Yoshio Sakamoto

Yoshio Sakamoto at the Game Developers Conference 2010

Yoshio Sakamoto (born July 23, 1959 ) is a Japanese game developer and member of the board of Nintendo , where he has been working since 1982. He was in charge of the development of various video games , including the Metroid series.

Life

Sakamoto is a key figure in the development of the Metroid series. Sakamoto grew up playing Nintendo games that he found imaginative. The company hired him in 1982 when he graduated from art college. His first projects included the design of pixel graphics for Donkey Kong on the portable Game & Watch system and Donkey Kong Jr. on arcade machines . He then turned to working on the Nintendo Entertainment System , where he designed the games Wrecking Crew , Balloon Fight and Gumshoe .

Sakamoto created characters for Metroid (under the pen name Shikamoto ) and was one of the game developers for Kid Icarus . He designed Super Metroid , Metroid Fusion , Metroid: Zero Mission , Metroid: Other M and was the producer of Metroid: Samus Returns . Examples of Sakamoto's work as a graphic designer can also be found in the Nintendo games Balloon Kid (1990), Game & Watch Gallery (1997), Wario Land 4 (2001), Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) and WarioWare . He is considered one of the most prominent members of Nintendo's former development division, known as Nintendo Research & Development 1 .

Games

Donkey Kong Jr. (1982) - game designer
Balloon Fight (1984) - Game Designer
Wrecking Crew (1985) - Game Designer
Gumshoe (1986) - producer, game designer
Metroid (1986) - Game Designer
Kid Icarus (1986) - game designer
Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987) - Game Designer
Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha (1988) - Game Designer
Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (1989) - Game Designer
Balloon Kid (1990) - producer
X (1992) - producer
Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992) -
Super Metroid (1994) - producer, scenario writer
Teleroboxer (1995) - producer
Game & Watch Gallery (1997) - consultant
Trade & Battle: Card Hero (2000) - producer, game designer
Wario Land 4 (2001) - Supervisor
Metroid Fusion (2002) - Chief Director, Scenario Writer
Wario World (2003) - Advisor
WarioWare, Inc .: Mega Party Game $! (2003) - Supervisor
WarioWare: Twisted! (2004) - producer
WarioWare: Touched! (2004) - producer, game designer
Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - producer
WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006) - producer, game designer
Rhythm Tengoku (2006) - producer, game designer
Picross DS (2007) - Supervisor
Rhythm Heaven (2008) - producer
WarioWare: DIY (2009) - producer
Metroid: Other M (2010) - producer
Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011) - producer
Kiki Trick (2012) - Supervisor
Game & Wario (2013) - producer, game designer
Tomodachi Life (2013) - producer
Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015) - producer
Miitomo (2016) - producer
Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016) - Advisor
Metroid: Samus Returns (2017) - producer
Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha remake producer
Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo remake producer

Web links

Yoshio Sakamoto at MobyGames (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Exclusive: Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto speaks! . In: ComputerAndVideoGames.com . Future Publishing Limited . September 1, 2003. Archived from the original on June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
↑ ^a ^b Kohler, Chris: Q&A: Metroid Creator's Early 8-Bit Days at Nintendo . In: Wired: GameLife . Condé Nast Digital . April 7, 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved on June 21, 2011.
↑ GDC 2010 Online Press Kit - Yoshio Sakamoto Bio . Nintendo of America Inc . March 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved on August 6, 2010.
^ Metroid (1986) NES credits . In: MobyGames . Retrieved May 6, 2012.
↑ やればやるほどディスクシステムインタビュー (前編) . In: Mainichi Communications Inc. (Ed.): Nintendo Dream . No. 118, August 6, 2004, pp. 96-103.
^ Iwata Asks - Metroid: Other M - Nintendo . Nintendo of Europe GmbH . August 26, 2010. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved on August 16, 2012.
↑ Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi Talks Ninja Gaiden 3 . G4 Media, Inc . September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved on August 16, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Sakamoto, Yoshio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese game developer and manager
DATE OF BIRTH	July 23, 1959

[cvg-1] Exclusive: Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto speaks! . In: ComputerAndVideoGames.com . Future Publishing Limited . September 1, 2003. Archived from the original on June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.

[wired-2] Kohler, Chris: Q&A: Metroid Creator's Early 8-Bit Days at Nintendo . In: Wired: GameLife . Condé Nast Digital . April 7, 2010. Archived from the original on April 25, 2010. Retrieved on June 21, 2011.

[3] GDC 2010 Online Press Kit - Yoshio Sakamoto Bio . Nintendo of America Inc . March 2010. Archived from the original on August 6, 2010. Retrieved on August 6, 2010.

[4] Metroid (1986) NES credits . In: MobyGames . Retrieved May 6, 2012.

[5] やればやるほどディスクシステムインタビュー (前編) . In: Mainichi Communications Inc. (Ed.): Nintendo Dream . No. 118, August 6, 2004, pp. 96-103.

[6] Iwata Asks - Metroid: Other M - Nintendo . Nintendo of Europe GmbH . August 26, 2010. Archived from the original on January 14, 2013. Retrieved on August 16, 2012.

[7] Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi Talks Ninja Gaiden 3 . G4 Media, Inc . September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved on August 16, 2012.