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Satoru Okada is a former Nintendo engineer who was the general manager of the Research and Engineering Department.
Okada joined Nintendo on March 1969, where he worked on the R&D1 department under Gunpei Yokoi. He was in charge of engineering various systems such as the Game & Watch line, the NES Zapper and the SNES Mouse, as well as directing various games like Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Super Mario Land.
He also acted as the project manager of most of Nintendo's portable systems, including the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS lines.
He retired in January 2012[1].
Game Works[]
- Wild Gunman (1984) - Director
- Duck Hunt (1984) - Director
- Hogan's Alley (1984) - Director
- Balloon Fight (1985) - Director
- Wrecking Crew (1985) - Director
- Stack-Up (1985) - Director
- Gyromite (1985) - Director
- Metroid (1986) - Chief Director
- Kid Icarus (1986) - Director
- Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987) - Chief Director
- Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha (1988) - Director
- Famicom Wars (1988) - Director
- Super Mario Land (1989) - Director
- Tetris (1989) - Director
- Alleyway (1989) - Director
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (1989) - Director
- Solar Striker (1990) - Director
- Qix (1990) - Director
- Game Boy Wars (1991) - Producer
- Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992) - Supervisor
- Mario Paint (1992) - Mouse Maker Staff: Director
- Game Boy Camera (1998) - Producer
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (Super Famicom) (1998) - Original Staff
- Machop at Work / Kingler's Day (2002) - Producer
Special Thanks[]
- Balloon Kid (1990)
- Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (1992)
Interviews[]
- STG Gameside #10 (Shmuplations)
- Retro Gamer (Nintendo Everything)