Kenta Nagata

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  The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection (Review)

  March 8, 2017 | Ryan Paquet | 137 Comments Share this The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sound Selection (Review)

  

  I was fortunate enough to acquire a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Special Edition released in North America. The soundtrack CD that comes in the package is a gorgeous Digipak case which make me very happy after the release of the simple cardboard sleeve that North Americans received for the Twilight Princess Sound Selection CD.

  The Breath of the Wild CD offers 23 tracks from the game, and a 24th track with a live recording. Read of for my review of the album, and if you didn’t get the Special Edition I have some tips on where you can grab your own copy of this CD, and details on its various releases.

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  New Super Mario Bros. Wii: A Warp Pipe to 1985 – 1995 (Game Review)

  February 27, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this New Super Mario Bros. Wii: A Warp Pipe to 1985 – 1995 (Game Review)

  

  This game really came out of left field at E3 2009. I distinctly remember the playful samba music coming from the speakers above the floor along with the multitude of smiles and laughs coming from the people lining the kiosks. The game was released at the end of 2009, and has sold a slew of copies, so I guess it’s obvious that Nintendo knew right from the start that it had something big on its hands.

  As we’re not likely to see a soundtrack release for the game based on our interview with New Super Mario Bros. Wii Sound Director Kenta Nagata, I thought it’d be appropriate to take a look at the game and its music in a review. While there was a lot of marketing that went into the multiplayer aspects of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, it was also designed to work as a single player game, and I think fans of the Mario series will be pleased not only with the game design, but also with the fan service Nintendo provides with countless throwbacks to past Mario games including Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and Super Mario 64.

  Hit the jump to find out what we thought in our review of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. (more…)

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  Sound Director Kenta Nagata Talks New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  February 2, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Sound Director Kenta Nagata Talks New Super Mario Bros. Wii

  

  There was no doubt that New Super Mario Bros. Wii would be hugely successful. The game kind of came out of nowhere, and it has been rocking the sales charts since it was released at the tail end of 2009. We’ve been trying to hunt down the audio team for an interview, and while I admit it took longer than we had hoped, at least we got it done!

  Joining us is New Super Mario Bros. Wii Sound Director Kenta Nagata to tell us about how the team approached the game’s music, from why Mario sports a Latin sound despite being Italian, to the role of “rhythm” in a game with so many characters on the screen at once. It’s a nice look back at the game and its music, so please enjoy!

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