` : Good catch - I just checked the credits and you're right that he's credited on character design. However, he doesn't seem to be the one who designed Samus according to the page you linked. Also, in the credits, it's listed like this (with this spacing):   CHARACTER DESIGNED BY  KIYOTAKE    NEW MATSUOKA  SHIKAMOTO  :...which suggests he didn't have a primary/lead role - enemy design perhaps. He's still contradicted by the director/co-creator/fellow character designer though. But this is an important point, so thank you for making the correction.  `