The designer was also known for design on three of the four Uncharted games.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29750
Hirokazu Yasuhara has assumed a new role at Nintendo Software Technology (NST) after leaving Namco Bandai one month ago, as reported by Yasuhara's LinkedIn profile.
As Yasuhara has begun working for NST recently, no word currently exists on what exactly he is working on. NST is known for games like Wave Race: Blue Storm, Metroid Prime Hunters, the Mario vs. Donkey Kong franchise, as well as several DSiware titles (like Aura-Aura Climber).
Yasuhara is originally well-known as director of many of the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles as well as a major designer for Sega and Namco Bandai. More recently, he was known for design on the main series of Uncharted games along with 2010's Pac-Man Party.
I read this a few days ago somewhere, but all they said was that he was working at NOA, which made little to no sense whatsoever. NST makes a lot more sense. Interestingly enough, he was the featured interview in last month's Nintendo Power. It was a good interview, but he wasn't working on any new games releasing on a Nintendo platform anytime soon, so it made me kinda scratch my head and wonder why in the world he was in that month's issue.
Though I wouldn't read too much into that connection, since Nintendo Power hasn't been officially affiliated with NOA or NCL for years. Funny coincidence nonetheless. Guess he'll have to move up to Redmond (or is NST in Seattle?). Apparently from the NP interview, he lives in the SF Bay area, loves living in the US in general, been living here since Sonic 2 or 3?
I read this a few days ago somewhere, but all they said was that he was working at NOA, which made little to no sense whatsoever. NST makes a lot more sense.
