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    Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔, Tanabe Kensuke, born January 26, 1963) is a Japanese video game producer and designer working for Nintendo, where he currently...
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  • in Japan. Although the early games in the series were well-received, Kensuke Tanabe wanted each one to have different genre and core gameplay elements....
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  • Takashi Tezuka, with a story and script created by Yoshiaki Koizumi and Kensuke Tanabe. The majority of the Link to the Past team reassembled for Link's Awakening...
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  • Super Metroid, but were halted by the short development time. Producer Kensuke Tanabe later revealed in an interview that the game was just about thirty percent...
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  • vertical-scrolling gimmick wasn't enough to get us interesting gameplay. —Kensuke Tanabe at Game Developers Conference 2011, on the gameplay mechanics that were...
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  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    under Retro Studios, the developer of the previous Metroid Prime games. Kensuke Tanabe, who worked on all of the previous Prime games, returned as a producer...
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  • Koizumi, produced by series co-creator Shigeru Miyamoto, and written by Kensuke Tanabe. Veteran Zelda series composer Koji Kondo composed the musical score...
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  • Paper Mario: The Origami King (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    exceed expectations in surprising ways." Producer Kensuke Tanabe, 2020 Eurogamer.de interview Tanabe spoke with the director of Color Splash, Naohiko Aoyama...
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  • Metroid Prime (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    Japanese Nintendo employees, including producers Shigeru Miyamoto and Kensuke Tanabe. Miyamoto suggested the project after visiting Retro's headquarters...
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  • Shiina, Japanese DJ and musician Kensuke Takezawa (竹澤 健介, born 1986), Japanese long-distance runner Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔, born 1963), Japanese video...
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  • Paper Mario: Color Splash (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    frustration with its extreme limitations in Sticker Star. Producer Kensuke Tanabe explained that the idea of repainting the world originally came from...
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  • Punch-Out!! (Wii) (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    created a prototype of the game. In an interview, the game's producer, Kensuke Tanabe, described the development as a collaborative effort between the staff...
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  • Donkey Kong Country Returns (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    when Retro president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh told Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe that Retro was interested in developing a Donkey Kong game. Kelbaugh...
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  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    level is chosen directly by the player. Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe said that an idea for a questionnaire came from Retro Studios. Casamassina...
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  • Luigi's Mansion (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    Konno Katsumi Kuga (3DS) Producer(s) Shigeru Miyamoto Takashi Tezuka Kensuke Tanabe (3DS) Koichi Ishii (3DS) Designer(s) Tadashi Sugiyama Programmer(s)...
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  • 1992), Japanese footballer Kensuke Tanabe (田邊 賢輔, born 1963), Japanese video game designer, producer and director Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born 1940), Japanese...
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  • Metroid Prime Hunters (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    Retrieved September 28, 2015. Tanabe, Kensuke (August 5, 2015). ""I was quite surprised by the backlash": Kensuke Tanabe on Metroid Prime Federation Force"...
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    Eguchi, Eiji Aonuma, and Hisashi Nogami as deputy general managers, and, Kensuke Tanabe, Yoshio Sakamoto and Takashi Tezuka as senior officers. The others had...
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  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    difficult in the final days of development following a request by producer Kensuke Tanabe to "make it tighter". Wikan regretted this decision, and when adapting...
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  • Metroid Prime Pinball (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    game that presented the Metroid series in a pinball setting came to Kensuke Tanabe after he learned that Fuse Games had previously worked on Mario Pinball...
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  • Metroid Prime: Federation Force (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    encountering her from the perspective of the Federation Marines. Producer Kensuke Tanabe hoped that Federation Force's plot would lead to future Metroid Prime...
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  • Super Paper Mario (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    fit with the idea of dimension swapping. When presented to producer Kensuke Tanabe, they both agreed the game would work better in the style of an action-adventure...
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  • Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    developed by Skip Ltd. with help from Vanpool, Inc. Series producers Kensuke Tanabe and Hiroshi Suzuki, and series newcomer Taro Kudo produced Zip Lash...
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  • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    Mario classics tweaked to a carnival setting. Yukimi Shimura directed, Kensuke Tanabe produced, and Lawrence Schwedler composed. Reception Mini-Land Mayhem...
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  • Luigi's Mansion 3 (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    done so that players could have "three-dimensional exploration" with Kensuke Tanabe explaining that they "wanted players to be able to visualize how the...
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  • Paper Mario: Sticker Star (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    that "It's fine without a story, so do we really need one?". Producer Kensuke Tanabe further elaborated on how less than one percent of players found the...
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  • September 27, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2012. Tanabe, Kensuke (May 18, 2004). "Interview – Kensuke Tanabe Talks Metroid Prime 2: Echoes" (Interview). Interviewed...
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  • magic user, and a girl". The script was written by series newcomer Kensuke Tanabe, while Yoshiaki Koizumi was responsible for the background story explained...
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  • Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    seen as more of a familiar setting to modern audiences. Its producer, Kensuke Tanabe, said it drew inspiration from Mad Max and was originally only going...
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  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (category Video games produced by Kensuke Tanabe)
    E3 2013 Nintendo Direct presentation on June 11, and was produced by Kensuke Tanabe who, having previously worked on Super Mario Bros. 2, has incorporated...
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