Kyoto Report News (new posts) http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/c-1543009/kyoto-report-news Posts in the forum category "Kyoto Report News" - Exclusive news or information that is introduced to the underground internet by the Kyoto Report staff. Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:16:21 +0000 http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17570677#post-7520209 Kensuke Tanabe retires from Nintendo: Re: Kensuke Tanabe retires from Nintendo http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17570677/kensuke-tanabe-retires-from-nintendo#post-7520209 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:50:08 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Wow you are right about Konno leaving. Apparently he left in July 2025. He was definitely a senior developer, but i wonder if mobile not working out kind of ushered his exit.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17570677#post-7519946 Kensuke Tanabe retires from Nintendo: Kensuke Tanabe retires from Nintendo http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17570677/kensuke-tanabe-retires-from-nintendo#post-7519946 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:00:19 +0000 Leo Sukaze 1983988 Kensuke Tanabe has revealed that Metroid Prime 4 will be his final production, and he plans to retire as a game developer at Nintendo. Tanabe also thinks Risa Tabata would be a good successor to him.

P.S. Hideki Konno, who served as Mario Kart producer and smart device group manager, also announced his departure from Nintendo on his Facebook last year.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17460295#post-7439036 Nintendo Studios - Singapore: Nintendo Studios - Singapore http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-17460295/nintendo-studios-singapore#post-7439036 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:58:44 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Japan; President and Representative Director: Shuntaro Furukawa; hereinafter “Nintendo”) hereby announces that it has entered into a share transfer agreement with Bandai Namco Studios Inc. (HQ: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Daisuke Uchiyama) to acquire shares of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore Pte. Ltd. (HQ: Singapore; CEO: Makoto Ishii; hereinafter “BNSS”) for the purpose of strengthening its development structure.

As a result of this acquisition of shares, BNSS will become a subsidiary of Nintendo and will continue its development operations under the new name Nintendo Studios Singapore Pte. Ltd.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6081164 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Database http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6081164 Sat, 13 May 2023 12:32:19 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Maybe let's see what it looks like near completion. At the the least it can be its own page and be a great reference to all game staff and what key names are where.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6080641 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Database http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6080641 Fri, 12 May 2023 20:15:04 +0000 takamori shiho 7138426 I apologize for not replying to this. I've been busy with finals. I suggest we list just the key people here and then link to a list of the full staff on separate pages.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6077642 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Database http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6077642 Mon, 08 May 2023 18:59:49 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Great updates NF and Metal!

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6076982 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Datanase http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6076982 Mon, 08 May 2023 00:02:19 +0000 nintendofanatic8444 7277317 A very large percentage of them; 294 out of 335 to be exact, which accounts for 87% of all the staff.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6076973 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Datanase http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6076973 Sun, 07 May 2023 23:46:42 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Awesome. I wonder how many of the 335 listed we have tracked in credits.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6076945 Restructuring Personnel Database: Re: Restructuring Personnel Datanase http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6076945 Sun, 07 May 2023 22:50:01 +0000 nintendofanatic8444 7277317 I'll try to tag them when I can.

EDIT - All SMC staff added.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831#post-6076870 Restructuring Personnel Database: Restructuring Personnel Database http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15843831/restructuring-personnel-database#post-6076870 Sun, 07 May 2023 19:48:19 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/game-production-staff

I'm working on restructuring the personnel database as well. I will use this link for now before i take over the personnel database link (we can make another link for the kanji lists). I think using this format, we can have all current staff across NCL (EPD, PTD), SRD, MC, 1UP, NDCUBE, Monolith, NST, NERD, IQUE, Retro on one page. Not only would this be a concise way of listing all the major Nintendo staff on one page, but it will also be helpful in tracking the numbers of each company across / and also track across what dev they belong t.

NintendoFanatic, can you fill in the Mario Club (debuggers) and SRD (programmers)? I know that you've been tagging them. Takamori do you want to fill in the Monolith and NDCUBE?

