- Takashi Tezuka
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occupation=General Manager, Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd..nihongo|Takashi Tezuka|手塚 卓志|Tezuka Takashi (born
November 17 ,1960 ) is a video game designer forNintendo . He has worked on some of the most critically acclaimedNintendo games, such as theMario ,Zelda ,Pikmin andAnimal Crossing games. Since 2005, as part of the internal restructuring ofNintendo [N-Sider. [http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=344&page=3 Nintendo Revolution FAQ] ] , he is General Manager ofNintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development - together withShigeru Miyamoto andTakao Sawano . Tezuka graduated fromOsaka University of Arts .His work extends far back to "
Devil World " on which he took on the role of Director. Later on, he directed or co-directed such games as ", "The Legend of Zelda " (also Graphic Designer), "Super Mario Bros. 3 ", "Super Mario World ", ', ', ', and "Super Mario 64 ". He was also Supervisor to ' and "" and has served as either Producer, Director, Designer or Supervisor in all major "Mario" titles, including "New Super Mario Bros. " and "Super Mario Galaxy " as well as outsourced projects like "Yoshi's Island DS " (developed byArtoon ). He also worked on the "Animal Crossing " series as Producer and in the "Pikmin " series as Producer and Progress Manager. He was also Advisor of the Japan-only Game Boy Advance title, "Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival ".Tezuka's wife was the inspiration for the Boo, a ghost-like enemy in the
Mario series. Like Boos, she is often shy but one day became very angry at him for spending too much time at work. [Miyamoto Shrine. [http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/theman/interviews/0895.shtml] ] [ [http://themushroomkingdom.net/mariopedia/name/Boo TMK | Reference | Mariopedia | Boo ] ]ee also
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development References
External links
* [http://www.n-sider.com/personnelview.php?personnelid=341 N-Sider] —Takashi Tezuka profile
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,55542/ Takashi Tezuka] profile atMobyGames
* [http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2007/id20070629_013917.htm?campaign_id=rss_innovate June 2007 Interview]
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