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Nintendo Would “Happily” Make Kid Icarus Wii

Yoshio Sakamoto, one of the creators behind popular Nintendo platformer Kid Icarus, says Nintendo hasn’t ruled out bringing a new title in the series to the Wii, they just haven’t yet figured out how to.


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Metroid Co-creator’s Romantic (And Tragic) Samus Aran Fan Fiction

How does Metroid producer Yoshio Sakamoto explain his Nintendo DS megahit Tomodachi Collection – still a Japan-only release – to the non-Japanese GDC attendee? By putting high-level Nintendo execs in weird Tomodachi Collection situations, including Sakamoto’s own virtual crush on Samus Aran.


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Metroid: Other M Might Have Been On-Rails, If Not For Team Ninja

Yoshio Sakamoto, the Metroid co-creator and WarioWare producer, says that his latest game, Metroid: Other M, was originally planned to be an on-rails adventure. If that sounds like Metroid sacrilege to you, thank co-developer Team Ninja for changing Sakamoto’s mind.


February 4, 2010
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Metroid Creator Talks Metroid: Other M, WarioWare At GDC

Looking forward to Metroid: Other M? Then take note that this year’s Game Developers Conference adds one more must-attend session with the addition of Metroid creator Yoshio Sakamoto’s rare lecture about his work on WarioWare, the Metroid series and more.


June 17, 2009

Great Chain Interview, Pt 2: Metroid Guy To Xbox Guy To PS3 Guy

When last we left off, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto was asking me to ask Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto when he wants Miyamoto to retire…


June 16, 2009
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Great Chain Interview, Pt 1: Miyamoto Questions Metroid Director

Over the course of three days in Los Angeles earlier this month, one Kotaku reporter spoke to nine top industry figures and had each of them ask one question for the next guy. Shigeru Miyamoto started.


June 13, 2009
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Nintendo: Other M Will Be A “Metroid Unlike Anything Ever Before”

Two of the men leading the new Metroid Wii game told Kotaku about their narrative ambitions for the 2010 sequel Metroid Other M and explained why the Metroid Prime team isn’t involved.