Katsuya Eguchi
| Katsuya Eguchi | |
|---|---|
|
Katsuya Eguchi on stage during Nintendo's press conference at E3 2012 | |
| Born |
May 15, 1965 Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation |
EAD Manager, Producer Game Designer |
| Employer | Nintendo (1986-Present) |
| Website | |
| www.nintendo.co.jp | |
.jpg)
Katsuya Eguchi (江口 勝也 Eguchi Katsuya, born May 15, 1965) is a game designer and manager at Nintendo EAD. He was born in 1965 in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in the Chiba Prefecture. He began work at Nintendo in 1986 and spent some time doing promotional artwork before starting as a designer on Super Mario Bros. 3. He first served as director for Star Fox in 1993. Other games he's been involved with include Super Mario World, Star Fox 2, Wave Race 64, Yoshi's Story, Animal Crossing, Wii Sports, and Wii Play. He is the producer of Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wii Music, and Wii Sports Resort.[1]
Eguchi currently serves as a senior producer of his own EAD Software Development Group in the central Kyoto headquarters.[2] He was also the hardware producer of the Wii U.[3]
Works
- Super Mario Bros. 3 - Designer (NES, 1988)
- Super Mario World - "Area Director" (SNES, 1988)
- Star Fox - Director (SNES, 1993)
- Star Fox 2 - Director (SNES, unreleased)
- Wave Race 64 - Director (N64, 1996)
- Yoshi's Story - Chief Designer (N64, 1998)
- Mario Artist: Talent Maker - Advisor (N64 64DD, 2000)
- Animal Forest - Director (N64, 2001)
- Animal Crossing - Director (GCN, 2002)
- Animal Crossing e+ - Director (GCN, 2003)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World - Producer (NDS, 2005)
- Wii Sports - Producer (Wii, 2006)
- Wii Play - Producer (Wii, 2006)
- Star Fox Command - Supervisor (NDS, 2006)
- Wii Music - Producer (Wii, 2008)
- Animal Crossing: City Folk - Producer (Wii, 2008)
- Wii Sports Resort - Producer (Wii, 2009)
- Nintendo Land - Producer (Wii U, 2012)
- Wii U – Hardware Producer (2012)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Producer (3DS, 2013)
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D - Senior Producer (3DS, 2015)
Interviews
- Iwata Asks: Wii Sports - Development Staff Interview
- Iwata Asks: Animal Crossing: City Folk - Development Staff Interview
- Iwata Asks: Wii Music - Development Staff Interview
- Iwata Asks: Wii Sports Resort - Development Staff Interview
References
- ↑ Savino, Candace (2008-07-16). "E308: Live highlights from Nintendo's private conference". Nintendo Wii Fanboy. Weblogs, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ↑ N-Sider Looks At Nintendo Development
- ↑ http://e3.nintendo.com/
External links
- N-Sider Profile
- E3 2005 interview with IGN
- GDC 2006 interview with Gamasutra
- E3 2006 interview with Nintendo of Europe
- E3 2006 interview with IGN
- E3 2006 interview with Game|Life