Hideki Konno is the group manager of Nintendo EAD 1. He's worked on various Nintendo games such as the games in the Mario Kart series, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Nintendogs, Ice Hockey, Luigi's Mansion and various other video games. Hideki Konno was the hardware director for the Nintendo 3DS. He is now working on Nintendo's Smart Phone development.