Yoshio Sakamoto

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yoshio Sakamoto
Occupation	Video Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Jul 23, 1959(1959-07-23)
Age	65
Birthplace	Nara
Country	Japan
Birth City	Nara Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Yoshio Sakamoto Biography

Yoshio Sakamoto is one of the most popular and richest Video Game Designer who was born on July 23, 1959 in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Sakamoto is a key member in the development of the Metroid series. Sakamoto grew up with Nintendo toys, which he felt were inventive. The company hired him in 1982, when he graduated from art college. His first projects at Nintendo were the design of pixel art for the Game & Watch handheld Donkey Kong, and the arcade game Donkey Kong Jr. He turned to the Nintendo Entertainment System afterward, for which he designed the games Wrecking Crew, Balloon Fight and Gumshoe.

Sakamoto created characters for Metroid (under the alias ‘Shikamoto’), and was a game designer on Kid Icarus. He also directed and wrote Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid: Other M, and was the producer for Metroid: Samus Returns. Sakamoto’s design work is also found in Nintendo games including Balloon Kid (1990), Game & Watch Gallery (1997), Wario Land 4 (2001), Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) and WarioWare. He is one of the most prominent members of Nintendo’s former Research and Development 1 division.

Yoshio Sakamoto Net Worth

Yoshio Sakamoto is one of the richest Video Game Designer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoshio Sakamoto 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yoshio Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 賀勇 , Hepburn: Sakamoto Yoshio) (born July 23, 1959) is a Japanese video game producer and executive officer at Nintendo, where he has worked since 1982. He has directed several games in the Metroid series.

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Facts & Trivia

Zach Ranked on the list of most popular Video Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yoshio Sakamoto celebrates birthday on July 23 of every year.

Who made the original Metroid?

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Is Metroid Fusion canon?

On a Dread-related episode of the Nintendo Power Podcast, Chris Slate explained that the 2D Metroid saga consists of five Metroid games, from Metroid/Zero Mission to Dread, and excludes both the Prime series and Other M. Nintendo has not made any statement to suggest that Other M is no longer canon.

Who wrote Other M?

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Is Metroid Fusion Metroid 4?

Metroid Fusion (メトロイドフュージョン, Metoroido Fyūjon?), also known as Metroid 4 and referred to as Metroid IV during production, is the 4th chronological entry in the Metroid series. It is also the first of two Metroid games released on the Game Boy Advance.

Why is Metroid not popular in Japan?

Sakamoto: In Japan, the people who are into Metroid tend to be hardcore game fans. It’s not a series that’s necessarily found acceptance in Japan outside of that niche. You can also say that it’s the same as how science fiction is embraced in the United States compared to Japan.