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Akira Nishitani
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, sometimes credited as Nin-Nin or simply Nin, is a Japanese video game designer formerly employed by Capcom. Best known for co-creating the popular Street Fighter II. He is the current President of game developer Arika. Career Joining the video game company Capcom in 1986, Nishitani worked on many of Capcom's early hit games such as Final Fight and along with , designed Street Fighter II (including two updates). The game had an unexpected impact on gaming and started the massive fighting game phenomenon. In 1993, sales of Street Fighter II exceeded $1.5 billion in revenue and the Super NES port was Capcoms best-selling consumer game of all time. In 1995, Nishitani left Capcom to found the game development company Arika with other ex-Capcom employees. The first game they developed was Street Fighter EX. Works * Forgotten Worlds - Game designer * Final Fight - Planner * 1941: Counter Attack - Game analyst * Magic Sword - Special Thanks * Warriors of Fate - Special Thanks * Street Fighter II - Planner * Street Fighter II: Champion Edition - Planner * Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting - Planner * Varth: Operation Thunderstorm - Director * Saturday Night Slam Masters - Special Thanks * Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - Special Thanks * X-Men: Children of the Atom - Game Planner * Battle Arena Toshinden 2 - Special Thanks * Street Fighter EX - Executive producer * Street Fighter EX2 - Director * Street Fighter EX2 Plus - Director * Street Fighter EX3 - Executive producer * Fighting Layer - Director * Technic Beat - Executive producer * Jewelry Master Twinkle - Executive producer * Jewelry Master Twinkle Light - Executive producer * Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep - Executive producer See Also
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