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Katsuya Eguchi is a pleasant man. Wearing a black suit with a red Pikmin sticking out of his coat pocket, Eguchi is nothing but smiles. Why shouldn’t he be? His latest game, Animal Crossing: New ...
LOS ANGELES — Katsuya Eguchi might have the toughest job at Nintendo. As the head of the Kyoto gamemaker’s Software Development Group No. 2, Eguchi (pictured right) produces the company’s ...
Katsuya Eguchi: Initially, our goal was to create something very simple that anyone could just pick up and play, and because everyone knows sports we thought that would probably be the best setting.
"To be honest, yes, I always feel [frustrated about that],' said Animal Crossing's Katsuya Eguchi to USgamer recently at the Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2014. Watch on YouTube.
Eguchi: “Nogami-san’s reason is a good one, but mine is simplier. I love Isabelle’s smile and the way she waves to you. At my age, people don’t always wave to you like that.
But Katsuya Eguchi is frustrated, and it's your fault. Yes, you . You and your ceaseless demands that each sequel in Nintendo's franchises manage to blow your mind the way the revolutionary ...
Katsuya Eguchi: I worked as the director on both the N64 and GCN games. I was there from the beginning of the concept all the way through, so I was involved in the forming of the franchise. WN: ...
Katsuya Eguchi is one of Nintendo's prominent figures, with credits as far back as Super Mario Bros. 3 and senior leadership roles in some of the company's biggest titles, ...
During a 2003 interview - archived on the website shmuplations - Animal Crossing's creators Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami discussed how the core foundation for the series was always ...
Her colleague at Nintendo, Animal Crossing producer Katsuya Eguchi, echoed that opinion, saying diversity on the New Leaf team contributed not only to the diversity of content in the game, it ...
After the show floor shut down at E3 on Tuesday, there was a modest gathering for press and fans to speak with a couple of Nintendo developers about the Wii U and its games. In attendance were ...