Toshiro Tsuchida

(born 1964) is a Japanese game director and game producer currently working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He is most notably credited for directing titles in the "Front Mission" series and was also the battle director for "Final Fantasy X".

As battle director of "Final Fantasy X", he pulled away the Active Time Battle (ATB) system, which started with "Final Fantasy IV" and originally designed by Hiroyuki Ito, replacing it with a more strategic battle system, which is known as the Conditional Turn-Based Battle (CTB) system. He kept "Final Fantasy IV" in mind when working on "Final Fantasy X". He has recently worked on "Front Mission 4", which was released in North America in June 2004. He is currently working on "Final Fantasy XIII" as the battle director and on "" as the producer.

Tsuchida was the head of Square Enix's Production Team 6.

Credits

"(This listing is incomplete; Tsuchida worked on other games prior to joining Square.)"

* Front Mission: director
* Front Mission 2: director
* Front Mission 3: director
* Final Fantasy X: battle director
* Final Fantasy XI: boss monster AI
* Front Mission 4: producer/director
* Front Mission Online: producer
* Front Mission 5: producer
* Final Fantasy XIII: battle director
* Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King: producer

External links

*imdb name|1082562
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,55661/ "Toshiro Tsuchida"] profile at MobyGames