Benimaru Itoh
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese illustrator employed by Nintendo
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Itoh illustrated the comic adaptations of Star Fox and Super Metroid
that were serialized in Nintendo Power
in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Itoh also illustrated the official player's guide for Pokémon Snap
, Pikachu Meets the Press and Pokémon Tales
books, including Bulbasaur's Trouble.
He was also one of the musical contributors to the 1996 PC game SimTunes
.
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
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Itoh illustrated the comic adaptations of Star Fox and Super Metroid
Super Metroid
, also known as Metroid 3, is an action-adventure video game and the third game in the Metroid series. It was designed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, programmed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console...
that were serialized in Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Itoh also illustrated the official player's guide for Pokémon Snap
Pokémon Snap
is a first-person rail shooter and simulation video game developed by HAL Laboratory with Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is part of the Pokémon series, and one of the first console games based on the Pokémon series...
, Pikachu Meets the Press and Pokémon Tales
Pokémon Tales
is a series of Pokémon-related picture books originally published in Japan by Shogakukan. In North America VIZ Media published the books in English.Books published in English include:#...
books, including Bulbasaur's Trouble.
He was also one of the musical contributors to the 1996 PC game SimTunes
SimTunes
SimTunes is a children's software toy designed by Toshio Iwai and released by Maxis in 1996. It involves painting a picture with dots , where each color represents a musical note...
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