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[snapty00]

Is Yasunari Nishida still officially with Nintendo? It appears that he hasn't done anything major since Super Mario 64. He's only had a couple of insignificant roles since then. Before then, he helped program some of Nintendo's biggest games. I also remember an interview (I think it was with Giles Goddard, but it may have been with Dylan Cuthbert) where he said that one programmer was so burnt out after Super Mario 64 that he retired. Is this Yasunari Nishida?

The same also seems to be true of Yoshinori Tanimoto and Hajime Yajima, both significant programmers on Super Mario 64.

 

[SantaC]

intresting. Maybe jarrod has something to say as well.

 

[Mama Smurf]

He was the chief programmer on Pokemon Stadium. That isn't minor.

Aside from that, yeah, maybe he's gone.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Yasunari Nishida and Yoshinori Tanimoto are still at Nintendo Co. The two men work with Takao Sawano in a subdivision at EAD called the Library Software Development group.

This group is mainly responsible for developing tools, and libraries for the main game development teams. The team was also responsible for developing the Mario Artist Series and Stage Debut.

Hajime Yajima i am not sure about.

By the way. I fear that R&D1 may have been disbanded! Anyone own Yakuman DS??

 

[Jonnyram]

By the way. I fear that R&D1 may have been disbanded! Anyone own Yakuman DS??

I own it. What do you need to know?

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Get me the credits. I don't care what it takes. Please!!!!!!!

Check manual, beat game. I need to know if R&D1 made it.

 

[Jonnyram]

No credits in the manual, and I am not gonna be able to "beat" the game even if it has an ending as such. It's Mahjong ferchrissakes!!!

 

[ge-man]

If R&D1 has been disbanded, where have pieces gone to? Did they get shallowed up by EAD (the amount of DS software coming down the pipeline from EAD makes me wonder).

 

[jarrod]

If R&D1 has been disbanded, where have pieces gone to? Did they get shallowed up by EAD (the amount of DS software coming down the pipeline from EAD makes me wonder).

I'm guessing IRD since they now have a software team out of nowhere.