History Creator / YoshiakiKoizumi

Starting from the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch reveal presentation, he took a more prominent role as a face of Nintendo, becoming the host of [[WebVideo/NintendoDirect Nintendo Directs]].

A [[TheApprentice protégé]] of Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto, Koizumi has a had a considerable influence on both the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' and ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchises.

->''"If you think about games only as a thing that you interact with, you’re missing the possibility of immersion. The inspirations that I tend to draw on for that all come from real life itself. Hiking on a mountain and seeing a cave and thinking about what’s inside – it’s that sense of wonder and excitement I want players to feel."''
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Starting from UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch reveal presentation he took a more prominent role as a face of Nintendo, becoming the host of [[WebVideo/NintendoDirect Nintendo Directs]].

* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'' -- character design, animation and camera. He was in a [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D/Vol-2-Original-Development-Staff-Part-1/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park-/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park--231680.html team of people who invented]] [[CameraLockOn Z-targeting system]], which is now a standard for all 3D action games, and it was his idea to change the system's marker from a simple marker into a FairyCompanion, which eventually became Navi, ''the'' TropeCodifier for {{Exposition Fair|y}}ies.

* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'' -- character design, animation and camera. He was in a [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D/Vol-2-Original-Development-Staff-Part-1/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park-/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park--231680.html team of people who invented]] [[CameraLockOn Z-targeting system]] which is now a standard for all 3D action games.

Yoshiaki Koizumi (born born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer, who has been working for Creator/{{Nintendo}} since 1991.

Starting from UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch reveal presentation he took a more prominent role as a face of Nintendo, becoming the host [[WebVideo/NintendoDirect Nintendo Directs]].

He originally started working on Zelda games:

* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'' -- character design, animation and camera. He was in a [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D/Vol-2-Original-Development-Staff-Part-1/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park-/3-Let-s-Go-to-Toei-Kyoto-Studio-Park--231680.html team of people who invented]] [[CameraLockOn Z-targeting system]] which is now a standard for all 3d action games.

He was also working on Mario games. Every single 3d Mario since ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has him as either director or producer, most notably he was the director of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' where he snuck in Rosalina's story despite Miyamoto's objection to stories in Mario games. He eventually took over from him as main producer overlooking the mainline 3d Mario series.

He also directed ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJungleBeat.''

He was also working on Mario games. Every single 3d Mario since ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has him as either director or producer, most notably he was the director of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' where he snuck in Rosalina's story against Miyamoto's objection to stories in Mario games. He eventually took over from him as main producer overlooking the mainline 3d Mario series.

He was also working on Mario games. Every single 3d Mario since ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has him as either director or producer, most notably he was the director of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' where he snuck in Rosalina's story against Miyamoto's wishes to eschew stories in Mario games. He eventually took over from him as main producer overlooking the mainline 3d Mario series.

He was also working on Mario games. Every single 3d Mario since ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has him as either director or producer, most notably he was the director of SuperMarioGalaxy where he snuck in Rosalina's story against Miyamoto's wishes to eschew stories in Mario games. He eventually took over from him as main producer overlooking the mainline 3d Mario series.

He also directed DonkeyKongJungleBeat.

Starting from NintendoSwitch reveal presentation he took a more prominent role as a face of Nintendo, becoming the host [[NintendoDirect Nintendo Directs]].

In regards the former, while he was originally hired to provide art and story-text for the manual to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', Koizumi ended up conceiving much of what became the series' backstory, such as the idea of the three Goddesses and the star sign associated with them. He then went on to write the storyline and several characters on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', work on character design, animation, and wrote several scenes for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'', a role he repeated on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', on which he also came up with the concept of the constantly overhanging threat from the falling moon throughout the game, and was the assistant director on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]''.

On the latter, he worked as the assistant director and animator on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', director on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', and producer on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', ''SuperMario3DWorld'' and ''SuperMarioOdyssey''. He also directed ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJungleBeat'', and gave special input on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''.

Also, starting from NintendoSwitch reveal presentation he took a more prominent role as a face of Nintendo, becoming the host [[NintendoDirect Nintendo Directs]].

On the latter, he worked as the assistant director and animator on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', director on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', and producer on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', and ''SuperMario3DWorld''. He also directed ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongJungleBeat'', and gave special input on ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''.

'''Yoshiaki Koizumi''' (born born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer, who has been working for Creator/{{Nintendo}} since 1991.

->''If you think about games only as a thing that you interact with, you’re missing the possibility of immersion. The inspirations that I tend to draw on for that all come from real life itself. Hiking on a mountain and seeing a cave and thinking about what’s inside – it’s that sense of wonder and excitement I want players to feel.''

Yoshiaki Koizumi (born born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer, who has been working for Creator/{{Nintendo}} since 1991.

In regards the former, while he was originally hired to provide art and story-text for the manual to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', Koizumi ended up conceiving much of what became the series' backstory, such as the idea of the three Godesses and the star sign associated with them. He then went on to write the storyline and several characters on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', work on character design, animation, and wrote several scenes for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'', a role he repeated on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', on which he also came up with the concept of the constantly overhanging threat from the falling moon throughout the game, and was the assistant director on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the Wind Waker]]''.

In regards the former, he was originally hired to provide art and story-text for the manual to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', Koizumi ended up conceiving much of what became the series' backstory, such as the idea of the three Godesses and the star sign associated with them. He then went on to write the storyline and several characters on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', work on character design, animation, and wrote several scenes for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'', a role he repeated on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', on which he also came up with the concept of the constantly overhanging threat from the falling moon throughout the game, and was the assistant director on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the Wind Waker]]''.

In regards the former, he was originally hired to provide art and story-text for the manual to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', Koizumi ended up conceiving much of what became the series' backstory, such as the idea of the three Godesses and the star sign associated with them. He then went on to write the storyline and several characters on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', work on character design, animation, and wrote several scenes for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'', a role he repeated on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'', on which he also came up with the concept of the constantly overhanging threat from the falling moon throughout the game, and was the assistant director on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the Wind Waker]].

On the latter, he worked as the assistant director and animator on ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', director on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'', and producer on ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'', ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'', and ''SuperMario3DWorld''.

In regards the former, he was originally hired to provide art and story-text for the manual to ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', Koizumi ended up conceiving much of what became the series' backstory, such as the idea of the three Godesses and the star sign associated with them. He then went on to write the storyline and several characters on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening Link's Awakening]]'', work on character design, animation, and wrote several scenes for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaOcarinaofTime Ocarina of Time]]'', a role he repeated on ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' on which he also came up with the concept of the constantly overhanging threat throughout the game, and was the assistant director on [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker the Wind Waker]].