Yoshio Sakamoto is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer. He has worked at Nintendo since 1982. He has directed several games in the Metroid series. He is one of the most prominent members of Nintendo's former Research and Development 1 division, along with Gunpei Yokoi and Toru Osawa.
Sakamoto at the 2010 Game Developers Conference
Metroid is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo. The player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and other malevolent forces and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic Metroid creatures.
Metroid Prime, released in 2002 for the GameCube, introduced 3D graphics and first-person shooter gameplay to the series.
Metroid: Samus Returns, released in 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS