Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Japanese: 水口哲也, Mizuguchi Tetsuya, born May 22, 1965 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan) is a video game designer and founder of the video game developer firm, Q Entertainment.
Career
Mizuguchi worked for Sega from 1990-2003 and was the man behind such popular titles such as Sega Rally Championship, Space Channel 5 and Rez. His last position was Chief Creative Officer of Sega's United Game Artists game division.
On September of 2003, Sega performed an internal restructuring of its staff. Among these changes was the dissolution of United Game Artists and the transfer of its members into Sonic Team. The following month, Mizuguchi announced that he would leave Sega on October 10, 2003. He cited the changes in the corporate culture after the Sega-Sammy merger, and viewed that as an obstacle to what he wanted to do[1]. He announced that he would freelance for the video game industry through an at the time unnamed company.
He has since founded Q Entertainment and produced two puzzle games for next generation portable systems: Meteos for the Nintendo DS and Lumines for the PlayStation Portable. Both games have been released in Japan, North America and Europe. Mizuguchi is also the main producer for the Quest Beat label.
Mizuguchi states that his next game will be something new for him, not a racing, music, or puzzle game. The game Ninety-Nine Nights for Microsoft's Xbox 360 seems to fit that description. The recently announced Every Extend Extra for the PlayStation Portable may also be the title he was hinting at, although "E3" does incorporate music and rhythm.
References
- ^ Kikizo Staff. Tetsuya Mizuguchi Interview 2005. October 13, 2005. Retrieved October 15, 2005.