is a Japanese video game designer and producer who works for

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. Sugiyama joined the company in 1983, and served as one of the original young design staff for Nintendo's creative department. Sugiyama contributed graphic design to several games and worked with several notable Nintendo staff, including ''

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'' series creator

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and former president

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. Sugiyama originally worked as a graphic designer and character artist on several early Famicom titles. One of his early famous creations were the character designs of Popo and Nana from ''

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''. Sugiyama went on to co-direct '' Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. Sugiyama was also one of the central designers working on Miyamoto's GBA-GCN Connectivity experiments, most of which never saw release.Nintendo Power #244 Wii Fit Plus Feature

Works

Interviews

Iwata Asks: Wii Fit - Development Staff Interview

References

1959 births Japanese video game designers Japanese video game directors Japanese video game producers Living people Nintendo people Osaka University of Arts alumni People from Shizuoka Prefecture {{videogame-bio-stub