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Hiroyuki "Hiro" Yamada is a coordinator for Nintendo. He originally worked on Nintendo of America translating text from Japanese to English. This translation role later led him to work as a coordinator with Western studios.
Yamada also worked on games like 1080° Snowboarding, where he voiced the character Dion Blaster.
Game Works[]
- NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) - Advisor
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) - English Script Writer
- Super Mario 64 (1996) - Translation
- Killer Instinct 2 (1996) - Character Voices
- Killer Instinct Gold (1996) - Character Voices
- Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) - Japanese Text Translation, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 1080° Snowboarding (1998) - Assistant Director, Voice Samples
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) - English Text Translation
- Excitebike 64 (2000) - Advisor
- Paper Mario (2000) - Translation Manager
- Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002) - Game Play Direction
- Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (2004) - Project Coordinator
- Mario Pinball Land (2004) - Supervisor
- Battalion Wars (2005) - Supervisor, Japanese Localization
- Metroid Prime Pinball (2005) - Supervisor
- bit Generations: Digidrive (2006) - Supervisor
- Excite Truck (2006) - Supervisor
- Battalion Wars 2 (2007) - Supervisor, Japanese Localization
- Bonsai Barber (2009) - Water from afar (Coordinator?)
- Excitebots: Trick Racing (2009) - Supervisor
- Active Health with Carol Vorderman (2009) - Supervisor
- Art Academy (2009) - Supervisor
- Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon (2009) - Supervisor
- Excitebike: World Rally (2009) - Supervisor
- Pilotwings Resort (2011) - Supervisor
- Pushmo (2011) - Supervisor
- Crashmo (2012) - Supervisor
- Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013) - General Coordination
- Pushmo World (2014) - Producer
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (2015) - General Coordination
- Stretchmo (2015) - Producer
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) (2018) - General Coordination
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (2021) - Coordination
Special Thanks[]
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
- X (1992)
- Mario Paint (1992)
- Battle Clash (1992)
- Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (1992)
- Top Rank Tennis (1993)
- Vegas Stakes (1993)
- Illusion of Gaia (1993)
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
- Super Metroid (1994)
- Wario's Woods (SNES) (1994)
- Kirby's Avalanche (1995)
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
- Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
- Kirby Super Star (1996)
- Pilotwings 64 (1996)
- Wave Race 64 (1996)
- Diddy Kong Racing (1997)
- Jet Force Gemini (1999)
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
- Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original Game Staff)
- NBA Courtside 2002 (2002)
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
- Metroid Dread (2021)