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Who Done What: Natsume
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:27 am
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NeoZeedeater did a topic about Technos over at the Digital Press forums. I was about to tell him that SMS Renegade was done by Taito, when I realized the names in the credits of it and some other Taito SMS games don't necessarily match up to other Taito games. Upon further investigation, it looks like Natsume could have done at least some of Taito's SMS games. There is an established relationship between the two - Natsume did Dungeon Magic on the NES and Ninja Warriors on the Super NES for Taito.
Let's take a look at the credits for some of the questionable SMS games: Renegade Executive producer: Takashi Shiokawa, Producer: Kimio Hirota, Director: Iku Mizutani, Programmer: Hiroshi Hishikawa, Graphics designer: Yasunari Hayami, Shinya Miyamoto, Nobuhiro Kawabata, Character design: Yasunari Hayami, Music director: Iku Mizutani, Music composer: Kazuo Sawa, Game design: Yasunari Hayami, Sagaia Executive producer: Tomohiro Nishikado, Producer: Kimio Hirota, Director: Iku Mizutani, Programmers: Moriyuki Kanaya, Yuji Akita, Graphics designers: Isao Inoue, Yasunari Hayami, Music director: Iku Mizutani, Music composer: Hisayoshi Ogura, Character designers: Yasunari Hayami, Isao Inoue, Original game designer: Fukio Mitsuji, Special thanks: Yuji Koga, Kouji Yamazaki, Special Criminal Investigation Producer: Tomohiro Nishikado, Assistant producer: Takashi Shiokawa, Original planner: Nishiyaman, Programmer: Atsushi Tanaka, Graphic designer: Tomoyuki Nishiyama, Sachiko Matsuura, Sound programmer: Iku Mizutani, Sound: H. Iwatsuki, Special thanks to: Kazumichi Ishihara, TNY, BIT, H. Autumn, N. Mizoguchi, Tomoko, Kotobuki, Shin-chan, R. Xie, Now let's compare these with games we know were done by Natsume: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (SNES) Executive Producer: Takeshi Yasukawa, Chief Director: Hirohisa Ohta, Producer: Shin Ueno, Main Programmer: Hirohisa Ohta, Programmer: Ryuichi Nakahama, Graphics: Tomoko Okamoto, Yoshihito Hattori, Takasi Shinpo, Mitsuko Namiue, Shinya Wada, Music: Iku Mizutani (worked on the above SMS games) Kinuyo Yamashita Sound: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki (did sound on SCI) Key Animators: George Oshima, Masami Suda, Coordinator: Masasuke Okada, Advisers: Tsuyoshi Sato, Maria Rosaria Zeno, Project Power Rangers: Jeff Rotter, Presented by: Bandai, Ninja Warriors (SNES) Planner: S. Taniguchi, Programmer: T. Miyabe, Graphic Designers: S. Taniguchi, T. Shinpo, S. Wada, Sound Design: H. Iwatsuki (Hiroyuki Iwatsuki) N. Tate Software Support: A. Tanaka (Atsushi Tanaka, programmer on SCI) H. Iwatsuki H. Komuro Special Thanks: M. Matsumoto Kazumichi Ishihara (given special thanks on SCI) H. Autumn (given special thanks on SCI) Jim Yajima Programmed by: Natsume, Shadow of the Ninja (NES) Program_______________ Kazuhiko Ishihara (could be Kazumichi Ishihara) Graphic_______________ Shunichi Taniguchi Sound_________________ Iku Mizutani Kouichi Yamanishi Special thanks________ Toshiyasu Miyabe S.K Takashi Shinpo Tomihisa Fuzimozo Suyuya Takaoka Tukio Morimoto Moriyuki Kanaya (Programmer on Sagaia) Atushi Tanaka Nituroo Supervisor____________ Kasari Wild Guns (SNES) Graphic Design: Shunichi Taniguchi, Program: Toshiyasu Miyabe, Hiromichi Komuro, Sound: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki, Haruo Ohashi, Special Thanks: H. Autumn Tomo Chan Shin Chan (Given special thanks on SCI) Ina Chan M. Matsumoto Y. Maekawa Power Rangers: Time Force (GBC) Executive Producer Takashi Matsumoto Supervisor Kimio Hirota (Producer on Renegade) Producer Iku Mizutani Adviser Shinji Kyogoku Director Koji Kadosaka Art Director Sousuke Yamazaki Programmers Hiroyuki Murakami, Koji Kadosaka, Toshikazu Iwasa, Hideo Takei Art Worker Tomoki Hamuro Sound Iku Mizutani Special Thanks Natsume all staff Natsume might have also done some Taito PC-Engine games, but I'm not ready to delve into that. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:03 pm |
One person to pay attention to Iku Mizutani. Pretty much everything he's done, he's done for Natsume.
