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Re: Pico Pico パイレーツ (Credits Needed)

Read that some of the game might have been made by Nintendo Game Seminar participants using the Super Scope 6 engine with PaxSoftnica assistance. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Credit Additions...

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Status of Mai Okamoto?

To my knowledge she has not been seen on any credited games for quite a few years now. Does anyone have any idea on her current status? Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum...

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Re: Nintendo R&D - New Employee Archive (2023)

Akemi Funato Project Manager Nintendo · Permanent Feb 2024 - Present Kyoto, Japan Formerly Ubi Soft Osaka — producer working with international teams Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel...

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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8lYb4UELJA&t=481s Technical Support Shuhei Furukawa Hiroaki Gohara Yu Yoshida Kazuki Tsukuda Original Game Supervisors Kensuke Tanabe Risa Tabata Graphic...

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Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

Forever Entertainment Producer Zbigniew Debicki Game Director Adam Marciniuk Senior Art Director Marcin Jaszczyk Art Director Janusz Wyrzykowski Senior Game Programmer Piotr Albrecht Lead Game...

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Switch 2 First Reveal

See you guys tomorrow. Forum category: General Discussion / Coming SoonForum thread: Switch 2 First Reveal

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Project Track: Tomodachi Life (2013 - Now)

[Tomodachi Life / Tomodachi Collection 2+] Director: Ryutaro Takahashi: Miitomo (2016) Noriyuki Sato: Miitomo (2016) Eisaku Nakae: ??? — Ring Fit Adventure (2019) Program / Technology: Takuya Yokota:...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

According to reports, Kentaro Tominaga, one of the key planners and directors for Zelda, left Nintendo around 2022 and moved to Chinese developer Papergames, where he served as sub-director for...

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Wii Sports Club

I swore i posted an original research thread here but couldn't find it. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8574073B2/en?q=(kazuhiro+musa+nintendo)&oq=kazuhiro+musa+nintendo Keizo Ohta Kazuhiro...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

Masataka Takemoto also left in 2021 and joined Pretia Technologies: https://note.com/pretia_tech/n/n71f52cddbd4f Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum thread: List of Personnel...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

Takemoto wasn't the only person who left Nintendo for Pretia, Taiju Suzuki did as well. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum thread: List of Personnel Departures

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

Ken Watanabe — Former EPD Programmer — born in 1981 left Nintendo in 2015. Last game was Splatoon. Formed his own indie company....

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F1 Race

Programmer: Satoru Iwata (HAL) Graphics: Akihiro Saito (Nintendo/HAL -> DICE) Producer: Masayuki Uemura (Nintendo) Source: http://edu.tca.ac.jp/mojitama/mevo/saito_1.html Apparently he was...

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Re: F1 Race

Akihiro Saito Nintendo Contractor 1984 - F1 Race TV Commercials 1984- 1990 May 1990 -2093 Dice Co., Ltd is born with help from Satoru Iwata with lots of contracted work to HAL Laboratory Forum...

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Re: Pinball (NES)

"Matsuoka : For pinball, I was the main programmer and Iwata was the sub-programmer. A designer from Nintendo designed the graphics and such, but the main programming was written by the two of us."...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

Wow, lots of big names. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum thread: List of Personnel Departures

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Snapdots Credits

I've had the credits for this one saved on my computer for a while. All staff have been tagged. DIRECTORS Kiyotaka Ooishi (D4) Takao Nakano (Nintendo) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Shingo Matsushita (Nintendo)...

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Re: Snapdots Credits

Would you mind posting or PM-ing me the screenshots, I'd love to submit them to MobyGames. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Credit Premiers ContributeForum thread: Snapdots Credits

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

People are leaving Nintendo in droves. Is something going on down there? Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum thread: List of Personnel Departures

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

Potentially? It hasn't happened all at once, though; this seems to be a trend that's been going on for the last 15 or so years. Then again, though, I suppose it is reasonable. I mean, think about it:...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

I guess we also live now in an era of social media when it is easier to track down and verify career changes, so nowadays employees leaving might be more noticable than in the past I guess. Forum...

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Re: List of Personnel Departures

It's also the more employees Nintendo has, the more turnovers and departures possible. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel ContributeForum thread: List of Personnel Departures

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ThruSpace (2010)

https://youtu.be/6PMFn7EQNT0?t=1334 Director / Game Designer Kentaro Saito Directors Kazuhiro Yoshikawa Kaori Ando Planning / Main Design Ryo Ozawa Design Daisuke Unno Main Programming Norihide Hosaka...

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Re: ThruSpace (2010)

As it turns out, this game has Japanese credits in kanji too, so I put it up here as well. https://youtu.be/Ddc5TGS_HF0?list=PL0Tl7rNffM8vYuRkDd9pnh0gbMyvBTvzM&t=482 ディレクター/ゲームデザイン 齋藤 健太郎 ディレクター...

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Ketzal's Corridors (2011)

These credits were ripped from the game files. I couldn't find any videos that actually showed these credits, so I had to cross reference using MobyGames. 疾走すりぬけ アナトウス スタッフ ディレクター/ゲームデザイン 齋藤 健太郎...

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New EPD Tokyo Lead Game Designer?

Found a potential new EPD (EPD Tokyo) game designer who claims to have been a lead game designer on multiple projects at EPD Tokyo since August 2022. One problem is that his name doesn't exactly check...

