Yoshio Sakamoto

Yoshio Sakamoto is a designer, director, and producer who works at Nintendo, initially working in Nintendo R&D1.
== Roles ==
Within the Balloon Fight franchise, Yoshio Sakamoto has worked on both Vs. Balloon Fight and the NES version of Balloon Fight as a designer and artist, and on Balloon Kid as a director. In an interview following the release of the NES Classic Edition, he spoke about how he was put in charge of the game design in Balloon Fight after his work on the art of Vs. Wrecking Crew.https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/balloon-fight-developer-interview/
Outside of Balloon Fight, he is best known for his work on the Metroid series, as well as working on the WarioWare and Rhythm Heaven series.
He is also mentioned in the "special thanks" section in the credits of Hello Kitty World, Pushmo, and Nintendo Land.
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