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Hideki Niimi is an environment artist at Team Ninja. Niimi has designed stages, scenery and environments for Tecmo Super Bowl II and III, several Dead or Alive games and Metroid: Other M, for which he was an environment art lead. Niimi was also a lead for the stage designs in Dead or Alive: Dimensions, which features the Geothermal Power Plant from Other M as a stage, with Ridley and Samus as a hazard and assist character on the stage.