Kensuke Tanabe

Kensuke Tanabe (Japanese田边 贤 辅Kensuke Tanabe, born January 26, 1963 in Ikeda, Osaka ), also known as Kenji Tanabe is a Japanese game developers.

Career

In April 1986, Kensuke Tanabe was employed by the Japanese video game company Nintendo. He was assigned as a designer and project manager Shigeru Miyamoto Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Division. His first project was Dream Factory: Nervous Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2, in which he served as Director. Some years later, Tanabe was promoted to producer and assigned to 2004, the Nintendo Software Planning & Development (SPD). There he serves as producer of the third SPD department and is responsible for the cooperation with the Nintendo studios Intelligent Systems and Retro Studios. He also collaborates with Next Level Games and Monster Games.

Ludography (selection)

  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze ( Wii U 2013) - producer
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D ( 3DS, 2013) - producer
  • Game & Wario (Wii U 2013) - Mini - Game Director
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii, 2010) - producer
  • Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii, 2009) - producer
  • Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii 2007) - producer
  • Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA 2005) - producer
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes ( GCN 2004) - producer
  • Metroid Prime (GCN 2002) - producer
  • Pokémon Stadium ( N64 1998) - Co - Director
  • Kirby 's Dream Land 2 (GB 1995) - Level Designer
  • Stunt Race FX (SNES 1994) - Level Designer
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link 's Awakening (GB 1993) - script
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past (SNES 1991) - script
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES 1988) - Level Designer
  • Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES 1988) - Director
  • Dream Factory: Nervous Panic ( Famicom, 1987) - director, level designer
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