Ebisu Etsunobu

was a former producer at Konami, and is considered the main force behind the Ganbare Goemon series. The character Ebisumaru was even modeled after him.
He was part of the development team of a few Castlevania games, as programmer for Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun, and later as producer in games such as Castlevania (N64), Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness, and Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
==Biography==
Ebisu Etsunobu started in 1988 as a programmer at Konami, working on programming a few games, such as The Adventures of Bayou Billy in 1988, Ganbare Goemon 2 in 1989, and Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun in 1990, as well as programming other Ganbare Goemon games until 1993, where his talents leaded him to be the director of Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu. Following this, he directed most of the Ganbare Goemon games, and worked as producer on some Castlevania games as well.
In 2005, he left Konami along with Shigeharu Umezaki and a group of other staffers to establish the development studio Good-Feel.
As of 2020, it was revealed that Ebisu Etsunobu and his team are working on a game, which is a sort of spiritual successor to the Ganbare Goemon series. The game doesn't have a name yet, but is set to be released on the Nintendo Switch.Yoshi's Crafted World Studio Good-Feel's Next Game Is Giving Us Serious Goemon Vibes at nintendolife.
==Selected works==
*The Adventures of Bayou Billy (1988)
*Ganbare Goemon 2 (1989)
*Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun (1990)
*Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shōgun Magginesu (1993)
*Ganbare Goemon 3: Shishijūrokubē no Karakuri Manji Gatame (1994)
*Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Dōchū: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake (1995)
*Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (1997)
*Castlevania (N64) (1999)
*Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (1999)
*Konami Krazy Racers (2001)
*Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (2001)
==Trivia==
*The character Ebisumaru, one of the main protagonists of the Ganbare Goemon series (also by Konami), was named and modeled after Ebisu Etsunobu.
==References==
==External links==
*Ebisu Etsunobu at the Ganbare Goemon Wiki
*Etsunobu Ebisu profile at MobyGames
Category:Directors and Producers