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Takahiro Watanabe is a sound supervisor and programmer at Nintendo. He has worked mostly on The Legend of Zelda, Pikmin, and Animal Crossing franchises.
History[]
Initially, Watanabe joined Nintendo EAD in 2002, with his first project being The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, where he produced and voiced sound effects for enemy characters, enemy transformation demo scenes and footstep sounds. In Pikmin 2, he programmed the sound effects and also voiced the Creeping Chrysanthemum.
Since around the Switch era, Watanabe has mostly been a sound supervisor on the Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises, among other games.
Game Works[]
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - Sound Effect Programming
- Pikmin 2 (2004) - Sound Effects Programming
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Sound Effects / Programming
- Link's Crossbow Training (2007) - Sound Effect / Programming
- Wii Music (2008) - Sound Effect
- New Play Control! Pikmin (2008) - Sound Programming
- New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (2009) - Sound Programming
- X-Scape (2010) - Sound Programming
- Mario Kart 7 (2011) - Sound Effects
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012) - Sound Effects
- Mario Kart 8 (2014) - Sound Support
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (2015) - Sound Programming
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (2016) - Sound Supervisor
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) - Sound Support
- ARMS (2017) - Sound Support
- Yoshi's Crafted World (2019) - Sound Supervisor
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch) (2019) - Sound Supervisor
- Nintendo Switch Sports (2022) - Sound Support
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — Booster Course Pass (2022-2023) - Sound Support
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch) (2024) - Sound Supervisor
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024) - Sound Support
- Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024) - Sound Supervisor
Special Thanks[]
- Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
- New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
- New Super Luigi U (2013)
- Super Mario Maker (2015)
- Star Fox Zero (2016)
- Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
- Cadence of Hyrule (2019)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)
- F-ZERO 99 (2023)
- Princess Peach: Showtime! (2024)
Additional Credits[]
- Super Nintendo World (2021) - Audio Supervision
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - Nintendo Team
Interviews[]
- 2004 Recruit Interview (archived)
- N.O.M.: Pikmin 2