Kotaku reader Daniel K. sent us in this mysterious photograph of a flamboyant man dressed entirely in gaudy leopard print duds hanging out with Koji Kondo at E3. Do you recognize him? Who is he? One of our on-site editors probably knows, but they are all sucking their thumbs whilst embryonically nuzzled in a booth babe's tequila-filled womb right now.

Daniel's email is after the jump! We're sort of intrigued ourselves, if only because we've never seen anyone pull off head-to-toe leopard print before.

I know E3 must be going stupenderriffically for you guys (it sure is for me). I don't know if you guys know or not, but it seems Koji Kondo (the legendary composer of Mario and Zelda music) was in the Wii booth the past couple days, playing the conductor game (on that rotating platform thingo) - I took three shots of him playing before I recognized who he was, and then completely geeked out when I finally did realize...and got a pic with him. (I just happened to run into Reggis later and got a pic there too! But that's another story)

Anyways, here is the bit where I'm asking for help identifying someone (I have pics). I went back to that area of the Wii booth later, and found that there were two other gentlemen sitting with Mr. Kondo, one regular business-y lookin' dude (not sure who he was), and another fella....all in leopard print clothing. Now, I'd seen the leopard guy yesterday, and last year too, but who is he??? I asked the booth girl, and she said the dude made Kirby and Pokemon. Now, we're goin' off at least several degrees of misinformation here, because when I get home and look it up, nope, turns out that ain't him.

Well, I had ended up getting a picture with him (when the booth girl asked him about a pic, she even yelled out "Hey! Leopard!"), so I can provide some clues that would help an investigation.

1) He's gotta be high up in the ranks (last year, a friend saw him being shown around Nintendo's booth by some suits), especially if he's rubbing elbows with Kondo.
2) His Starbucks cup holder had the name "Ash" written on it.
3) He loves his leopard print (wears it every E3). It is EVERYwhere. His shades, jeans, shoes!
4) His nametag even has leopard print.

Who is this Leopard Nintendo Man???? It's like his identity is supposed to be secret, because his badge is constantly and conveniently obstructed from a clear view (in my pics anyways). I wonder if Shigeru ever hits up clubs in leopard print too.

I guess when you're a Big N big shot, you can dress in all the leopard you want.

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