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Katsuya Eguchi

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Katsuya Eguchi, born in Tokyo on 7 April 1965, is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer at Nintendo who has been active since 1986. He is the co-creator of the Animal Crossing series and has worked on games including Super Mario World and Star Fox 2. Within this atlas Katsuya Eguchi is credited as the co-creator of Animal Crossing. These details are drawn from the English Wikipedia article Katsuya Eguchi, which this entry cites as its source.

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Katsuya Eguchi (Japanese: 江口 勝也, Hepburn: Eguchi Katsuya; born April 7, 1965) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer at Nintendo.
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Following the move to the standard cartridge format, co-director Katsuya Eguchi decided to refocus the game as a non-linear life simulator, which would carry the themes of family, friendship, and community and allow several players to develop a virtual town at different times.
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