Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Credits Video
That same EAD Tokyo alphabetical staff roll. Annoying.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Credits Video
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Development Staff
Producer: Koichi Hayashida? Director: Kenta Motokura? (new official EAD Tokyo Group No. 3??)
Takashi Abe
Yuri Adachi
Masaya Akiyama
Katsuyasu Ando
Norihiro Aoyagi
Koji Aoyama
Hiroki Araya
Shigetoshi Gohara
Kazunori Hashimoto
Koichi Hayashida
Shinya Hiratake
Hiroaki Hishinuma
Takeshi Hosono
Mei ide
Toru Inage
Asami Inoue
Jun Ishioka
Akira Ito
Daisuke Ito
Yuichi Iwasa
Satoshi Kaji
Akiko Kato
Masayuki Kawakita
Satoshi Kawamura
Kyoko Kawasaki
Mio Kikuchi
Yotaro Kiriyama
Yuka Kitahara
Yusuke Kitazono
Tsuyoshi Komura
Youngseok Kong
Naoto Kubo
Tatsuya Kurihara
Hirokazu Matsuda
Yasuhiko Matsuzaki
Naoki Mineta
Satoshi Miyama
Yosuke Mori
Takafumi Moro
Kenta Motokura
Sho Murata
Kazuhiro Musa
Yuki Nakamura
Naoya Nihei
Daiki Nishioka
Yuta Ogawa
Shingo Okamoto
Keisuke Okubo
Tatsuro Ota
Koki Sasaki
Eisaku Sato
Masakaze Sato
Seiga Sato
Futoshi Shirai
Hideyuki Sugawara
Mayako Sugimoto
Yuya Takezawa
Hajime Tamura
Wataru Tanaka
Hirotaka Tanikawa
Wataru Tanimura
Mizuki Tatsuno
Daisuke Tsujimura
Chiaki Uchida
Daisuke Watanabe
Ce Xu
Atsushi Yamaguchi
Kazumi Yamaguchi
Yu Yamamoto
Jumpei Yamashita
Yuta Yamashita
Mahito Yokota
Akane Yoshida
Rikuto Yoshida
Special Thanks
Hiroshi Arai, Takeshi Hayakawa, Sayaka Hayashi, Youichi Hirota, Gen Kadoi, Haruka Kakinuma, Naoki Koga, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Keisuke Matsui, Saki Murayama, Yusuke Nakano, Atsumi Sasamoto, Kaoru Sato, Hideaki Shimizu, Yoshikazu Sumioka, Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Takashi Tezuka, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
General Producer
Shigeru Miyamoto
Executive Producer
Satoru Iwata
It looks like Hayashida is the producer, and more importantly new manager of EAD Tokyo Group No. 3??? Koizumi was not the producer of this game….Maybe working on the next Mario?? or more importantly. a different IP while Hayashida/Motokura take 3D Mario and Toad??
Unless Miyamoto produced or there's no producer,Hayashida is the only possible option in the credits.
Hayashida was the senior project leader of Group No. 2. His credentials are the biggest. Only makes sense he gets promoted. I actually think he was promoted right after NES Remix.. since during a Famitsu Interview.. early 2014.. he represents "EAD Tokyo Production Unit" and uses Director as past tense.
It should look something like this maybe.
EAD Tokyo Group No. 1 - Shimizu-san
Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre (2013), The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (2015)
EAD Tokyo Group No. 2 - Koizumi-san
Flipnote Studio 3D (2013), Super Mario 3D World (2013), NES Remix (2013), NES Remix 2 (2014), New Project (2015??)
EAD Tokyo Group No. 3 - Hayashida-san
NES Remix Pack (2014), Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014), Ultimate NES Remix (2014)
When I first saw the credits, I also immediately noticed Koizumi's absence.
But I wouldn't be too sure about a third group. Who would even be in the director role of Koizumi's group? Futoshi Shirai? He was at least co-director on some projects in his career, but not lately. Koizumi himself surely isn't.
Also, yes, Hayashida was still noted as director in NES Remix 2 (released April 24th, 2014), but that was when Captain Toad was probably in the middle of development, as well as hypothetically Hayashida's first project as group manager with Captain Toad. And I don't know, but since Iwata's EAD reconstruction, I don't think there ever was a case at EAD where a promoted group manager was still directing another game.
We already know EAD Toyko started working on the new 3D Mario long before E3 2014, so there are a few scenarios:
- There is a Group No. 3 and it was working on Captain Toad and the new 3D Mario simultaneously, while Group No. 2 is working on an unknown project (maybe a 'Garage' initiative?)
- There is a Group No. 3 and it was working on Captain Toad and now is starting on a unknown project (maybe a 'Garage' initiative?), while Group No. 2 is working on the new 3D Mario.
- There is no Group No. 3 and Captain Toad was just a one-off, cobbled together somehow inside Group No. 2
We'll see, I guess.
You are definitely right in the skepticism. Keep in mind this is just me making really educated guess on the information I am seeing, and what I would naturally expect to eventually happen. We can not confirm at this moment.
Facts:
Koichi Hayashida has become the second biggest auteur at EAD Tokyo behind Koizumi (Shimizu has been really low key as a producer). He was the second lead designer of Super Mario Galaxy (2007). Director of Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010), Super Mario 3D Land (2011). Director of NES Remix (2013) and co-director of Super Mario 3D World (2013). I think you know where I am going with this. He is the next in line, and I think by Kenta Motokura getting promoted to director 3D World and Captain Toad, it's basically setting up Hayashida's promotion as well.
