Akira Nishitani

, 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 Akira Yasuda (Akiman), 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

References

External links

Akira Nishitani at MobyGames

*Akira Nishitani at Giant Bomb

Arika's Company website

Category:Japanese video game designers
Category:Video game directors
Category:Capcom
Category:Living people