Takao Nakano (game developer)
Takao Nakano ( Japanese 中 野 隆 生 , Nakano Takao ) is a Japanese game developer at Nintendo .
Act
Nakano has been with Nintendo since 2001. He later joined the Nintendo Software Planning & Development (SPD) department founded in 2004 . In this department, which is responsible for cooperation between Nintendo and outside studios, Nakano is subordinate to the second group under producer Hitoshi Yamagami . As a coordinator and supporter, he worked on some offshoots of the Pokémon series. He made his director debut in 2005 with Jump Super Stars . This was also the first project that Nintendo developed in cooperation with Ganbarion . The collaboration resulted in the 2008 successor Jump Ultimate Stars , which Nakano was also a director. The 2011 action role-playing game, Pandora's Tower, was the next game SPD and Ganbarion worked on under Nakano's direction.
With Xenoblade Chronicles , a Wii RPG from Monolith Soft, Nakano 2010 was one of the producers and The Last Story in 2011, he served as co-producer.
In addition to Ganbarion, Nakano worked with the Arika studio . He co-produced the Wii game Endless Ocean 2 in 2009. This year Nakano received an order from one of the SPD leaders to reissue some classic games for Nintendo's 2011 handheld 3DS with autostereoscopic 3D effects. Thus Nakano became the responsible director of the 3D Classics series, which includes new editions of six old Nintendo games. Arika developed the new editions and appeared in Nintendo's eShop in 2011 and 2012.
Games that Nakano helped develop
- Advance Wars (GBA 2001; Special Thanks)
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Edition (GBA, 2002; coordinator)
- Kirby: Shadows Threaten Dreamland (GBA, 2002; Special Thanks)
- WarioWare , Inc .: Minigame Mania (GBA, 2003; Game Design)
- Pokémon Fire Red Edition and Pokémon Leaf Green Edition (GBA, 2004; supporting programmer)
- Pokémon Dash (DS, 2004; development support)
- Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA, 2004; Special Thanks)
- Pokémon XD: The Dark Storm (GameCube, 2005; Coordinator)
- Pokémon Trozei! (DS, 2005; support)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (GBA, 2005; support)
- Jump Super Stars (DS, 2005; director)
- Pokémon Ranger (DS, 2006; coordinator)
- Tetris DS (DS, 2006; director)
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Edition (DS, 2006; Special Thanks)
- Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii, 2006; coordinator)
- Pokémon Ranger: Darkness Over Almia (DS, 2008; Coordinator)
- Jump Ultimate Stars (DS, 2008; director)
- Pokémon Rumble (WiiWare, 2009; coordinator)
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Sky Exploration Team (DS, 2009; Support)
- Endless Ocean 2 (Wii, 2009; co-producer)
- Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii, 2010; producer)
- Pokémon Ranger: Traces of Light (DS, 2010; coordinator)
- The Last Story (Wii, 2011; co-producer)
- 3D Classics: Excitebike (3DSWare, 2011; director)
- 3D Classics: Urban Champion (3DSWare, 2011; Director)
- 3D Classics: Twinbee (3DSWare, 2011; director)
- 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure (3DSWare, 2011; director)
- Pandora's Tower (Wii, 2011; Director)
- 3D Classics: Kid Icarus (3DSWare, 2012; Director)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Iwata asks: Pandora's Tower , interview with Nakano and other developers ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Iwata asks: Nintendo eShop , interview with Nakano and other developers ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakano, Takao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 野 隆 生 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |