Satoru Okada is the general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering, the division designing and developing Nintendo handheld game consoles (such as the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, and Nintendo DS consoles). He was also assistant producer and director of and contributor to several Nintendo games, notably "Metroid", released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986. Wikipedia
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Okada on the Game Boy Advance Here's the full translation of the interview conducted by Nintendo with the GBA designer. gameboy.ign.com/articles/084/084894p1.html