Kenichi Nishi

Kenichi Nishi (西 健一, Nishi Ken'ichi, born June 20, 1967) is a Japanese video game designer. He was born June 20, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan. He has helped found a number of notable video game companies and develops games at Route24, his own private limited company. The number 24 in the title comes from its founder's name: "Ni" (2) and "Shi" (4).[1]

Kenichi Nishi
Born (1967-06-20) June 20, 1967
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFounder of Love-de-Lic, Skip, Ltd., Route24
Game designer and director
Websitehttp://www.route24.jp/

Career

Kenichi Nishi previously worked for both Telenet Japan and its subsidiary Riot. He was later hired by Square as a field designer for two of its larger releases.[1][2] After leaving Square in 1995, Nishi helped establish Love-de-Lic, Inc. with many of his former Square coworkers. There, he designed two of the small company's three game releases: Moon: Remix RPG Adventure and L.O.L.: Lack of Love.[1][3][4] He also helped design and write the script for the 1999 Polygon Magic title Incredible Crisis.[5] Nishi then co-founded skip Ltd., a second-party developer for Nintendo. Acting as vice president of the company, he also directed GiFTPiA and co-directed Chibi-Robo!.[2] Shortly thereafter, he left skip and founded Route24 on February 23, 2006.[3] According to Nishi, he felt that working on large projects with a large group of people such as those at skip limited his freedom in designing games.[6]

At Route24, Nishi and a staff of four other people developed LOL for the Nintendo DS, which was published by skip in 2007.[7] He recently worked on Newtonica and Newtonica2 for the iPhone and iPod Touch with Kenji Eno, among other independently developed mobile games. In 2010, Nishi expressed interest in developing a sequel to Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, asking fans to voice their support via Twitter.[8]

Personal life

Nishi lives in Meguro, Tokyo. He is a fan of British rock music and once had a dog named Tao, who Nishi featured as a character in many of his games including Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, GiFTPiA, L.O.L.: Lack of Love, Chibi-Robo and Captain Rainbow.[4][6][7] Tao died in October 2009 due to kidney complications.[9] It is said that Dragon Quest III is Nishi's favorite game.[1]

Credits

References
  1. Bruno de Figueiredo. "Hardcore Gaming 101: Love De Lic". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  2. Riley, Adam (July 22, 2006). "Skip, Ltd Talks Nintendo, Chibi-Robo DS, GiFTPiA & More! (Transcript)". Cubed3. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  3. "Route24OfficialBlog Profile" (in Japanese). Route24. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  4. "Behind the Scenes – LOL: Lack of Love". GamesTM. The Ultimate Retro Companion. No. 3. Imagine Publishing. 2010. p. 117. ISSN 1448-2606. OCLC 173412381.
  5. Hoffman, Chris (March 2006). "Breaking the Mold: Chibi-Robo". Nintendo Power. No. 201. Redmond Washington: Nintendo of America. pp. 28–33.
  6. Alexander, Patrick (March 14, 2008). "Feature: Kenichi Nishi and Archime-DS Interview (Part One)". Eegra. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2008-09-11. He apparently still collaborates with them though, seeing Captain Rainbow (2008) credited him for the game's script.
  7. Riley, Adam (May 3, 2007). "Kenichi Nishi on Archime-DS". Cubed3. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
  8. Parkin, Simon (October 13, 2010). "JRPG Producer Looks To Twitter To Help Secure A Publisher". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
  9. Caoili, Eric (November 16, 2009). "All Dogs Go To Heaven: Kenichi Nishi's Tao Passes". GameSetWatch. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
  10. "Psycho Dream Release Information". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  11. Caoili, Eric (November 24, 2008). "Best Of FingerGaming: From Aurora Feint to Dr. Awesome". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  12. キャプテン★レインボー (in Japanese). Nintendo Software DataBase. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  13. "NEWTONICA: De Motu Corporum in Gyrium". Coregamer. August 21, 2008. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  14. Nishi, Kenichi (September 10, 2009). "お知らせ086 : PostPetDS 夢見るモモと不思議のペン" (in Japanese). Route24. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
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