 1988

    Producer

    • Super Metroid (1994)
      Super Metroid
      9.1
      Video Game
      • producer
      • 1994
    • Mario & Wario (1993)
      Mario & Wario
      7.2
      Video Game
      • producer
      • 1993
    • Kaeru no tame ni kane wa naru (1992)
      Kaeru no tame ni kane wa naru
      7.6
      Video Game
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Super Scope 6 (1992)
      Super Scope 6
      4.9
      Video Game
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Peachboy Legend (1989)
      Peachboy Legend
      TV Series
      • producer (1989)
      • 1989–1990

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