Hisashi Nogami
Hisashi Nogami is a Japanese game designer, producer and director at Nintendo.
Nogami joined Nintendo in the early 90s as a character designer for Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island. He is best known for his work on the Animal Crossing series of games, having directed the original, 2005’s Wild World and 2008’s City Folk and acting as a producer for more recent instalments.
Nogami most recently acted as producer for the Splatoon series of games.
Hisashi Nogami News
Nintendo releases Splatoon 2’s final significant update
Version 5.0 ends post-launch support after 2 years
Veteran Splatoon, Paper Mario writer leaves Nintendo
Eric Smith also worked on English dialogue for Zelda and Mario Maker
Splatoon 2: Nintendo posts ‘thank you’ video following final Splatfest
Post-launch support ends two years after initial release
Splatoon team ‘hasn’t thought about’ future of series
Developers focused on final update, insists producer
Nintendo Direct was ‘most tweeted about moment of E3’
Final Fantasy VII Remake also drove conversation on the social media platform
Nintendo market value drops $1 billion after E3 showing
Animal Crossing delay contributes to investor unease
Nintendo delayed Animal Crossing rather than crunch
US boss says company prioritises work-life balance over hitting release dates
Nintendo E3 2019 review
There’s a lot of goodness in the pipeline for Switch owners
Animal Crossing New Horizons delayed to 2020
Nintendo wants "to ensure it is the best it can be"
Nintendo Direct E3 2019 dated
Online broadcast set for Tuesday June 11, will focus "entirely on software"