http://ng-stg.hp.infoseek.co.jp/gm/name/mi.html |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:10 pm |
Is it a he? Iku is a girl's name in Japan. I don't know if it's not a boy's name also, though. | |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:20 pm |
There are a lot of Konami games there, too. I wouldn't get hung-up on Iku Mizutani, since musicians tend to work more on a freelance basis than others in the game industry. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:17 pm |
Okay, there's a few MSX Konami games, but most everything else seems to be Natsume. Chances are Mizutani probably had a gig with Konami before he/she/it worked primarily for Natsume. But we're missing the big picture... Another game Natsume might have done for Taito is The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper for the NES Planner I. Matono, S. Nishiyama, Onijust Program K. Sakai, H. Hishikawa (Programmer on Renegade) Graphics S. Takaoka (Given special thanks on Shadow of the Ninja), A. Takino Graphics T. Ohyama, T. Kaname Sound I. Mizutani, K. Umino |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:15 am |
Shatterhand (NES) Credits
If anything, they prove that Natsume did SCI Program Kazuhiko Ishihara Graphic Shunichi Taniguchi Graphic Norihide Mizoguchi Graphic Sachiko Matsuura (Graphic designer on SCI) Sound Program Iku Mizutani Music Composer Iku Mizutani Sound Effect Hiroyuki Iwatsuki Special Thanks A. Tanaka (Programmer - SCI) Special Thanks Shin. Chan (Special thanks - SCI) Special Thanks R. Xie (Special thanks - SCI) Special Thanks Autumn (Special thanks - SCI) Special Thanks Kotobuki (Special thanks - SCI) Special Thanks Okamoto Special Thanks Bit |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:25 pm |
The only PC Engine game credited to Natsume that I'm aware of is Dead Moon, which was actually developed by Studio Ducks. | |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:28 pm |
Yes, I'm aware of that game. |
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:22 pm |
I'm convinced now. I wasn't sure if it couldn't be a subcontractor working for both companies, but if it says "programmed by Natsume" on Ninja warriors, which is a Taito game, and if there is such a correlation, I'm convinced. | |
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:58 am |
Well then, let us confirm it (for now, anyway): Renegade, Sagaia, and Special Criminal Investigation were done by Natsume. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:24 am |
I offer more credits as proof:
Mitsume ga Tooru (FC) Program T. Miyabe Design Shin.Chan, R. Xie Sound H. Iwatsuki Special Thanks I. Kaz, H. Autumn, A. Tanaka, TNY, T. Okamoto, Tom, N. Mizo, Take, Bit, Y. Shimizu Spanky's Quest (GB) Program T. Miyabe Graphics T. Okamoto Sound Effect H. Iwatsuki Music Composer H. Iwatsuki Sound Manager I. Mizutani Test Play Kin Chan Special Thanks Kazunoko, H. Ohta, A. Tanaka, Tany, T. Nishiyama, Shin Chan, N. Mizoguchi, E-De Ede, S. Matuura, Y. Hattori |
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:25 pm |
It's known that Natsume made Hana Taka Daka!? on PC Engine.
GameFaqs has very detailed lists on all game companies. If you check Natsume, they did make all those Master System games. |
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