Masato Nishimura
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| Masato Nishimura |
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| Place of birth: Kashiwa, Chiba prefecture, Japan |
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| Role(s): Designer |
| Education: Kashiwa Chuo High School |
| Twitter: @Mazin__ |
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Masato Nishimura (西村 真人), also known as Majin/Mazin (まぢん), is a designer at Sega. In Sonic CD he was responsible for the infamous "fun is infinite" hidden image and also provided a few voice lines for Sonic in the game[1]. He has been working on console and arcade games for more than 25 years and continues to develop arcade games to this day.
Production history
Games
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Landscape Designers[2]
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks[2]
- Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Graphic designers
- Chaotix (32X; 1995) — Map Design[3]
- Bug! (Saturn; 1995) — Special Thanks
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Landscape Designers[4]
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks[4]
- Shenmue (Dreamcast; 1999) — Assistant Main 3D Back Ground Designers
- US Shenmue (Dreamcast; 2001) — Asst. Main Designers
- Shenmue II (Dreamcast; 2001) — Main 3D Back Ground Designers
- Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Scenery Designers
- Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Special Visual Effects
- NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii; 2007) — Programmers
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Lindbergh; 2010) — Designer
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Landscape Designers
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Landscape Designers
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (Xbox 360; 2012) — Designer
- Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Designer
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F (PlayStation 3; 2013) — Backgrounds
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (Nu; 2013) — Stage Designers
- 3D Fantasy Zone: Opa-Opa Bros. (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd (PlayStation 3; 2014) — Visual Effects
- 3D OutRun (Nintendo 3DS; 2014) — Special Thanks
- Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX (Nintendo 3DS; 2015) — Designers
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone (PlayStation 4; 2016) — Stage Designers
- Fate/Grand Order Arcade (ALLS UX; 2018) — Artist
- Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Thunder Force IV (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Phantasy Star (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages OutRun (Nintendo Switch; 2018) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Puyo Puyo (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Virtua Racing (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Wonder Boy: Monster Land (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Columns II (Nintendo Switch; 2019) — Special Thanks
- Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Special Thanks
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Mega Mix (Nintendo Switch; 2020) — Stage Designers
- Fantasy Zone (Mega Drive; 2022) — Supervisor[5]
- Party Quiz Sega Q (Mega Drive; 2022) — 問題作成協力 (as まぢん)
- Psy-Phi (Lindbergh; unreleased)
- Sonic Crackers (Mega Drive; unreleased) — Map Design
Music
- Sega SG-1000 30th Anniversary Collection (CD; 2013) — Special Thanks to[6]
- Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol. 1 (CD; 2014) — SPECIAL THANKS to[7]
- Mega Drive Mini: Celebration Album (CD; 2019) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
- G-LOC Air Battle: Series Music Collection (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
- Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force III & AC (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
- Technosoft Music Collection: Herzog & Herzog Zwei (CD; 2020) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
- Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force IV (CD; 2021) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
- Technosoft Music Collection: Thunder Force I & II (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato"Mazin"Nishimura)
- Dyna Brothers 1 & 2: Music Album (CD; 2022) — Special Thanks (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
- Mega Drive Mini 2: Celebration Album (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
- Mega Drive Mini 2: Multiverse Sound World (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
- Technosoft Music Collection: Elemental Master (CD; 2022) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
- Sega Archives - M2 Music Memorial - (CD; 2023) — Co-A&R (as Masato "Mazin" Nishimura)
Hardware
- Mega Drive Mini (Mega Drive; 2019) — Supervisers
- Mega Drive Mini 2 (Mega Drive; 2022) — Supervisor
External links
References
- ↑ @Mazin__ on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2019-02-22 19:07)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Chaotix 32X good ending credits.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf
- ↑ File:FantasyZone MD Credits.png
- ↑ File:SSG100030AC innerback.jpg
- ↑ File:MD25AAV1 CD JP inlay back.jpg
