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Yoshio Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 賀勇, Hepburn: Sakamoto Yoshio) (born July 23, 1959) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer. He has worked at Nintendo since 1982. He has directed several games in the Metroid series.
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Sakamoto grew up with Nintendo toys, which he noted to be inventive and occasionally "strange". The company hired him in 1982 when he came out of art college. Recruited by Shigeru Miyamoto, his first position was as designer on the team behind Donkey Kong Jr. He turned to the Nintendo Entertainment System afterward, helping design Kid Icarus and di...
Following the original Metroid, Sakamoto has directed or produced all Metroid games produced internally by Nintendo except Metroid II: Return of Samus. These are Super Metroid (1994), Metroid Fusion (2002), and Metroid: Zero Mission (2004). Sakamoto's role on Fusion was more removed compared to Super Metroid. Sakamoto supervised the production of R...
Game & Watch Donkey Kong(1982) - Barrel/Crane ArtistDonkey Kong Jr.(1982) - ArtistWrecking Crew(1985) - DesignerBalloon Fight(1985) - DirectorSakamoto is a reggae and dub bass player in his spare time. He once had a jamming session in February 2018 with Mark Lentz, at the time an employee of Q-Games.
Yoshio Sakamoto is a senior officer at Nintendo EPD, better known for his work on the Metroid series as producer, director and scenario writer on many of its entries. Sakamoto joined Nintendo in 1982 and initially worked at the R&D1 department.
Aug 8, 2022 · Yoshio Sakamoto (坂本 賀勇) is a Japanese game designer and producer working for Nintendo. He is best known for his involvement in the Metroid series. Sakamoto was hired by Nintendo in 1982, first working on creating graphics for the Game & Watch Donkey Kong Jr. game.
Yoshio Sakamoto (坂本 賀勇), born July 23, 1959, is a Japanese video game designer from Nara. He graduated Osaka University of Arts and has been employed by Nintendo since 1982.
Jun 17, 2021 · This new threat comes from the mind of Yoshio Sakamoto, who has directed and produced multiple Metroid games. He first had the idea for Metroid Dread ’s enemy design 15 years ago, and now ...
Jun 17, 2021 · Metroid Dread producer Yoshio Sakamoto talks about Nintendo's partnership with MercurySteam and why it took 15 years to create while promising more Metroid to come.
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