Nobuya Nakazato (中里伸也 Nakazato Shin'ya?) is a producer at Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. (KCET). He is mostly known for having directed and produced several games in the Contra franchise, starting with Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Super NES in 1992. His latest contribution to the series is Contra: Rogue Corps for current generation consoles.
Career[]
Originally from Hachioji, Tokyo, Nobuya joined Konami in 1988 as a graphic designer. After working as a planner and director on many of Konami's games, he became General Manager in 2007, and Project Manager in 2012. He is now back in game development and recently worked as producer on Contra: Rogue Corps. Games in the Contra series that he worked on include Contra III, Contra: Hard Corps and Neo Contra.[1]
Game credits[]
- Business
- Gradius ReBirth (2009)
- Production
- Contra: Rogue Corps (2019)
- Contra ReBirth (2009)
- Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007)
- Neo Contra (2004)
- Contra Advance: The Alien Wars EX (2002)
- Contra: Shattered Soldier (2002)
- Design
- Contra: Rogue Corps (2019)
- Vandal Hearts (1996)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992)
- Laser Invasion (1991)
- Writing
- Vandal-Hearts II (1999)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Art/Graphics
- Vandal-Hearts II (1999)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
- Contra: Hard Corps (1994)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (1993)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (1993)
- Laser Invasion (1991)
- Rollergames (1990)
- Castlevania: The Adventure (1989)
- Audio
- Neo Contra (2004)
- Quality assurance
- Thanks
- Super Bomberman R (2017)
- Rocket Knight (2010)
- Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement (2010)
- Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōj... (2009)
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (2008)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Tag Force 3 (2008)
- Contra 4 (2007)
- Dewy's Adventure (2007)
- Elebits (2006)
- NanoBreaker (2005)
- Bucky O'Hare (1992)
- TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimaō (1989)
- Other
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: 5D's Wheelie Breakers (2009)
- Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (1997)
- Vandal Hearts (1996)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In an interview posted on girls of gaming magazine, Nakazato mentioned that his favorite character ever [from any game] would have to be Mika Kishii from Twilight Syndrome on the original PlayStation. He also admitted he was impressed by that game's script.[2]
References[]
- ↑ The History of Contra, page 24.
- ↑ girls of gaming, unknown issue, page 58.
External links[]
- Nobuya Nakazato at MobyGames