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[[File:Mr Yabuki.jpg|thumb|right|Mr. Yabuki in his signature hoodie at the ARMS Open Invitational]] | |||
'''Kosuke Yabuki''' (Japanese: 矢吹 光佑) is a Nintendo employee, and the director of [[ARMS (game)|ARMS]]. He began working at Nintendo in April of 2005.<ref>[http://media.nintendo.com/pressroom/E32013/bios/Bios_E313_KosukeYabuki.pdf E3 2013 PDF from Nintendo's press website] Nintendo. June 2013. Retrieved on {{#dateformat:2017-07-14}}</ref> His early work was mostly limited to planning various titles, until he later became the series director for Mario Kart starting with [https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_7 Mario Kart 7]. | |||
Mr. Yabuki is currently the manager of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_Planning_%26_Development Nintendo EPD]'s Production Group 9. ARMS was his very first original project. | |||
== Works == | |||
*'''[http://zelda.gamepedia.com/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]''' - Level Planner | |||
*'''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_Wii Mario Kart Wii]''' - Planner | |||
*'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendogs_%2B_Cats Nintendogs + Cats]''' - Planner | |||
*'''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_7 Mario Kart 7]''' - Director | |||
*'''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8 Mario Kart 8]''' - Director | |||
*'''[https://www.ssbwiki.com/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Wii_U Smash Bros for Wii U]''' - Supervisor (Original Games) | |||
*'''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8_Deluxe Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]''' - Producer | |||
*'''[[ARMS (game)|ARMS]]''' - Producer | |||
=== Special Thanks === | |||
*'''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_Arcade_GP_DX Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]''' | |||
== Appearances == | |||
=== Nintendo Switch Presentation === | |||
:''Main article: [[Nintendo Switch#Nintendo Switch Presentation|Nintendo Switch Presentation]] | |||
Mr. Yabuki appeared after the reveal trailer of ARMS to explain the gameplay and controls, and commentated a short match between [[Spring Man]] and [[Ribbon Girl]]. He also announced the initial launch window for the game as Spring 2017. | |||
=== Niconico Chokaigi 2017=== | |||
:''Main article: [[Competitive Events#Niconico Chokaigi 2017|Niconico Chokaigi 2017]]'' | |||
This was Mr. Yabuki's first appearance at a dedicated ARMS event. At the end of the tournament he presented the winners with ARMS T-shirts as awards. | |||
=== Nintendo E3 2017 === | |||
==== Nintendo Treehouse Live E3 2017 ==== | |||
Mr. Yabuki appeared at various points during Nintendo's gameplay livestream at E3 to show off gameplay of ARMS and talk about its development along with Art Director [[Masaaki Ishikawa]] and members of Nintendo of America's Treehouse localization team. On the final day of E3, Mr. Yabuki revealed that [[Max Brass]], his arms, and [[Sky Arena]] would be added to the game in July along with [[Arena]] mode. He then showed off gameplay of these upcoming features. | |||
==== ARMS Open Invitational ==== | |||
:''Main article: [[ARMS Open Invitational]]'' | |||
Mr. Yabuki appeared at the end of the tournament to present the winner, [[Zerk]], with the Championship Belt. The commentator then challenged Zerk to play in an exhibition match against Mr. Yabuki. Both of them agreed, and Mr. Yabuki beat Zerk 2-0. In their first match, Mr. Yabuki hit Zerk onto the springboards in [[Spring Stadium]], then hit him with his Rush Attack before he hit the ground—a maneuver that would later come to be known as the "Yabuki combo." | |||
== Trivia == | |||
*Mr. Yabuki has reached near-memetic status due to his easy take-down of Zerk during the ARMS Open Invitational. | |||
== References == | |||
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