is a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is known for his work on ''
Story of Seasons
''Story of Seasons'', known in Japan as and formerly known as ''Harvest Moon'', is an agricultural farming life simulation video game series created by Yasuhiro Wada and developed by Victor Interactive Software (acquired by Marvelous Enterta ...
'', formerly known as the ''Harvest Moon'' series. In 2009, he stopped work on the series to pursue other projects.
Career
Yasuhiro Wada was the
producer of the 1995
Super Famicom
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game ''
Magical Pop'n
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''.
He also worked as the designer on the game ''
Harvest Moon.''
''Harvest Moon'' is a farming game, with gameplay that is not focused on combat or competition.
Wada felt he needed to make games that were different from those of his predecessors, and he drew on his experience growing up in rural life.
In 2005, he was the president of
Marvelous Interactive
(MMV) was a multinational corporation that produced animation, music, video games and television series. MMV is known for its involvement in the ''Story of Seasons'' series. They merged with AQ Interactive in 2011 and became Marvelous AQL; ...
.
In 2008, he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Marvelous Entertainment.
In 2010, he joined
Grasshopper Manufacture
is a Japanese video game developer founded on March 30, 1998 by Goichi Suda. They are well known for creating titles such as '' killer7'' and the '' No More Heroes'' series.
History
The company was founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami, J ...
as COO.
He then left Grasshopper and founded the company Toybox in 2011.
Wada was the producer for the game ''
Birthdays the Beginning''.
He worked on the game ''
Little Dragons Café''. The game is a cafe-management and dragon-raising simulator.
Works
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Japanese video game designers
Japanese video game producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people