| Yasuhiro Wada | |
| Known For: | Harvest Moon (video game), Story of Seasons |
is a Japanese video game designer and producer. He is known for his work on Story of Seasons, formerly known as the Harvest Moon series. In 2009, he stopped work on the series to pursue other projects.
Yasuhiro Wada was the producer of the 1995 Super Famicom game Magical Pop'n.[1] He also worked as the designer on the game Harvest Moon.[2] Harvest Moon is a farming game, with gameplay that is not focused on combat or competition. Wada felt he needed to make games that were different from those of his predecessors, and he drew on his experience growing up in rural life.
In 2005, he was the president of Marvelous Interactive.[3] In 2008, he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Marvelous Entertainment. In 2010, he joined Grasshopper Manufacture as COO. He then left Grasshopper and founded the company Toybox in 2011.[4] [5]
Wada was the producer for the game Birthdays the Beginning.[6] [7]
He worked on the game Little Dragons Café.[8] [9] The game is a cafe-management and dragon-raising simulator.[10] [11]
| Year | Game title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Magical Pop'n | Producer |
| 1996 | Harvest Moon | |
| 1997 | Harvest Moon GB | Producer, game designer |
| 1999 | Harvest Moon 64 | Producer, sound director |
| 1999 | Harvest Moon 2 GBC | Producer |
| 1999 | Director, producer | |
| 2000 | Harvest Moon 3 GBC | Producer, supervisor |
| 2000 | Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl | Producer, Funny Fish Modeler |
| 2001 | ||
| 2003 | ||
| 2003 | Producer, game designer | |
| 2003 | Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town | Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life | |
| 2005 | Harvest Moon DS | |
| 2005 | Executive producer, game designer | |
| 2005 | Harvest Moon DS Cute | Executive producer |
| 2005 | Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition | |
| 2006 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2007 | ||
| 2008 | Rune Factory 2 | |
| 2008 | Producer | |
| 2008 | Rune Factory: Frontier | Executive producer |
| 2009 | Producer | |
| 2013 | Hometown Story | Director, producer |
| 2017 | Birthdays the Beginning | Producer, game designer |
| 2018 | Little Dragons Café | Producer |
| 2024 | Natsumon: 20th Century Summer Vacation | Producer[12] |