Koizumi and a few key EAD Tokyo staff were absent from Captain Toad. I believe that we may absolutely be seeing a garage type of development project from some ideas he has had. As far as the next Mario, remember Miyamoto almost blurted out he is interested in a Super Mario Galaxy HD Collection being developed but with EAD Tokyo as the co-developer/producer while a partner does the grunt work. Soo I don't think Koizumi is producing another Mario outside of a collaborative theoretical HD Collection.
I think as of 2014, Hayashida was promoted to Producer / Manager of Group No. 3. His first official releases would probably be NES Remix Pack (which is technically a separate product from NES Remix 1 and NES Remix 2), and of course Captain Toad.
We need some more investigative work to confirm this. So we will see how it pans out.
So let's imagine…
Group No. 1 (Shimizu)
2011 Ocarina of Time 3D <----> 2014 Majora's Mask 3D (Production, Coordination, Music) other work by Grezzo
2013 Nintendo 3DS Guide Louvre <----> Maybe another app?? (Production, Coordination, Music) other work by Indies Zero
Group No. 2 (Koizumi)
2013 Flipnote Studio 3D / SM3DW leftover staff --> New Original Project for 3DS or Wii U?
2013 Probably production of Super Mario HD Collection but mostly developed externally
Group No. 3 (Hayashida)
2013 NES Remix Pack <--—> Ultimate NES Remix (in-house development with co-development Indies Zero)
2013 Captain Toad (most of SM3DW staff)
Oh, kind of breaking news! Looks like Motokura isn't the director of Captain Toad and instead it's Shinya Hiratake, surprisingly. Can't link, as I am seemingly not allowed, so just go on NeoGAF and search for the "Captain Toad was almost a Zelda game" thread.
Motokura could, of course, just not be mentioned here and he still is co-director in the background.
If not, he is working full-time on the next 3D Mario since 3D World released.
Shame that the producer isn't involved/mentioned in the interview, so we could know for a fact if it is or is not Hayashida.
I would still suspect.
Hayashida Producer
Motokura / Hiratake Director
The usual EAD Tokyo Planners. But Nintendo Dream or Nintendori, always have direct interviews with Nintendo development teams. Usually 5-6 staffers. Great stuff. I'm hoping that comes out soon.
(54 Developers worked on both Super Mario 3D World and Captain Toad)
Takashi Abe
Masaya Akiyama
Katsuyasu Ando
Norihiro Aoyagi
Hiroki Araya
Shigetoshi Gohara
Kazunori Hashimoto
Koichi Hayashida
Shinya Hiratake
Hiroaki Hishinuma
Takeshi Hosono
Mei Ide
Toru Inage
Asami Inoue
Jun Ishioka
Daisuke Ito
Yuichi Iwasa
Akiko Kato
Satoshi Kawamura
Kyoko Kawasaki
Mio Kikuchi
Yotaro Kiriyama
Yuka Kitahara
Yusuke Kitazono
Youngseok Kong
Hirokazu Matsuda
Yasuhiko Matsuzaki
Naoki Mineta
Yosuke Mori
Takafumi Moro
Kenta Motokura
Sho Murata
Kazuhiro Musa
Yuki Nakamura
Naoya Nihei
Daiki Nishioka
Tatsuro Ota
Koki Sasaki
Eisaku Sato
Masakaze Sato
Futoshi Shirai
Hideyuki Sugawara
Mayako Sugimoto
Yuya Takezawa
Hajime Tamura
Wataru Tanaka
Chiaki Uchida
Daisuke Watanabe
Ce Xu
Atsushi Yamaguchi
Kazumi Yamaguchi
Mahito Yokota
Akane Yoshida
Rikuto Yoshida
(21 Developers worked on Captain Toad but not Super Mario 3D World)
Yuri Adachi
Koji Aoyama
Akira Ito
Satoshi Kaji
Masayuki Kawakita
Tsuyoshi Komura
Youngseok Kong
Naoto Kubo
Tatsuya Kurihara
Satoshi Miyama
Yuta Ogawa
Shingo Okamoto
Keisuke Okubo
Seiga Sato
Hirotaka Tanikawa
Wataru Tanimura
Mizuki Tatsuno
Daisuke Tsujimura
Yu Yamamoto
Jumpei Yamashita
Yuta Yamashita
(44 Developers worked on Super Mario 3D World but not Captain Toad)
Taishi Ahagon
Yutaka Aihara
Mika Anzai
Kuji Aoyama
Masashiro Arimitsu
Yotaro Doi
Narimasa Hakodate
Manabu Hiraoka
Kotaro Hiromatsu
Katsuki Hisanaga
Yoko Honma
Arisa Hosaka
Kunihito Ihara
Yuki Ijiri
Kiyoshi Ishibiki
Yasuaki iwata
Gen Kadoi
Satashi Kaji
Yuji Kajiyama
Mitsuhiro Kida
Yoshiaki Koizumi
Koji Kondo
Youngseok kong
Kirokazu Matsui
Toru Minegishi
Yuko Miyakawa
Satsoshi Miyama
Shigeru Miyamoto
Tadatsugu Motomiya
Shigehisa Nakaue
Kimihiko Shimomura
Shungo Suzuki
Jun Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Hirotaka Tanimura
Hideyuki Tatsuta
Takashi Tezuka
Yuki Tsuji
Takaaki Ueno
Tomoko Watanabe
Takayuki Yaeno
Akitoshi Yahiro
Mieko Yamaji
Kouki Yoshida
Active EAD Tokyo Members who did not work on either Super Mario 3D World or Captain Toad
Takao Shimizu (producer)
Kiyoshi Takeuchi (programmer)
Haruka Kakinuma (planner)
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