Staff of Pokémon XD

This is a list of staff members who worked on the game Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for the Nintendo GameCube, per the game's credits. It was published by Nintendo and developed by Genius Sonority.

Staff

Notice: The staff list is from the English version.

Director

  • Manabu Yamana

Director of Development

  • Yoshiaki Iwasawa

Art Director

Scenario Written By

  • Kazunori Orio

Music Director

  • Tsukasa Tawada

Game Design

  • Sui Hotate
  • Ryota Aomi
  • Kouji Oono
  • Koichi Iwata
  • Kuniko Kobashi
  • Chiharu Sugaya

Scenario Writing Assistants

  • Tetsuya Kawaskai
  • Naomi Fukuoka

Scenario Edited By

  • Sayaka Yamazaki

Scenes Edited By

  • Retsuji Nomoto

System Design

  • Masayuki Kawamoto

Programming Chiefs

  • Teruhito Yamaki
  • Akihiro Yoshida

System Programming

  • Michael Tedder
  • Dimitrios Chamouratidis
  • Mitsunobu Koyama

Application Programming

  • Mariko Akagi
  • Tomoharu Nishi
  • Yasuhiro Shimura
  • Yasushi Okita
  • Yasunobu Ihara
  • Yoshikazu Kita
  • Junichi Matsushita

Development Support Programming

  • Akira Fukushima
  • Yutaka Okoshi
  • Ryo Shimizu

Script Programming

  • Ryohei Endo
  • Masayoshi Tahara
  • Yatsuya Nanaumi
  • Satoshi Ogata
  • Yuichi Hujioka
  • Koji Kariya
  • Takashi Taneshima
  • Kazuya Azuma

Art Chiefs

  • Jamie Turner
  • Motokazu Sakai
  • Hiroyuki Ikeda
  • Takanori Wada

Character Modeling

  • Chika Hotani
  • Kazuhiro Saito

Character Motion Design

  • Rinko Yagihashi
  • Rui Guerreriro

3-D Map Design

  • Jyu Ikeda
  • Kenji Kawashima
  • Nobuhito Yamamoto
  • Yasumi Tamura

Additional 3-D Map Design

  • Koji Eto
  • Eiji Senke
  • Ryuzou Kishi
  • Yoshio Kamikubo
  • Hideaki Shibayama

Special Effects Art

  • Akira Fukumoto
  • Maiko Susuki

2-D CG Art

  • Maki Wada

Pokémon 3-D Modeling Direction

  • Kei Hoshiba

Lead Pokémon 3-D Modeling

  • Kazuo Yazawa

Pokémon 3-D Modeling

  • Takeshi Iizuka
  • Ken Ikuji
  • Atsuko Ujiie
  • Satomi Kokubo
  • Keita Komatsu
  • Hiromichi Sugiyama
  • Jungo Suzuki
  • Katsura Tabata
  • Shinichi Yoshikawa
  • Kiyoshi Utsunomiya
  • Misaki Nakaoka
  • Yosuke Yamashita
  • Masahiro Abeki
  • Yuji Kawarada
  • Yuichi Sawayama
  • Nachi Sugiyama
  • Yoshiyuki Tagawa
  • Mikio Mejo
  • Masaya Akiyama
  • Kumiko Oka
  • Toshiyuki Honda
  • Kiyotaka Hirata
  • So Yoshimura
  • Kyoko Koizumi

Pokémon 3-D Modeling Managers

  • Yasunori Yanagisawa
  • Masamichi Anazawa

Sound Effects

  • Masataka Saito

Sound Manager

  • Natsuko Kobayashi

Battle Data Design

  • Masahiro Okuda
  • Masato Kise
  • Tsuyoshi Koumura
  • Kouji Kobayashi
  • Takeshi Saigou
  • Katsuhiro Nii
  • Etsuko Fukushima
  • Osamu Fujita
  • Shunsuke Kohori
  • Norihide Okamura
  • Takahiro Ohnishi

English Localization

  • Seth McMahill
  • Keisuke Tominaga

Text Translated By

  • Nob Ogasawara

Text Edited by

  • Teresa Lillygren

NOA Product Testing

  • Thomas Hetzog
  • Melvin Forrest
  • Mika Kurosawa
  • Tomoko Mikami

Addiction Testing

  • NCL SUPER MARIO CLUB

Pokémon Games Designed By

Pokémon Characters Designed By

Pokémon Advisors

Pokémon Supervisors

  • Yuuri Sakurai
  • Kazuyuki Terada
  • Hiroki Enomoto
  • Akihito Tamura

Pokémon Coordinators

  • Hitoshi Yamagami
  • Tatsuya Hishida
  • Kazuyuki Gofuku
  • Takao Nakano
  • Shusaku Egami

Based on a Concept By

  • Akihiko Miura

Technical Support

  • Toru Inage
  • Satoshi Mitsuhara

Special Thanks To

  • Mari Shirakawa
  • Hiro Nakamura
  • Kenjiro Ito
  • Michiko Takizawa
  • Makiko Takada
  • Osamu Suzuki
  • Takanao Kondo
  • Kenichi Arai
  • Atsushi Sugimoto
  • Tomoko Yoshimura
  • Tomotaka Komura
  • Maya Nakamura
  • Tatsumi Kimishima
  • Mike Fukuda
  • Yoshinobu Mantani
  • Gail Tilden
  • Melinda Porter
  • Nicola Wright
  • Randy Shoemake
  • Motoyasu Tojima
  • Chihiro Kobayashi
  • Minako Higashi
  • Kazuko Goushi
  • Sachiko Kubokawa
  • Yuki Otsuka
  • Shiori Hirashima
  • Ysuyoshi Tokunaga

Very Special Thanks To

  • Creatures Inc.
  • MANGA★FORCE
  • e-plus digital works

Producers

Executive Producer


Staff of the Pokémon games and anime
Core series
Red and GreenBlue (JP)Red and BlueYellowGold and SilverCrystal
Ruby and SapphireFireRed and LeafGreenEmeraldDiamond and PearlPlatinum
HeartGold and SoulSilverBlack and WhiteBlack 2 and White 2X and Y
Omega Ruby and Alpha SapphireSun and MoonUltra Sun and Ultra Moon
Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!Sword and ShieldBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
Legends: ArceusScarlet and VioletThe Hidden Treasure of Area Zero
Side games
Stadium (JP)Stadium (English)Stadium 2ColosseumXD
Box RSBattle RevolutionRanchDream Radar
Spin-off games
Hey You, Pikachu!ChannelPokéPark WiiPokéPark 2
Trading Card GameTrading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!
SnapNew SnapPinballPinball: Ruby & Sapphire
Puzzle LeaguePuzzle ChallengeDashTrozei!Battle TrozeiTetris
MD: Red and Blue Rescue TeamMD: Explorers of Time and Darkness
MD: Explorers of SkyMD (WiiWare)MD: Gates to InfinitySuper MDMD: Rescue Team DX
Masters ArenaTeam Turbo
RangerRanger: Shadows of AlmiaRanger: Guardian Signs
RumbleRumble BlastRumble URumble WorldRumble Rush
Learn with Pokémon: Typing AdventurePokédex 3D (Pro) • Conquest
The Thieves and the 1000 PokémonArt Academy
Detective Pikachu (Birth of a New Duo) • Detective Pikachu Returns
ShufflePokkén Tournament (DX) • Picross (GBC)Picross (3DS)
DuelMagikarp JumpQuestMasters (EX)SmileCafé MixSleep
Anime
Staff of the Pokémon anime


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