Tetsuya Watanabe

Tetsuya Watanabe (Japanese: 渡辺哲也 Watanabe Tetsuya) is a senior programmer at Game Freak who has been involved with the Pokémon franchise ever since the original Pokémon Red and Green games. He acts as a program director in various core series titles. Nowadays, he is usually involved as a supervisor and advisor on various games along Junichi Masuda.

Game credits

• Pokémon Red and Green (1996) - Programmer
• Pokémon Blue (1996) - Programmer
• Bushi Seiryūden: Futari no Yūsha (1997) - Program
• Pokémon Yellow (1998) - Programmer, Sound Effects
• Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) - Programmer, Graphics Design, Sound Effects
• Pokémon Crystal (2000) - Programmer, Graphics Design, Sound Effects
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Original Game Staff (Programming: Pokémon)
• Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002) - Main Programmer
• Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire (2003) - Support Programmer
• Pokémon Colosseum (2003) - Pokémon Advisor
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) - Program Leader, System Programmer
• Pokémon Emerald (2004) - Programmer
• Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005) - Pokémon Advisor
• Drill Dozer (2005) - Debug
• Pokémon Ranger (2006) - Game Design Adviser
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2006) - Program Leader
• Pokémon Battle Revolution (2006) - Pokémon Advisor
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Supervisor (Original Games)
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008) - Game Design Advisor
• My Pokémon Ranch (2008) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon Platinum (2008) - Programming
• Pokémon Rumble (2009) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) - Programming Support & System Programming
• Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (2010) - Game Design Advisor
• Pokémon Black and White (2010) - Program Director, System Programming
• Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure (2011) - Pokémon Game Design Adviser
• Pokémon Rumble Blast (2011) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon Conquest (2012) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (2012) - Pokémon Black Version and White Version Programming
• HarmoKnight (2012) - Producer
• Pokémon Rumble U (2013) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon X and Y (2013) - Support Programming
• Pokémon Battle Trozei (2014) - Pokémon Game Design Adviser
• The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (2014) - Very Special Thanks
• Pokémon Art Academy (2014) - Very Special Thanks
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
• Pokémon Rumble World (2015) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokkén Tournament (2015) - Very Special Thanks
• Tembo the Badass Elephant (2015) - Producer
• Pokémon Picross (2016) - Game-Design Advisor
• Detective Pikachu (2016) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon Sun and Moon (2016) - Special Thanks
• Giga Wrecker (2017) - Producer
• Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (2017) - Special Thanks
• Detective Pikachu (2018) - Game-Design Advisor
• Pokémon Quest (2018) - Producer/Director
• Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (2018) - Pokémon Model Creation Coordinators Lead
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
• Giga Wrecker Alt. (2019) - Producer
• Little Town Hero (2019) - General Producer
• Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019) - Pokémon Model Production Lead, General Producer
• New Pokémon Snap (2020) - Very Special Thanks
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (2022) - Pokémon 3D Modeling & Motion Design Supervisor, General Producer
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (2022) - 3D Visual Supervisor, General Producer