Masahiro Sakurai
"Meteos" was developed by Q Entertainment and released by Bandai in Japan and Nintendo in the United States. The game was first announced by Nintendo in August 2004; it was produced by Q Entertainment founder Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who also produced Sega's "Space Channel 5" (1999) and "Rez" (2001). Former "Kirby" series director Masahiro Sakurai served as the game designer, and Takeshi Hirai was its director, while Takayuki Nakamura and Kaori Takazoe produced the game's soundtrack. The genres of music used for each planet include classical, country, pop and Balinese, and music reminiscent of that used in "Space Invaders" (1978).