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15800722#post-6055592 Restructuring Production Archive: Restructuring Production Archive http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-15800722/restructuring-production-archive#post-6055592 Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:37:53 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 I've been meaning to restructure the Production Archive - can everyone check it out. I've wanted to delineate the Production Credits and Development Notes but keep them in an easy to find manner. Also since the search function isn't working right now, I want to have everything viewable on one page.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-12660294#post-4837308 Vanpool Developing New Nintendo Switch Game: Re: Vanpool Developing New Nintendo Switch Game http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-12660294/vanpool-developing-new-nintendo-switch-game#post-4837308 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 21:15:19 +0000 MetalLord2 1341722

"second party"

havent noticed before, but every game they worked since 2010 was published by nintendo

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-12660294#post-4394099 Vanpool Developing New Nintendo Switch Game: Vanpool Developing New Nintendo Switch Game http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-12660294/vanpool-developing-new-nintendo-switch-game#post-4394099 Wed, 09 Oct 2019 15:24:45 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Vanpool is officially working on its next title for Nintendo Switch. It is most likely another first party title for Nintendo, and may be co-development or assistance. The developer just celebrated its work on Super Kirby Clash.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062#post-4219176 Genius Sonority Hiring Staff for Game Specific Machine: Re: Genius Sonority Hiring Staff for Game Specific Machine http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062/genius-sonority-hiring-staff-for-game-specific-machine#post-4219176 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 23:50:45 +0000 Torchickens 1420244 Without truly knowing much about them, Pokemon Battrio and Tretta are puck based games that play a little like Stadium but with altered mechanics, according to sources such as Serebii. I wonder if Genius Sonority wants to get back to making a game like that (I know they didn't develop Battrio or Tretta though(or have a role in them??) even maybe one that is an RPG like Colosseum/XD, and if the 'puck series' is an inspiration for such a machine/hardware? Or maybe the machine is existing (seems interesting if it said "game specific machine" though). Could Nintendo Labo VR also be relevant? However yeah, it could just be another puzzle game like you said on another thread about them being relisted as affiliates.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-10868750#post-4201601 Zelda / Genius Sonority Update: Zelda / Genius Sonority Update http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-10868750/zelda-genius-sonority-update#post-4201601 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 03:32:45 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Nintendo relisting Genius Sonority as one of their Japanese affiliate developers. They are also hiring. Probably another Pokemon puzzle game.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/jobs/affiliates/index.html

Nintendo also still hiring game planners and 3D CG designers for The Legend of Zelda series for their EPD Division in Kyoto.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/jobs/project/index.html

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-6973692#post-3914322 Thanks: Thanks http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-6973692/thanks#post-3914322 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:14:08 +0000 Hamp 4510905 Hi, I didn't know where to put this so I hope here's okay. Just wanted to say thanks for this site and gathering all this info. It's been really helpful. So thanks again

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4259540#post-3747814 NDCUBE working on a new original ip: Re: NDCUBE working on a new original ip http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4259540/ndcube-working-on-a-new-original-ip#post-3747814 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:50:34 +0000 MetalLord2 1341722
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]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062#post-3649624 Genius Sonority Hiring Staff for Game Specific Machine: http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062/genius-sonority-hiring-staff-for-game-specific-machine#post-3649624 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 01:24:58 +0000 n128 finally, we get some news from this company, I always hope we can get something from them, sometimes I just dont understand how they can survive with so few games.

]]> http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062#post-3649369 Genius Sonority Hiring Staff for Game Specific Machine: Genius Sonority Hiring Staff for Game Specific Machine http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/forum/t-4461062/genius-sonority-hiring-staff-for-game-specific-machine#post-3649369 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:06:54 +0000 Kyoto Ninja 1340009 Maybe Genius Sonority is working on a first-party game for Nintendo or Nintendo/TPC. They are "expanding their team" and hiring for "game specific" hardware (not mobile).

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