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Shintaro Sato is a programmer at Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5, and the program director of the Splatoon series.
History[]
He joined in 2008 in EAD and initially worked on the UI of Wii Music, as well as the programming of an audio guide that Nintendo designed for the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
After his work on the system program of New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U, he led the programming team of Splatoon, where he created the game's first demo, which was dubbed the "tofu" version as the characters looked like blocks of tofu at this point.
For further Splatoon entries, Sato took on the role of director, overseeing the competitive aspect of the franchise with the online battles and gameplay cycles.
Game Works[]
- Wii Music (2008) - Programming
- New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) - System Programming
- New Super Luigi U (2013) - System Programming
- Splatoon (2015) - Programming (Program Director)
- Splatoon 2 (2017) - Director (Program Director)
- Octo Expansion (2018) - Director (Program Director)
- Splatoon 3 (2022) - Director
- Expansion Pass (2023-2024) - Director
Special Thanks[]
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
Gallery[]
Sato outside Nintendo's headquarters during a 2014 interview.
Sato in the same interview as above.
Iwata Asks: Splatoon
September 2015 Famitsu interview.
Same as above.
Amano, Sakaguchi, and Sato in the same interview as above.
March 2018 Famitsu interview.
Sato with Toru Minegishi, Seita Inoue, Amano, and Nogami in the same interview as above.
Sato with Inoue, Minegishi, Nogami, and Amano in a July 2018 Famitsu interview.