Yasuyuki Honne
Yasuyuki Honne ( Japanese 本 根 康 之 , Honne Yasuyuki ; born March 5, 1971 ) is a Japanese developer of video games .
Act
In 1993, Honne was employed by Square Enix . As art director he worked on games such as Xenogears ( PlayStation 1998) and Chrono Cross (PlayStation 1999) and worked with Tetsuya Takahashi . In 1999, some Square Enix employees left the company and founded the Monolith Soft studio , which became a subsidiary of Namco Bandai . On the studio's first game, Xenosaga Episode I: The Will to Power (PlayStation 2002), Honne also served as art director.
With Baten Kaitos: The Wings of Eternity and the Lost Ocean , Honne made his debut as director, he was also responsible for the graphics of the game, which was published in Japan in 2003 for the GameCube . On the 2006 successor Baten Kaitos Origins , Honne was also involved in the position of director.
In 2007, Namco sold Monolith Soft to the Japanese company Nintendo . In 2006, Takahashi had already started planning an RPG for Nintendo's Wii console. Honne participated in this project by designing conceptual clay figures. The game was released in 2010 as Xenoblade Chronicles .
Honne is a board member and head of the graphics department within Monolith Soft. In mid-2011, the company established a second headquarters in Kyoto to strengthen the partnership with Nintendo, which has its headquarters there. Honne serves as the head of Monolith Soft's Kyoto studio and has been working on an unannounced title since 2010. Apart from that, Honne was involved in cooperation work between Monolith Soft and Nintendo or Namco and played the role of game producer several times . He owns 20 shares in the company's stock.
Ludography
- Front Mission ( Super Nintendo Entertainment System , PlayStation 1995) - Assistant Graphic Designer
- Chrono Trigger (SNES, PlayStation 1995) - Field Graphic
- Radical Dreamers - Nusumenai Hōseki (SNES 1996) - Art Director
- Xenogears (PlayStation 1998) - Art Director
- Chrono Cross (PlayStation 1999) - Art Director
- Xenosaga : Episode I - The Will to Power (PlayStation 2002) - Art Director
- Baten Kaitos: The Wings of Eternity and the Lost Ocean (GameCube 2003) - Director, Art Director, Map Painting, Map Design
- Baten Kaitos Origins (GameCube 2006) - Director, Art Designer, Map Painter, Map Designer, Opening Movie Designer
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii 2008) - Adventure Mode Map Design
- Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier ( Nintendo DS 2008)
- Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (DS 2009) - producer
- Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii 2010) - concept design
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii 2011) - Special Thanks
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf ( 3DS 2013) - Special Thanks
Web links
- Duende : Yasuyuki Honne's blog (Japanese)
- Honest at MobyGames
- Yasuyuki honne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yasuyuki Honne: 41 歳 に な り ま し た！ 『湧 く 跳躍』 . In: Duende. March 5, 2012, Retrieved June 4, 2013 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b What Is Baten Kaitos Director Yasuyuki Honne Up To? ( Memento from September 20, 2012 on WebCite )
- ↑ http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/ps2/xeno/staff/03/index.html
- ↑ http://www.nintendo-online.de/artikel/report/1872/inside-nintendo-7-quo-vadis-monolith-soft-baten-kaitos-3
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://kyoto-report.blogspot.de/2011/12/staff-roll-legend-of-zelda-skyward.html
- ↑ http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honest, Yasuyuki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 本 根 康 之 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese developer of video games |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5th 1971 |