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Masanori Sato (佐藤正徳, Satō Masanori) is an illustrator who worked for Nintendo. He worked on both CG illustrations for video games and standard hand drawn artwork.
Biography[]
The first game Masanori Sato is credited for is Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64, though since then he's worked on various high-profile titles such as Yoshi's Story, Pokémon Stadium, Golden Sun, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, and Super Paper Mario.
Sato left Nintendo to become a freelancer in 2007.[1] The latest Nintendo-published game for which he is credited is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, released in 2010. However, his Instagram posts suggest that he might have done uncredited illustration work for Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.[2][3][4][5][6][7] This is further supported by the fact that he was the sole illustrator of the original game, and the remake is the only title in the series which is completely missing the "Illustration" credit.
On May 8th 2022, Sato confirmed on Instagram that he is not providing the artwork for Mario Strikers: Battle League.[8]
Game Works[]
- Star Fox 64 - Graphic Designer
- Yoshi's Story - Title CG Designer
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Package Design (Uncredited in final release[1])
- Mario Party 2 - Graphic Support
- Mario Tennis (N64) - Graphic Support
- Mario Tennis (GBC) - Graphic Support
- Mario Party 3 - Graphic Support
- Pokémon Stadium 2 - Artwork
- Mobile Golf - Graphic Support
- Golden Sun - Graphic Support, Illustration
- Doshin the Giant - Artwork
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age - Graphic Support
- Mario Party 4 - Graphic Support
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour - Graphic Support
- Mario Party 5 - Graphic Support
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Illustration
- Mario Golf: Advance Tour - Graphic Support
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door - Character Supervisor
- Mario Power Tennis - Graphic Support
- Mario Party 6 - Graphic Support
- Mario Party Advance - Graphic Support
- Yoshi Touch & Go - Artwork Package
- DK: King of Swing - Graphic Support
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour - Illustration
- Mario Party 7 - Graphic Support
- Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Illustration
- Super Mario Strikers - Illustration
- New Super Mario Bros. - CG Illustration
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 - Illustration Supervisor
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - Illustration Supervisor
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Illustration Supervisor
- Wario: Master of Disguise - Illustration
- Yoshi's Island DS - Illustration
- Super Paper Mario - Artwork
- Mario Strikers Charged - Illustration
- Mario Party 8 - CG Illustration
- Golden Sun: Dark Dawn - Illustration
Special Thanks[]
- F-Zero X
- Pokémon Stadium
- Mario Party
- Super Smash Bros. Melee - Original Game Staff
- Kuru Kuru Kururin
Links[]
- Sato's website
- Sato's main Instagram account
- Sato’s secondary Instagram account (for video game-related artwork)
References[]
- ↑ About — msatom works | 2007年ゲーム会社退職後にフリーのイラストレーターとして活動を開始。(I started working as a freelance illustrator after retiring from a game company in 2007.)
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CS6TchABs32/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CS-pQF4BXAw/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/COtsCQqjkiG/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrBSDPBv4k/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CSlTZ8MBu1p/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CcsR5gXLiss/
- ↑ Battle League のアートワークは私ではありません😑 (The artwork of Battle League is not mine 😑) — @msatomdesu on Instagram, May 8, 2022. Archived on May 8, 2022.