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[Barry the Nomad]

http://segabits.com/...-1st-no-foolin/

http://andriasang.co...4r/nagoshi_cco/

Starting April 1st, theres a new CCO in town: Toshihiro Nagoshi. SEGA Sammy has announced that starting in April a bit of corporate reshuffling will go into effect, due to the retirement of some of SEGA’s higher ups. Naoya Tsurumi takes over the President and Chief Operating Officer role from the retiring Okitane Usu. Toshihiro Nagoshi, creator of Yakuza and producer of the recently released Binary Domain, will fill a newly formed Chief Creative Officer position. All I can say is that this is some great news! I know nothing about Naoya Tsurumi, but Nagoshi in a CCO role? Very cool. Always a good thing to see a talented person in a high level creative position.

Great to see a man of talent rising in the ranks. Wonder how this will affect Sonic Team, if at all. Sort of reminds me of when John Lasseter became CCO for Disney and Pixar. This role can only mean good things for SEGA.

For those wondering, Nagoshi's resume:

• Virtua Racing (1992) — Chief Designer
• Burning Rival (1993) — Voice Actor
• Daytona USA (1995) — Special Thanks
• Shenmue (1999) — Supervisor (Sega AM4)
• Super Monkey Ball (2001) — Producer, Director
• Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002) — Producer, Director
• Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002) — Producer, Director
• Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus (2003) — Executive Management
• F-Zero GX (2003) — Producer
• Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (2003) — Executive Management
• Sonic Battle (2004) — Executive Management
• Sonic Heroes (2004) — Development Division
• Sonic Advance 3 (2004) — Development Division
• Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004) — Executive Producer
• Yakuza (2005) — General Supervisor, General Producer
• Spikeout: Battle Street (2005) — Producer
• Sonic Riders (2006) — Development Support
• Yakuza 2 (2006) — Producer
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (2006) — Producer, Director
• NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (2007) — Chief Producer
• The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (2007) — Chief Producer
• Yakuza: Kenzan! (2008) — Producer
• Sonic Unleashed (2008) — Chief Producer
• Yakuza 3 (2009) — Producer
• Sonic and the Black Knight (2009) — Chief Producer
• Puyo Puyo 7 (2009) — Chief Producer
• Yakuza 4 (2010) — Producer
• Binary Domain (2012) — Producer

[Balding Spider]

I for one welcome our new tanned chief creative officer.

[Barry the Nomad]

Iizuka will have to get a tan or he's FIRED!

[gato]

Does this mean next Sonic game could have a giant, real life GUN truck as publicity?





EDIT: I'm actually curious, how does this affect Ryu Ga Gotoku studio and other franchises? As much as I would love it I'm not sure he would have so much influence over the rest of the SEGA franchises.

Edited by gato, 29 February 2012 - 05:00 PM.

[Captain Harlock]

I'm a bit saddened by this, all our experience with Japanese games people rising the ranks points to the fact he'll now be stuck with paperwork and not be able to do the stuff he likes. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

[Generations (Chaos Warp)]

Cool! Here's hoping (If he affects Sonic) he continues the rising quality of the Sonic series and does not start dropping it with stupid decisions........

[Red Cap-Blue Spikes]

Cool! Here's hoping (If he affects Sonic) he continues the rising quality of the Sonic series and does not start dropping it with stupid decisions........

F-Zero GX (2003) — Producer
Shenmue (1999) — Supervisor (Sega AM4)

Clearly, the man can do no wrong. Just look at DAT RESUME.



On a more serious note, this would be pretty cool... if I knew what a CCO even does.

[Jetronic]

Wait...Nagoshi?

You mean this pimp here?

[Metal Gear (sting)RAY]

I'm a bit saddened by this, all our experience with Japanese games people rising the ranks points to the fact he'll now be stuck with paperwork and not be able to do the stuff he likes. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

His credits seem to be mostly direction and coordination roles, so as far as high-tier bureaucratic positions go, Chief Creative Officer hardly sounds constraining. If anything, it's actually analogous to Shigeru Miyamoto's position at Nintendo.

[Barry the Nomad]

He'll still fulfill his normal duties, so those thinking he'll be ripped from creating games can rest easy.