New discovery

Summary:

Proof that Keizo Ota still works at Nintendo

New discovery

nintendofanatic8444 25 Jul 2021 06:57

A patent initially filed in 2017 shows that Keizo Ota is still working at Nintendo despite not being credited on any games since 2013. The patent in question is here: https://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/WO2017212899

Re: New discovery

takamori shiho 25 Jul 2021 17:39

He could have left since then.

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Re: New discovery

nintendofanatic8444 25 Jul 2021 19:13

Another strange thing I found is that apparently this year Yosuke Oshino filed a patent for Nintendo despite leaving for The Pokemon Company in 2019. Yusaku Shimizu was also associated with this patent.
https://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/2021096876

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Re: New discovery

Astrogamer 25 Jul 2021 19:47

The Keizo Ota patent looks like something like a prototype for the Labo Robot kit. Since that started back on the Wii U, he was probably working on Labo. The Oshino patent looks like it's for Super Mario Maker 2 - in particular, the process for moving objects that would be moved with the touch screen with some sort of drag operation, probably the stick.