Satoru Okada

Satoru Okada ( Japanese 岡田 智 , Okada Satoru ) is a Japanese game developer at Nintendo .

Life

Satoru Okada was employed in Nintendo's development department Nintendo Research & Development 1 ( R & D1 ). The department was headed by Gunpei Yokoi . Together with Yokoi, Okada worked on games such as Metroid ( Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) 1986), Kid Icarus (NES 1986) and Super Mario Land ( Game Boy 1989). He also created the successful Game Boy portable console with Yokoi.

Yokoi left Nintendo in August 1996. This caused the split of R & D1: From now on, the department concentrated on software, while the newly established Nintendo Research & Engineering dealt with hardware. Research & Engineering was led by Okada and Kenichi Sugino , another former Yokois employee.

Research & Engineering developed portable Nintendo consoles. The development department was responsible for Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance , Game Boy Advance SP and Nintendo DS in terms of chip and industrial design.

Games with Okada's participation

• Metroid (NES 1986)
• Kid Icarus (NES 1986)
• Famicom Wars (NES 1988)
• Super Mario Land (Game Boy 1989)
• Solar Striker (Game Boy 1990)
• The Krion Conquest (NES 1990)
• Crystalis (NES 1990)
• Balloon Kid (Game Boy 1990)
• Fire Emblem Gaiden (NES 1991)
• Magic Sword ( SNES 1992)
• Kaeru no tame ni Kane wa Naru (Game Boy 1992)
• Godzilla (1993)
• Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (SNES 1998)
• Machop at Work (Game Boy Advance 2001)
• Kingler's Day (Game Boy Advance 2001)

Web links

• Satoru Okada at n-sider.com
• Okada on the Game Boy Advance : Interview with Satoru Okada at gameboy.ign.com
• Satoru Okada at MobyGames