Akintunde Omitowoju

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Akintunde "Akin" Omitowoju is a Nigerian software engineer. At Retro Studios, he engineered Metroid Prime, and then moved to Japan in 2003http://anakasmith.blogspot.ca/2010/11/of-big-wait.html to work more closely with Nintendo. Thus, he did not engineer Metroid Prime 2: Echoes or Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. He did engineer Theta, a Japan-only game for the Nintendo DS. In 2008, Omitowoju returned to Retro Studios to engineer their Donkey Kong Country games and Mario Kart 7. http://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/akintunde1/ http://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/akin-masami/ He left Retro Studios again in 2014 and is now the Senior Engineer at 17-BIT, Inc. in Japan.
==Metroid Prime==
In the start of development on Metroid Prime, Omitowoju created a rudimentary particle system and weapons, and later took over on the artificial intelligence side.Dev Game Club. "DGC Ep 355: Metroid Prime Bonus Interview with Jack Mathews!" July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023. https://www.devgameclub.com/blog/2023/7/19/dgc-ep-355-metroid-prime-bonus-interview-with-jack-mathews (starts at 30:10) Later on in production, he voiced the Space Pirates in Metroid Prime. Clark Wen recorded Omitowoju screaming curses in Yoruba, which he then heavily processed into the vocalizations made by the Pirates.Kiwi Talkz. "#112 - Clark Wen Interview (Metroid Prime, Sound Design, Kenji Yamamoto, Mixing, SFX, Game Audio )". YouTube. October 23, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022. (starts at 13:11) 
==External links==
*Omitowoju on LinkedIn
*Omitowoju on MobyGames
==References==
Category:Retro Studios employees
Category:Programmers