Mahito Yokota's collaborator for the "Super Mario Galaxy" series also worked as a sound designer on what game in 1985?
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Mahito Yokota Mahito Yokota (横田 真人 , Yokota Mahito ) is a Japanese music composer and orchestrator who works for the video game development company Nintendo. He is most known for his collaborations with Koji Kondo in the "Super Mario Galaxy" series, along with "Super Mario 3D World". Prior to joining Nintendo in 2003, Yokota served as an audio director at Koei.
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Koji Kondo Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治 , Kondō Kōji , born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and sound director who works for the video game development company Nintendo. He is best known for his involvement in numerous titles in the "Mario" and "The Legend of Zelda" series of video games, among other games produced by the company. Kondo was originally hired by Nintendo in 1984, becoming the first person hired by the company to specialize in musical composition for games. Shortly after, Kondo was assigned as the sound designer on the 1985 game "Super Mario Bros." His sound design for the game, more specifically the musical theme for the overworld, are often cited as the most memorable in video games.
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Kaizo Mario World Kaizo Mario World (改造マリオワールド , Kaizō Mario Wārudo , "Hack Mario World") , also known as Asshole Mario, is a series of three ROM hacks of the 1990 Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game "Super Mario World", created by T. Takemoto. The term "Kaizo Mario World" is a shortened form of Jisaku no Kaizō Mario (Super Mario World) o Yūjin ni Play Saseru (Japanese: 自作の改造マリオ（スーパーマリオワールド）を友人にプレイさせる , "Making my friend play through my Mario hack (Super Mario World)") . The series was created by Takemoto for his friend R. Kiba.
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Kazumi Totaka Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生 , Totaka Kazumi , born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the "Mario" series. He also directed the development of "Wii Music".
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Mega Man (video game) Mega Man, known as Rockman (ロックマン , Rokkuman ) in Japan, is a 1987 action-platform video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was directed by Akira Kitamura, with Nobuyuki Matsushima as lead programmer, and is the first game of the "Mega Man" franchise and the original video game series. "Mega Man" was produced by a small team specifically for the home console market, a first for Capcom, who previously focused on arcade titles.
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Music of Xenosaga The "Xenosaga" (ゼノサーガ ) series is a series of science fiction role-playing video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai on the PlayStation 2. The series began with the 2002 release of "Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht", which was followed in 2004 by "Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse" and in 2006 by "Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra". The music of "Xenosaga" includes the soundtracks to all three chapters, as well as the music for its spin-off media. These include "Xenosaga Freaks", a set of minigames set between the first two chapters, "Xenosaga I & II", a Nintendo DS remake of the first two chapters, and "Xenosaga: The Animation", an anime series covering the events of the first game. "Episode I" was composed by Yasunori Mitsuda, "Episode II" was split between Yuki Kajiura and Shinji Hosoe, and "Episode III" was composed by Kajiura alone. "Xenosaga Freaks" reused some of the music of "Episode I" by Mitsuda while also including new work by Satoru Kousaki and Hiroshi Ohkubo, while "Xenosaga I & II" and "Xenosaga: The Animation" used new pieces composed by Kousuke Yamashita.
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Mario Mario (Japanese: マリオ , Hepburn: Mario ) ( ; ] ) is a fictional character in the "Mario" video game franchise, owned by Nintendo and created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Serving as the company's mascot and the eponymous protagonist of the series, Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creation. Depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian plumber who resides in the Mushroom Kingdom, his adventures generally center upon rescuing Princess Peach from the Koopa villain Bowser. His younger brother and sidekick is Luigi.
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Thunder Force Thunder Force (サンダーフォース , Sandā Fōsu ) is a free-roaming scrolling shooter computer game released by Technosoft in 1983. It is the first game in the "Thunder Force" series. It was initially released for the Sharp X1 computer, and later appeared on the Sharp MZ-1500, NEC PC-6001 mkII, and in 1985 on the NEC PC-8801 mkII. In 1984, it was released for the FM-7 and NEC PC-9801 computers as "Thunder Force Construction", featuring an add-on that allowed players to create custom made areas, like a level editor or game creation system.
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Nintendo Research &amp; Development 2 Nintendo Research and Development 2 (任天堂開発第二部 , Nintendo Kaihatsu Dainibu ) (R&D2) was a team within Nintendo that developed software and peripherals. R&D2 ported several of the Nintendo R&D1 and Nintendo R&D3 games over to the Famicom in the early 1980s. While usually occupied in system operating software and technical support, the team would come back to early development in the 1990s where several new designers got their start at game development, the most famous being Eiji Aonuma who developed Marvelous: Treasure Island.
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Binary Land Binary Land (バイナリィランド , Bainaryi Rando ) is a puzzle video game developed by Hudson Soft in 1983 for the MSX, FM-7, NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-8801, and in 1985 for the Famicom. The MSX version saw release in Japan by Kuma Computers Ltd in 1984 .
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Cruise Chaser Blassty Cruise Chaser Blassty (Japanese: クルーズチェイサーブラスティー , Hepburn: Kurūzu Cheisā Burasutī ) is a science fiction role-playing video game developed by Square for various Japanese computers, including the NEC PC-8801, PC-9801, and Sharp X1. The game featured mecha originally designed by Mika Akitaka and musical contributions by Nobuo Uematsu, being the very first video game he wrote music for. The game had an unusual battle system, which involved the player controlling a customizable mecha robot from a first-person view. It followed a group of young people from Earth caught up in a war between a solar-system spanning government and a group of rebels. After release, the game's story was adapted to a manga and serialized, then released as a pair of standalone books. The manga received a sequel, though the game itself did not.
