Yoichi Yamada has performed in Director and Assistant Director roles across a number of Nintendo games.
He started out in the EAD division as a technology chief. Yamada's first major effort came in creating and applying the FX Technology on the Super Famicom. Yamada then made the move into game design and got a major opportunity with Super Mario 64 as a course designer. Yamada then become very involved with Shigeru Miyamoto's The Legend of Zelda franchise and has now worked on almost every Zelda released since the NES days.
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Developed by GREZZO, Nintendo EAD, Nintendo Software Technology for NGC, 3DS, N64, Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Ocarina of Time is the fifth installment of the Legend of Zelda series.4.585 -
Star Fox (1993)
Developed by Nintendo EAD for SNES
Star Fox is a shooter game developed by Nintendo EAD and released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System.4.155 -
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1987)
Developed by Nintendo EAD for NGC, NES, Wii
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is an adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD and released on GameCube, Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii.3.995
