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Takehiro Izushi (born November 24, 1952) is a longtime Japanese Nintendo engineer who started to work for the company in 1975. Eventually, he became the general manager of Nintendo R&D1, following the vacancy left by Gunpei Yokoi. He retired from Nintendo in 2018.
History[]
Takehiro Izushi started his career at Nintendo in 1975 as an engineer. His first product was Beam Gun Custom, released in 1975. He then, worked on the Color TV-Game series, where he first got involved in game development and was a part of Nintendo Research and Development 1, under Gunpei Yokoi. He was also mostly involved in the engineering and programming of various Game & Watch units along with Masao Yamamoto.
Following Yokoi's departure from the company, Izushi was promoted to R&D1's general manager in 1997. He stayed in that position until Iwata's restrutcturing of Nintendo took place in 2005, when Hitoshi Yamagami took his position.
After Satoru Iwata shuffled the development teams around, Izushi stepped away from game development in favor of a position in the General Affairs Division. In early 2018, he retired from Nintendo.
Works[]
- Beam Gun Custom (1975) - Engine
- Color TV-Game 6 (1977) - Programmer
- Color TV-Game 15 (1978) - Programmer
- Color TV-Racing 112 (1978) - Programmer
- Color TV-Block Kuzushi (1979) - Programmer
- Fire (1980) - Programmer
- Octopus (1981) - Programmer
- Donkey Kong (Game & Watch) (1982) - Programmer
- X (1992) - Technical Support
- Teleroboxer (1995) - Virtual Boy Staff
- Game & Watch Gallery (1997) - Producer
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1997) - Producer
- Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) - General Manager
- Kirby's Star Stacker (1998) - General Manager
- Game Boy Camera (1998) - Producer
- Wario Land II (1998) - Producer
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (Super Famicom) (1998) - Produce
- Super Famicom Wars (1998) - Producer
- Pokémon Red and Blue (1998) - Producer (International Version)
- Pokemon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (1998) - Producer
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998) - Producer
- Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999) - Producer
- Famicom Bunko: Hajimari no Mori (1999) - Production
- Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999) - Producer
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Producer
- Star Wars Episode I: Racer (GBC) (1999) - Producer
- Trade & Battle: Card Hero (2000) - Producer
- Wario Land 3 (2000) - Producer
- Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (2000) - Production
- Pokémon Puzzle League (2000) - Producer
- Kaijin Zona (2000) - Nintendo Staff
- Sin & Punishment (2000) - Producer
- Kakurenbo Battle Monster Tactics (2000) - Producer
- Chee-Chai Alien (2001) - Nintendo
- F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (2001) - Producer
- Wario Land 4 (2001) - Producer
- Advance Wars (2001) - Producer
- Dokodemo Taikyoku: Yakuman Advance (2001) - Producer
- Domo-kun no Fushigi Terebi (2002) - Producer
- Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (2002) - Producer
- Densetsu no Starfy (2002) - Producer
- Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002) - Producer
- Metroid Fusion (2002) - Producer
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Producer
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) - Producer
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (2003) - Producer
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003) - Producer
- Wario World (2003) - Producer
- Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (2003) - Producer
- Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Producer
- Densetsu no Starfy 2 (2003) - General Producer
- WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$! (2003) - Producer
- F-Zero: GP Legend (2003) - General Producer
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) - Producer
- Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - Producer
- Rakubiki Jiten DS (2005) - Advisor
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
Special Thanks[]
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Balloon Kid (1990)
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
- Battle Clash (1992)
- Vegas Stakes (1993)
- Mario & Wario (1993)
- Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge (1993)
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
- Super Metroid (1994) [Note: only credited in the extended staff roll]
- Mario's Tennis (1995)
- Galactic Pinball (1995)
- Donkey Kong Country (GBC) (2000) (Japanese Version)
- Dr. Mario 64 (2001)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original Game Staff)
- Metroid Prime (2002)
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) (International Version)
- Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (2007)