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Mario Party 2 Mario Party 2 (Japanese: マリオパーティ2 , Hepburn: Mario Pāti Tsū ) is a board game-style party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. The game was first released in Japan in December 1999 and in other regions in 2000. The game is the direct sequel to "Mario Party" and is the second game in the "Mario Party" series, followed by "Mario Party 3".
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Super Mario Super Mario (Japanese: スーパーマリオ , Hepburn: Sūpā Mario ) is a series of platform video games created by Nintendo featuring their mascot, Mario. Alternatively called the Super Mario Bros. (スーパーマリオブラザーズ , Sūpā Mario Burazāzu ) series or simply the Mario (マリオ ) series, it is the central series of the greater "Mario" franchise. At least one "Super Mario" game has been released for every major Nintendo video game console and handheld.
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GuitarFreaks and DrumMania GuitarFreaks (ギターフリークス ) is a music video game series produced by Konami. It is a rhythm game where the player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from the rock music, rock and roll and J-pop genres. It is considered one of the most influential video games of all time, for having laid the foundations for popular guitar-based rhythm games, such as the "Guitar Hero" series. Working Designs attempted to bring "Guitar Freaks" PlayStation 2 games in the U.S., but patent problems with the guitar controller prevented the project from moving forward.
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Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken Higemaru Makaijima (魔界島 七つの島大冒険 , "Makaijima Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken" , lit. Hell Island: Great Adventure of 7 Islands) is an action-adventure game developed for the Famicom and MSX home computer, and released by Capcom in 1987. It is a sequel to a 1984 arcade game developed by Capcom known as "Pirate Ship Higemaru". Neither the arcade game, nor this adventure adaptation were released outside Japan, although a prototype exists for a canceled North American NES release, where it was to be renamed ""Makai Island"".
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Pilotwings Pilotwings (パイロットウイングス , Pairottouingusu ) is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was originally released in Japan in December 1990, shortly after the launch of the Super Famicom in the country. It was also released as a launch title for the SNES in August 1991 in North America, with a European release following in 1992.
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Wonder Momo Wonder Momo (ワンダーモモ , Wandā Momo ) is a 1987 beat 'em up arcade game that was developed and published by Namco exclusively in Japan. It was the company's last 8-bit arcade game (and the last that ran upon their System 86 hardware), and was ported to the PC-Engine in 1989, with both versions of the game later ported to the Wii Virtual Console. The game was also included in "Namco Museum Encore" for the Sony PlayStation and mobile on June 2005. "Wonder Momo" inspired a webcomic series in 2012, an anime series in February 2014, and a sequel game by WayForward Technologies in May 2014.
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Arm Wrestling (video game) Arm Wrestling is a 1985 arcade game developed by Nintendo and released only in North America, and is a spin-off of the "Punch-Out!!" series. Since it was created by the same development team that made the "Punch-Out!!" series, "Arm Wrestling" features many of the same features, such as a dual-monitor system and quirky computer opponents. It was the last arcade game Nintendo independently developed and released before switching over to third-party arcade developers. The arcade game's announcer uses some voice samples of Han (Shih Kien) from the 1973 film "Enter the Dragon", as well as original ones.
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Mario &amp; Luigi: Partners in Time Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a role-playing video game developed by AlphaDream and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in 2005. It is the second game in the "Mario & Luigi" series, and is the prequel/sequel to "" for the Game Boy Advance. The game was followed by "", released in 2009. The game was later re-released for Wii U as a Virtual Console title in 2015, available for purchase from Nintendo eShop.
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Hiroji Kiyotake Hiroji Kiyotake (清武 博二 Kiyotake Hiroji, born 1961) is a game designer for Nintendo. He is the original designer of Wario and the original designer of Samus Aran as shown in the "Super Metroid" credits. Kiyotake is one of the directors and graphic designers of "" and "", making him one of the key people in the introduction of the character Wario and the "Wario" series.
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Symphonic Legends – Music from Nintendo Symphonic Legends – Music from Nintendo was a symphonic tribute concert held in Cologne, Germany on 23 September 2010 by the WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, featuring video game music from Japanese game developer Nintendo. The concert featured symphonic arrangements found in some of Nintendo's biggest game series, such as "Legend of Zelda", "Super Mario Bros.", "Pikmin", "F-Zero" and "Donkey Kong". The concert was produced and directed by Thomas Böcker, with arrangements provided by Finnish composers and musicians Jonne Valtonen and Roger Wanamo, as well as Japanese game music composers Masashi Hamauzu, Hayato Matsuo, Shiro Hamaguchi and German film composer Torsten Rasch.
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Captain Tsubasa Vol. II: Super Striker Captain Tsubasa Volume II: Super Striker (キャプテン翼II スーパーストライカー , Kyaputen Tsubasa II: Sūpā Sutoraikā ) is a continuation of the "Cinematic Soccer" series of games started on the Famicom. Released in 1990 by Tecmo this game is fairly similar to its predecessor but with some slight graphical improvements. It was also the last Tsubasa game to be released on the Family Computer with the series moving to the Super Famicom two years later.