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*''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' - Producer | *''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' - Producer | ||
*''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' - Producer | *''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' - Producer | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:27, January 19, 2024
| Kensuke Tanabe | |
|---|---|
 Kensuke Tanabe as seen in the Iwata Asks for Paper Mario: Sticker Star | |
| Born | January 26, 1963[1] |
| Super Mario–related role(s) | Producer, game designer, manager, executive officer |
Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔) is a Japanese video game developer and producer employed by Nintendo. Tanabe, after graduating from the Visual Concept Planning Department of the Osaka University of Arts, decided to join Nintendo and was first enrolled into Nintendo EAD in 1986. One of his first assignements was developing a prototype for a vertical scrolling-focused Super Mario-style platformer, which would serve as the basis of Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic.[2]
Tanabe currently works as the head of Nintendo EPD Group No. 6, a division of Nintendo focused on assisting coproductions with western developers.
List of games[edit]
- Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic/Super Mario Bros. 2 - Director, Course design
- Super Mario Bros. 3 - Level design, Map design[3] (uncredited)
- Donkey Kong Country - Japanese localization[4]
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - Screenplay advisor
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Special Thanks
- Super Smash Bros. - Special Thanks
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Supervisor
- Super Mario Strikers - Producer
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - Producer
- Super Paper Mario - Producer
- Mario Strikers Charged - Producer
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Producer
- Captain Rainbow - Producer
- Punch-Out!! (Wii) - Producer
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! - Producer
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! - Producer
- Donkey Kong Country Returns - Producer
- Mario Kart 7 - Special Thanks
- Mario Party 9 - Special Thanks
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star - Producer
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - Special advisor
- Game & Wario - Directing support, Game design (directed the Ashley and Islands minigames in cooperation with Risa Tabata[5])
- Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move - Producer
- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D - Producer
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - Producer
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars - Supervisor
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam - Supervisor
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge - Producer
- Paper Mario: Color Splash - Producer
- WarioWare Gold - Producer
- Luigi's Mansion (Nintendo 3DS) - Producer
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Original Game Supervisor
- Luigi's Mansion 3 - Producer
- Paper Mario: The Origami King - Producer
- WarioWare: Get It Together! - Producer
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - Producer
- WarioWare: Move It! - Producer
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Shokugan's Link's Awakening guide (translation available at glitterberri)
- ^ The Secret History of Super Mario Bros. 2
- ^ Iwata Asks: Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- ^ Iwata Asks: Donkey Kong Country Returns
- ^ Iwata Asks: Game & Wario
