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- Hirokazu Yasuhara
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Hirokazu Yasuhara
The 3rd person to join Sonic Team, Yasuhara has played a key role in developing the Sonic franchise at Sega and the Jak & Daxter games at Naughty Dog. He is currently working for Nintendo Software Technology Corporation.
Overview
Hirokazu Yasuhara was one of the key people in developing the Sonic the Hedgehog games at Sonic Team, where he worked as a level designer. He remained an important player as Lead Game Designer at Sega through the Saturn years, heading the development of Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic R and the canceled Sonic X-Tream. He left Sega in 2002 and joined Naughty Dog, where he worked as a game designer on the Jak series. He later worked currently Senior Design Director at Namco-Bandai. While there, he contributed to the development of Pac-Man Party. Most recently, Yasuhara has joined Nintendo Software Technology Corporation, Nintendo's internal development studio based in Redmond, Washington. Quote "I was opposed to [Sega's] decision to create games that use 'Sonic-something' so that they can sell it easily. I wanted to make good games, not any games that used the Sonic character in a haphazard way." An article that features Yasuhara's Game Designing Philosophy can be found here. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3769/game_design_psychology_the_full_.php
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