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'''Masanao Arimoto''' is a game developer who has worked for [[Nintendo]] since the late 1980's, first working on the Famicom Disk System title, Yūyūki, before then moving on to games for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. His first work on the Zelda team came on ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'', where he worked alongside [[Tsuyoshi Watanabe]] as a Background Designer. He would later go on to work as an Character Director for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', a Design Manager for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]''. Arimoto would return to work on ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD|The Wind Waker HD]]'', working with the Graphic Design team.
'''Masanao Arimoto''' is a game developer who has worked for [[Nintendo]] since the late 1980's, first working on the Famicom Disk System title, Yūyūki, before then moving on to games for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. His first work on the Zelda team came on ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'', where he worked alongside [[Tsuyoshi Watanabe]] as a Background Designer. He would later go on to work as an Character Director for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', a Design Manager for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]''. Arimoto would return to work on ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD|The Wind Waker HD]]'', working with the Graphic Design team.
In addition to working on several Legend of Zelda titles, Arimoto has worked on several games in the F-Zero, Super Mario, Pokemon, and Super Smash Bros. franchises.


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Revision as of 17:21, November 13, 2019

Masanao Arimoto
Masanao-Arimoto.jpg

Games

Born

October 27th, 1966
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Position

Background Designer
Character Director
Design Manager
Graphic Design

Masanao Arimoto is a game developer who has worked for Nintendo since the late 1980's, first working on the Famicom Disk System title, Yūyūki, before then moving on to games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. His first work on the Zelda team came on A Link to the Past, where he worked alongside Tsuyoshi Watanabe as a Background Designer. He would later go on to work as an Character Director for Link's Awakening, a Design Manager for The Wind Waker and Four Swords Adventures. Arimoto would return to work on The Wind Waker HD, working with the Graphic Design team.

In addition to working on several Legend of Zelda titles, Arimoto has worked on several games in the F-Zero, Super Mario, Pokemon, and Super Smash Bros. franchises.

Release Game Credit(s)
1991 A Link to the Past Back Ground Designer
1993 Link's Awakening Character Director
2002 The Wind Waker Design Manager
2004 Four Swords Adventures Design Manager
2013 The Wind Waker HD Graphic Design