Meta:Shin-ichiro Tomie
| Shin-ichiro Tomie 冨江 慎一郎 | |
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| Shin-ichiro Tomie, during an interview for Shiren the Wanderer 2 in 2000. | |
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| Date of Birth | 1961 |
| Place of Birth | Chiba, Japan |
| Works | Director, writer |
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Shin-ichiro Tomie (Japanese: 冨江 慎一郎), born 1961, is a Japanese game director, writer and part of Spike Chunsoft's affiliation. Since the 1990s, he contributes to the company with the Mystery Dungeon franchise as the main writer for the Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. He has also contributed in Tecmo's Tecmo Bowl series of sport games in the late 1980s.
Career
His hobby is soccer, and the Captain Tsubasa series was his initial source of inspiration.[1]
Tecmo
Tomie joined Tecmo, now known as Koei Tecmo, after graduating from university. During that time, he was engaged in soccer-themed games, such as Tecmo Bowl in 1987, and Captain Tsubasa II in 1990.[2][3]
For Tecmo Super Bowl, though Japan had limited NFL coverage overall in the late 1980s, him and the game's programmer Akihiko Shimoji were recording as many games as they could, shown on NHK satellite TV, to reproduce it in-game. Tomie's passion on sports has also helped the team to work on Tecmo Super Bowl.[3]
Chunsoft
Later in 1992, he was transferred to Chunsoft and consistently worked on the scenario of the Shiren the Wanderer series since its first title in 1995. The reason of working as a writer comes from the company's Sound Novel series, as he was not inspired of Otogiriso, but thought it was an innovative game, in addition to the lack of writers in the company.[2] His hobby for sport games is particularly noticeable in Shiren the Wanderer 2 and Shiren Monsters: Netsal, where he was in charge of both games as a director.[4][5]
The scenarios present throughout the Mystery Dungeon series were written so they would not interfere too much into the franchise's roguelike genre. The scenario for the Shiren the Wanderer series is smaller but also intriguing for each titles as they are mixed with its difficulty.[2] Initially, he has suggested to put the setting of the series in feudal Japan, compared to the previous Mystery Dungeon title, Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon.[6]
In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, the scenario has more presence in the gameplay than the former series, and its appeal comes from "their directions and sounds" rather than the scenario alone.[7] Furthermore, the series does not have a linear timeline between the mainline Pokémon franchise and this series so newcomers would be introduced easily into the series and the genre.[8] In an interview held in 2022, Tomie claimed he was not aware of the western fanbase, but was able to receive messages from Japanese fans of the series via letters, with some of them claiming Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Darkness, and its sister game Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, his "magnum opus".[2]
In 2012, during the first Nico Nico Game Master event, him and Kaoru Hasegawa appeared in the finale of a real-time attack of the first Shiren the Wanderer game.[9] Even if both series hadn't received a brand new title since 2010 and 2015 respectively, Tomie left a secret message in the 2020 port of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, indicating he would still be able to work on the next games if possible.[10] A new Shiren game, Shiren 6, was later released in early 2024.
Works
In the Mystery Dungeon franchise, he participated numerous time as a writer and director.
See Also
| Mystery Dungeon Franchise Development Staff | ||
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| Artists | Akira Toriyama • JERO • Kaoru Hasegawa • Shigehisa Nakaue | |
| Composers | noisycroak (Keisuke Ito) | |
| Producers | Frank "Bo" deWindt II • Hironobu Sakaguchi • Tsunekazu Ishihara | |
| Programmers | Masayasu Yamamoto | |
| Voice Actors | 
|
Shinichiro Ohta |
| Writers | Masato Kato | |
| Other | Nob Ogasawara • Tomoya Shinozaki • Yuji Horii | |
References
- ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201406/09054675.html 『街』への想いから昨今のインディーゲームまで――チュンソフト30周年のすべてを中村光一氏と振り返るロングインタビュー【後編】
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 [https://seafoamgaming.com/2022/04/17/interview-with-shinichiro-tomie-from-spike-chunsoft/ The Meeting of Destiny: An Interview with Shinichiro Tomie from SPIKE CHUNSOFT
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 [https://www.louraguse.com/the-fathers-of-tecmo-super-bowl/ The Fathers of Tecmo Super Bowl
- ↑ [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0010/03/index.html チュンソフト開発者インタビュー
- ↑ [https://dengekionline.com/soft/recommend/chunsoft/index.html インタビュー『ネットサル』『HOMELAND』 - 電撃オンライン
- ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201807/19160741.html 『風来のシレン』の制作陣が語る！ 新世代ローグライクゲーム『世紀末デイズ』の魅力とは
- ↑ http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/pokemon-mysterydungeon-gti/0/1 Iwata Asks : Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity : An Impossible Combination
- ↑ https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/2008/00027207-pokemon-donjon-mystere-interview-kunimi-kawamura-shinichiro-tomie.html Pokémon Donjon Mystère : interview Kunimi Kawamura & Shinichiro Tomie
- ↑ https://www.famitsu.com/news/201211/18024581.html 最速のシレンは誰だ！ 第1回"ニコニコゲームマスター"本戦の模様をリポート
- ↑ https://gamewadai.com/game-news/furainoshiren-kaihatsusha-shinsaku 風来のシレン開発者 「皆さんの、ひとりひとりのファンの声が大きければ、新作が作れるかもしれない」
- ↑ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/冨江慎一郎
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin-ichiro_Tomie