Tetsuya Watanabe
Tetsuya Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺哲也 Watanabe Tetsuya) is a game developer who has worked at Game Freak since 1994.[1]
Watanabe has been involved with the Pokémon franchise ever since the original Pokémon Red and Green games, having originally worked as a programmer, and was the producer and director of Pokémon Quest. During the mid-2010s, he was the Director and General Manager of Development Department 1, which develops new original titles.[2] He later became the Director and General Manager of the Development Division, which oversees both Development Departments.[3]
Game credits
- Pokémon Red and Green (1996) - Programmer
- Pokémon Blue (1996) - Programmer
- Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (1997) - Program
- Pokémon Yellow (1998) - Programmer, Sound Effects
- Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Programmer, Graphics Design, Sound Effects
- Pokémon Crystal (2000) - Programmer, Graphics Design, Sound Effects
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Original Game Staff (Programming: Pokémon)
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Main Programmer
- Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Support Programmer
- Pokémon Colosseum (2003) - Pokémon Advisor
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) - Program Leader, System Programmer
- Pokémon Emerald (2004) - Programmer
- Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005) - Pokémon Advisor
- Drill Dozer (2005) - Debug
- Pokémon Ranger (2006) - Game Design Adviser
- Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Program Leader
- Pokémon Battle Revolution (2006) - Pokémon Advisor
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008) - Game Design Advisor
- My Pokémon Ranch (2008) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Programming
- Pokémon Rumble (2009) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Programming Support & System Programming
- Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (2010) - Game Design Advisor
- Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Program Director, System Programming
- Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure (2011) - Pokémon Game Design Adviser
- Pokémon Rumble Blast (2011) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon Conquest (2012) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Black Version and White Version Programming
- HarmoKnight (2012) - Producer
- Pokémon Rumble U (2013) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Support Programming
- Pokémon Battle Trozei (2014) - Pokémon Game Design Adviser
- The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (2014) - Very Special Thanks
- Pokémon Art Academy (2014) - Very Special Thanks
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Pokémon Rumble World (2015) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokkén Tournament (2015) - Very Special Thanks
- Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) - Producer
- Pokémon Picross (2016) - Game-Design Advisor
- Detective Pikachu (2016) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Special Thanks
- Giga Wrecker (2017) - Producer
- Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Special Thanks
- Detective Pikachu (2018) - Game-Design Advisor
- Pokémon Quest (2018) - Producer/Director
- Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (2018) - Pokémon Model Creation Coordinators Lead
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
- Giga Wrecker Alt. (2019) - Producer
- Little Town Hero (2019) - General Producer
- Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Pokémon Model Production Lead, General Producer
- New Pokémon Snap (2020) - Very Special Thanks
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022) - Pokémon 3D Modeling & Motion Design Supervisor, General Producer
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022) - 3D Visual Supervisor, General Producer
References
- ↑ MESSAGE｜GAME FREAK 株式会社ゲームフリーク｜GAME FREAK 株式会社ゲームフリーク, archived on Internet Archive December 06, 2023
- ↑ ゲーム制作集団「ゲームフリーク」が試みる“原点回帰”という挑戦――初の自社パブリッシングに踏み切った背景を，ゲームフリークの杉森 建氏と渡辺哲也氏に聞いた | 4Gamer.net
- ↑ MESSAGE｜GAME FREAK 株式会社ゲームフリーク｜GAME FREAK 株式会社ゲームフリーク, archived on Internet Archive November 13, 2022