Komatsu
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I've been going through some older copies of Famitsu (there's a bunch online) and I had the idea of ranking all major Japanese game designers/directors/companies/producers by the # of perfect titles under their belt. The results are interesting...
DIRECTORS
Here are the ones with more than one title under their belt:
Hideo Kojima (3)
Metal Gear Solid IV
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid V
Yasumi Matsuno (2)
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy XII* left his directorial position before the game's release
Hidemaro Fujiyabashi (2)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Masahiro Sakurai (2)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Those with just one (1) 40/40 title:
Hideki Kamiya
Eiji Aonuma
Motomu Toriyama
Shigeru Miyamoto
Junichi Masuda
... and others
PRODUCERS
Shigeru Miyamoto (3)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - also served as Director
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Nintendogs
*as creative fellow, Miyamoto has some kind of "Producer" billing in most Nintendo titles. I'm not including those with which he wasn't directly involved, otherwise we could put all 9 Nintendo 40/40 games under his belt.
Eiji Aonuma (2)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Yasumi Matsuno (2)
Vagrant Story - also director
Final Fantasy XII* at one point served as Executive Producer, after his departure, his final credit was as writer
I'm not going to list those with only 1 production credit.
COMPANIES
Nintendo - 9 titles
Square Enix - 5 titles
SEGA - 3 titles
Konami - 3 titles
Namco - 2 titles
DIRECTORS
Here are the ones with more than one title under their belt:
Hideo Kojima (3)
Metal Gear Solid IV
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
Metal Gear Solid V
Yasumi Matsuno (2)
Vagrant Story
Final Fantasy XII* left his directorial position before the game's release
Hidemaro Fujiyabashi (2)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Masahiro Sakurai (2)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Those with just one (1) 40/40 title:
Hideki Kamiya
Eiji Aonuma
Motomu Toriyama
Shigeru Miyamoto
Junichi Masuda
... and others
PRODUCERS
Shigeru Miyamoto (3)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - also served as Director
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Nintendogs
*as creative fellow, Miyamoto has some kind of "Producer" billing in most Nintendo titles. I'm not including those with which he wasn't directly involved, otherwise we could put all 9 Nintendo 40/40 games under his belt.
Eiji Aonuma (2)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Yasumi Matsuno (2)
Vagrant Story - also director
Final Fantasy XII* at one point served as Executive Producer, after his departure, his final credit was as writer
I'm not going to list those with only 1 production credit.
COMPANIES
Nintendo - 9 titles
Square Enix - 5 titles
SEGA - 3 titles
Konami - 3 titles
Namco - 2 titles
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