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Katsuya Yamano is a project manager at Nintendo. In Nintendo R&D1, he was one of the main programmers behind the Wario Land and Metroid franchises, and also composed the entire soundtrack of the game Teleroboxer.
He became the manager of Nintendo SPD Production Group 1 until at least 2012. Nowadays he acts as a producer and supervisor for the WarioWare, Rhythm Heaven, and Tomodachi Collection franchises, as well as a project manager of the Metroid series.
Game Works[]
- Game Boy Wars (1991) - Assistant
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991) - Debugger
- Mario Paint (1992) - Mouse Maker Staff
- Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992) - Technical Adviser
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992) - Testing Player
- Super Metroid (1994) - Coordinator
- Teleroboxer (1995) - Sound & BGM
- Mario Clash (1995) - Programmer
- Wario Land II (1998) - Programmer
- Wario Land 3 (2000) - Programmer
- Wario Land 4 (2001) - Programmer
- Metroid Fusion (2002) - Program Director, Enemy Character Programming
- Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - Programming
- WarioWare: Twisted! (2004) - Supervisor
- WarioWare: Touched! (2004) - Supervisor, Game Design
- Play-Yan (2005) - Supervisor
- Rhythm Tengoku (2006) - Supervisor, Game Design
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves (2006) - Supervisor
- Face Training (2007) - Producer
- Nintendo DS Digital TV Tuner (2007) - Associate Producer
- Kousoku Card Battle: Card Hero (2007) - Supervisor
- Rhythm Heaven (2008) - Supervisor
- WarioWare: Snapped! (2008) - Producer
- Bird & Beans/Paper Airplane Chase (2008) - Project Management
- Atsumeru Egaocho (2009) - Producer
- WarioWare D.I.Y. (2009) - Supervisor
- Tomodachi Collection (2009) - Supervisor
- Kyokara Hajimeru Facening (2009) - Producer
- Metroid: Other M (2010) - Project Management
- Rhythm Heaven Fever (2011) - Supervisor
- Kiki Trick (2012) - Project Management
- Game & Wario (2013) - Supervisor
- Tomodachi Life (2013) - Supervisor
- Rhythm Heaven Megamix (2015) - Supervisor
- Metroid: Samus Returns (2017) - Project Manager
- Metroid Dread (2021) - Project Manager
Special Thanks[]
- X (1992)
- Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge (1993)
- Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994)
- Galactic Pinball (1995)
- Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind (SFC) (1998)
- Nintendo Land (2012)
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition (2012) - Collaboration Contents Advisor
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014)
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) (2018)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
- Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Switch) (2021)
- Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind (Switch) (2021)
Interviews[]
- N.O.M.: Metroid Fusion (translated by Metroid Database)
- 1101: Rhythm Tengoku