| Nobuyuki Inoue | |
| Native Name: | 井上 信行 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
is an independent writer at his own company, Sayonaraoyasumi. He previously worked as a creative director for Square and Brownie Brown.[1] He first became a developer when he took a job with Square as a debugger on the Game Boy game Final Fantasy Legend II. He began working as a scenario designer on the Super Famicom game Live a Live. He was also involved in games in the Mana series, including Legend of Mana.
He left Square to work with Brownie Brown, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo. He continued making games in the Mana series, starting with a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure titled Sword of Mana for the Game Boy Advance. He went on to direct a new franchise called Magical Vacation for the Game Boy Advance, which was followed by Magical Starsign for the Nintendo DS. [2] He later directed Mother 3, the long-awaited sequel to EarthBound. His final work at Brownie Brown was as the lead planner on Fantasy Life for the Nintendo 3DS.
Inoue began Sayonaraoyasumi Co., Ltd. on April 2, 2012.[3] Under this company, he worked as a scenario writer on Triangle Strategy for the Nintendo Switch.
| Year | Game title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Final Fantasy Legend II | Debugger | |
| 1992 | Romancing SaGa | Field map design | |
| Battle director | |||
| 1994 | Live A Live | Battle director, scenario | |
| 1995 | Romancing SaGa 3 | Map design | |
| 1997 | Final Fantasy Tactics | Planner | |
| 1999 | Legend of Mana | Event planner | |
| 2001 | Magical Vacation | Director, scenario | |
| 2006 | Magical Starsign | ||
| Mother 3 | Director | ||
| 2011 | Professor Layton's London Life | ||
| 2014 | Fantasy Life | Lead planner | |
| 2022 | Triangle Strategy | Scenario (credited as Sayonaraoyasumi) |