Early LifeBorn in 1959 in Nara Prefecture, Japan, Sakamoto attended the Osaka University of the Arts. As a child he played with Nintendo toys, products he thought were both inventive and "strange".
Nintendo (1982 - Present)Game & Watch + ArcadeIn 1982, Sakamoto was hired as an artist by Nintendo, primarily with the task of creating promotional artwork for various games. Soon after, he was moved into R&D1, where he began working under Gunpei Yokoi and Makoto Kanoh for Game & Watch development. His first game was the Game & Watch version of Donkey Kong where he designed the barrels and cranes that the player had to maneuver around. Later that year, Yokoi ordered Sakamoto to come up with a game about Snoopy and Sakamoto solely designed Snoopy for the Game & Watch Panoramic model.
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Game & Wario (2013)
Developed by Intelligent Systems, Nintendo SPD for WiiU
Game & Wario is a party mini-game collection developed and published by Nintendo exclusively for the Wii U. The game offers sixteen mini-games, consisting of twelve single-player titles and four multiplayer-only titles for up to five players. The game exclusively uses the Wii U GamePad, with no need for additional Wii Remotes.4.505 -
Friend Collection (2009)
Developed by Nintendo SPD for DS
Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection in English) is a life simulation handheld video game for the Nintendo DS released by Nintendo in Japan on June 18, 2009.4.005 -
Rhythm Tengoku (2006)
Developed by Nintendo SPD for GBA
Rhythm Tengoku is a misc game developed by Nintendo SPD and released on Game Boy Advance.4.675 -
Classic NES Series: Metroid (2004)
Classic NES Series: Metroid is an adventure game developed by Nintendo and released on Game Boy Advance.3.005
Yoshio Sakamoto Brainwaves
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15th April, 0 replies
Metroid Series Director Wants to Create Something That's Different
Metroid Series Director Yoshio Sakamoto is considering a change of career direction. Sakamoto's last...