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Tadashi Sugiyama

According to Nintendo Dream during a Mario Kart DD interview (Thanks Shmuplations) we have additional information from Tadashi Sugiyama's origin at Nintendo "Sugiyama: No, I worked on a lot of the...

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Re: Tadashi Sugiyama

Good find, I updated his page this morning with the correct information. On the topic of Sugiyama, do you think he's retired by now? His last credited work was 9 years ago. Forum category: Contribute...

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Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program

freepatentsonline(dot)com/y2025/0086917.html freepatentsonline(dot)com/y2025/0083046.html freepatentsonline(dot)com/y2025/0083047.html freepatentsonline(dot)com/y2025/0083050.html Tsubasa Sakaguchi...

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Re: Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program

We haven't seen these guys in a while, nice to see that they're still there. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Credit Premiers ContributeForum thread: Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program

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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

https://youtu.be/2d-t8pYcC80?t=4106 Forum category: Contribute Thread / Credit Premiers ContributeForum thread: Xenoblade Chronciles X: Definitive Edition

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Re: Xenoblade Chronciles X: Definitive Edition

Product Artwork Osamu Nagai Takanao Kondo Special Thanks Seiji Shibaguchi Makoto Okazaki Technical Support Takehiro Oyama Tomohiro Umeda Shuhei Furukawa Kyohei Minato Hiroaki Gohara Yasuhiro Iwamoto...

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Re: Nintendo Switch Online: Playtest Program

Speculation surrounds whether they became part of the EPD Production Group 1 restructure - new team and new IP to establish the new group. Or whether it's EPD4 or EPD5. Forum category: Contribute...

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Major (and very astonishing) takeaways from the most recent Direct (03.27.2025)

So, while I haven't been able to watch the direct in its entirety, I have heard through word of mouth that there were some very shocking reveals: Tomodachi Life gets a sequel after nearly 11 years of...

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Re: Former R&D1: Satoru Okada Reveals Works

More information from 4 Chan Interview https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20220316093 Okada was also involved in Programming Game & Watch Games Vs. Wrecking Crew Gyromite / Stack Up Forum...

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Switch 2 Ask the Developer interviews

Vol. 16 - Nintendo Switch (https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-16-nintendo-switch-2-part-1/) Kouichi Kawamoto (Producer, Entertainment Planning & Development Department)...

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Re: Switch 2 Ask the Developer interviews

How long do we have to wait for the Switch 2 software? Forum category: Contribute Thread / Interviews ContributeForum thread: Switch 2 Ask the Developer interviews

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Nintendo Switch 2 - General Launch + First Year Software Overview

Nintendo Switch 2 - First-Party Game Overview Mario Kart World Developer: Nintendo EPD Cooperation: TBD Release: 6.5.25 Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Developer: Nintendo EPD Cooperation: TBD Release:...

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Re: Nintendo Switch 2 - General Launch + First Year Software Overview

Switch 1 to Switch 2 Software Release Comparison Year 1 EPD Software Nintendo Switch 1 Nintendo Switch 2 1-2 Switch (EPD) Nintendo Switch Welcome Tour (EPD) The Legend of Zelda: BOTW (EPD) The Legend...

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Re: Nintendo Switch 2 - General Launch + First Year Software Overview

Speculation: Forum category: General Discussion / Launch EventsForum thread: Nintendo Switch 2 - General Launch + First Year Software Overview

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Re: Nintendo Switch 2 - General Launch + First Year Software Overview

Speculation: Potential surprise holiday titles from EPD include Project Rockstock (Nintendo Minecraft Playtest) and 3D Mario. Nintendo is somewhat on pace as far as EPD titles go to match their 2017...

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Re: From Software website listing Nintendo as an client

This was DuskBlood. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Special ContributeForum thread: From Software website listing Nintendo as an client

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Re: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

Masahiro Nitta confirmed on his twitter that he was the technical director of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. He was involved in everything from "development to release to operation". Nitta worked at...

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Masahiro Nitta leaves Nintendo (Nintendo EPD Programmer)

Masahiro Nitta confirmed on his twitter that he was the technical director of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. He was involved in everything from "development to release to operation". Nitta worked at...

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Re: Masahiro Nitta leaves Nintendo (Nintendo EPD Programmer)

I sort of expected that. Speaking of Pocket Camp, has Kazuyoshi Sensui been up to anything lately? It wouldn't surprise me if he's potentially left too. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Personnel...

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Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu

@Kyoto Ninja I believe you were looking for these for a long while Source: https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/j/jackallsasaki/20241012/20241012160446.jpg (from website...

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Re: Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu

Chief Programmer Yoshiaki Hoshino (星野 義明) Cage Programmer Tomohiro Takeshi (武 智宏) Application Programmer Tetsuo Sejimo (瀬下 哲雄) Support Programmer Taisuke Araki (荒木 泰介) Chief Designer Eiko Takahashi...

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Re: Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu

Such a good find. Forum category: Contribute Thread / Credit Premiers ContributeForum thread: Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu

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Re: Tottoko Hamtaro: Tomodachi Daisakusen Dechu

The website I linked has a lot of manual scans for old games up to the N64 / Game Boy Color era, so it's possible there may be more credits to unearth over there. Forum category: Contribute Thread /...

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Mario Party 3 (JP)

Found here: https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/j/jackallsasaki/20231025/20231025211432.jpg Thanks to RBM for uncovering the site https://gamemanual.midnightmeattrain.com/ as it has a lot...

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