Video game designer

Takashi Tezuka (手塚 卓志, Tezuka Takashi, born November 17, 1960) is a *anese video game designer, director, and producer. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Games
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Upon graduating the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in April 1984 and became a co-designer of some of the most critically acclaimed Nintendo series, including Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Tezuka is fond of fantasy novels such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and wrote the story and script for The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. Tezuka co-designed Yoshi, who debuted in Super Mario World after Shigeru Miyamoto had originally wanted Mario to ride a dinosaur since Super Mario Bros. 3.

I have never consciously separated casual users and hardcore gamers when I design a game. For the past 20 years, I have always been trying to make games so that anyone — as many people as possible — can enjoy them... I cannot help but say that I love my job of making games from the bottom of my heart.

— Takashi Tezuka

Games

References

External links

Other games

• LCD games
• Mario Bros.
• Pinball
• Mario Paint
• Mario Clash
• Mario Artist
• Super Mario Ball
• Super Princess Peach
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Cancelled games

• Super Mario's Wacky Worlds
• Super Mario 128

UniverseOther media

• Nintendo Comics System
• 1986 anime film
• 1993 live-action film
• 2023 animated film
• Super Mario Adventures
• Gamebooks
• Unofficial media
• Year of Luigi
• 35th Anniversary
• Lego Super Mario

People

• Charles Martinet
• Koji Kondo
• Mahito Yokota
• Satoru Iwata
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Takashi Tezuka
• Yasuhisa Yamamura
• Yōichi Kotabe
• Yoshiaki Koizumi

See also

• Nintendo
• Super Smash Bros.

• Mario category

Spin-offsUniverseOther media

• Cartoon
• Manga
  • Twilight Princess
• Gamebooks
• Hyrule Historia
• Art & Artifacts
• Encyclopedia
• Symphony of the Goddesses
• Creating a Champion

People

• Eiji Aonuma
• Hidemaro Fujibayashi
• Yoshiaki Koizumi
• Koji Kondo
• Yōichi Kotabe
• Toru Minegishi
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Tadashi Sugiyama
• Kensuke Tanabe
• Takashi Tezuka
• Yasuhisa Yamamura

Companies

• Nintendo
• Animation Magic
• Capcom
• DIC Entertainment
• Flagship
• Grezzo
• Koei Tecmo
  • Omega Force
  • Team Ninja
• Tantalus Media
• Vanpool

Related

• Super Smash Bros.
• Soulcalibur II
• Tetris DS
• The Legend of Neil
• Ben Drowned
• Nintendo Land
• NES Remix
• Sonic Lost World
• Mario Kart 8
• Super Mario Maker 2

• Category

Characters

• Villager
• Isabelle
• Tom Nook
• Mr. Resetti
• K.K. Slider

People

• Katsuya Eguchi
• Aya Kyogoku
• Hisashi Nogami
• Takashi Tezuka
• Kazumi Totaka

Other media

• Dōbutsu no Mori

Community projects

• Nookazon
• Animal Talking with Gary Whitta

Related

• Nintendo Land
• Mario Kart 8
• Super Smash Bros.
  • for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
  • Ultimate