director
Takashi Tezuka
手塚卓志
Make something together long enough, and no one — not even the two of you — can say whose idea it was anymore.
About
Takashi Tezuka is a Nintendo game director and producer who co-created The Legend of Zelda series with Shigeru Miyamoto and directed Super Mario World (1990). He directed Super Mario World as the Super Famicom's launch title and served as director on A Link to the Past (1991).
Timeline & Works
Career milestones and all 14 games in the museum they worked on — in the order they happened.
- 1985
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
- 1991
- 1993
- 1993
- 1995
- 2001
- 2002
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2004
Also connected to
- Shigeru Miyamoto co-created Donkey Kong Jungle Beat / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created Pikmin 2 / co-created Super Mario Bros. 3 / co-created Super Mario Sunshine / co-created Super Mario World / co-created The Legend of Zelda / co-created Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / co-created The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / co-created The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening / co-created The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Koji Kondo co-created Super Mario All-Stars / co-created Super Mario Bros. 3 / co-created Super Mario Sunshine / co-created Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / co-created Super Mario World / co-created The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / co-created The Legend of Zelda / co-created Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / co-created The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / co-created The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- Kazumi Totaka co-created Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+ / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Shinobu Tanaka co-created Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+ / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created Luigi's Mansion / co-created Super Mario Sunshine
- Toru Minegishi co-created Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+ / co-created The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Explore the work
Each title has its own page — history, trivia, and collector's notes.
Nintendo GameCube · 2004
Pikmin 2
The time limit was removed. Two captains, debt as the objective, and thirty year…
Nintendo GameCube · 2004
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Miyamoto's platformer controlled entirely with bongo drums. The design forced pl…
Nintendo GameCube · 2003
Animal Crossing: Doubutsu no Mori e+
The GameCube Animal Crossing, Japan's definitive version. E-Reader card support …
Nintendo GameCube · 2002
Super Mario Sunshine
The designer said play and vacation are the same thing — so he built the island.…
Nintendo GameCube · 2002
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
They drew instead of rendered, and the drawing outlasted everything that tried t…
Nintendo GameCube · 2001
Luigi's Mansion
For eighteen years, Luigi existed in Mario's shadow. His first starring role was…