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Template:Japanese name Yasuhiro Wada (和田康弘 Wada Yasuhiro) is a Japanese video game designer and producer.

Career

Yasuhiro Wada was the producer of the 1995 Super Famicom game Magical Pop'n.[1] He also worked as the designer on the game Harvest Moon.[1][2] Harvest Moon is a farming game, with gameplay that is not focused on combat or competition.[2] Wada felt he needed to make games that were different from those of his predecessors, and he drew on his experience growing up in rural life.[2]

In 2005, he was the president of Marvelous Interactive.[3] In 2008, he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Marvelous Entertainment.[3] In 2010, he joined Grasshopper Games as Manufacturer COO.[3] He then left Grasshopper and founded the company Toybox in 2011.[4][5]

Wada was the producer for the game Birthdays are Beginnings.[6][7]

He worked on the game Little Dragon's Cafe.[8][9] The game is a cafe-management and dragon-raising simulator.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Inc., Aetas. "「牧場物語」の和田康宏氏がSwitchに感じた可能性。生態系シム「ハッピーバースデイズ」クリエイティブプロデューサーインタビュー" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Staff, GDC Vault. "Video: The making of the original SNES Harvest Moon". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c "CREATOR - トイボックス株式会社". www.toybox-games.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Yasuhiro Wada - Anime Expo". Anime Expo. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Yasuhiro Wada On How Happy Birthdays Is More Game-Like, And Why He Left Grasshopper - Siliconera". Siliconera. 2018-04-14. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The creators of Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon talk to us about farm games". pcgamer. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "『Birthdays -バースデイズ-（仮題）』自分だけの世界を作って命を生み出そう - ファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "We Talked to the Creator of Harvest Moon Series,Yasuhiro Wada, for His New Game Little Dragon's Cafe -". mxdwn Games. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  9. ^ "Interview: Little Dragons Cafe's Yasuhiro Wada and Akibo Shieh - Gematsu". Gematsu. 2018-07-17. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Harvest Moon Creator's Next Game is a Cafe Management and Dragon Raising Sim". USgamer.net. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Harvest Moon creator's latest game combines dragon rearing and restaurant management". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-12. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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