Risa Tabata (Japanese: 田端里沙, Hepburn: Tabata Risa) is a Japanese video game assistant producer and production coordinator working at Nintendo.
Risa Tabata | |
|---|---|
田端里沙 | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| Occupation(s) | Video game producer, Production coordinator |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Employer | Nintendo |
| Notable work | Metroid Prime Donkey Kong Country Paper Mario |
Career
editTabata was born in Osaka and graduated from Osaka University of Foreign Studies as a liberal arts student majoring in Chinese.[1] After graduating, she applied to Nintendo with the intent of doing clerical work at the company, influenced by her experience of playing Famicom games with her younger brother back in middle school. Upon being hired in April 2001, Tabata would instead find herself as part of Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, despite lacking any knowledge of game design at the time, and immediately assigned to be the production coordinator for Metroid Prime, assisting with communication between the Japanese Nintendo team and the Austin, Texas-based Retro Studios.[2][3]
Since then, Tabata has continued to work on externally-developed Nintendo projects under the purview of producer Kensuke Tanabe, going on to become assistant producer and production manager for subsequent Metroid Prime games, as well as various other Nintendo titles.[4][5]
Works
edit| Year | Game | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Metroid Prime | Coordinator |
| 2004 | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Assistant producer, coordinator |
| WarioWare: Touched! | Voice acting | |
| 2005 | Tottoko Hamtaro Nazonazo Q: Kumonoue no? Jou | Supervisor |
| 2007 | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | Assistant producer, coordinator |
| 2008 | Captain Rainbow | Assistant producer |
| 2009 | New Play Control! Metroid Prime | Assistant producer, coordinator |
| PictureBook Games: Pop-Up Pursuit | Assistant producer | |
| Punch-Out!! | ||
| New Play Control! Chibi-Robo! | Coordinator | |
| Metroid Prime: Trilogy | Assistant producer, coordinator | |
| PictureBook Games: The Royal Bluff | Assistant producer | |
| Eco Shooter: Plant 530 | Coordinator | |
| 2010 | Donkey Kong Country Returns | Assistant producer |
| Snowpack Park | Coordinator | |
| 2011 | Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword | |
| 2012 | Dillon's Rolling Western | Coordinator, supervisor |
| 2013 | Game & Wario | Directing support, game design |
| Nintendoji | Assistant producer | |
| Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger | Coordinator, supervisor | |
| Chibi-Robo! Photo Finder | Assistant producer | |
| 2014 | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | |
| 2015 | Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash | Assistant producer, chief director |
| 2016 | Paper Mario: Color Splash | Assistant producer |
| 2018 | Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers | Assistant producer, coordinator |
| 2020 | Paper Mario: The Origami King | Assistant producer |
| 2022 | Mario Strikers: Battle League | Project management |
| 2023 | Metroid Prime Remastered | Assistant producer |
| WarioWare: Move It! | Project management | |
| 2024 | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | Producer |
| Luigi's Mansion 2 HD | Project management |
References
edit- ^ Klausing, Svenja (2018-05-24). "Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers im Test: Schnelle Kämpfe und spannende Rennen". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "社長が訊く: 『メトロイドプライム3 コラプション』" (in Japanese). 任天堂株式会社. February 29, 2008. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ R, Sami. "Iwata Asks: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (English Translation)". Metroid Database. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ Metroid Prime Trilogy: Developer's Voice, archived from the original on 2022-02-22, retrieved 2022-02-22
- ^ Nutt, Christian (2015-10-13). "'Nintendo has its own way' - How it makes games and works with externa". Game Developer. Archived from the original on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-02-22.