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Satoru Okada

Japanese engineer

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Born 1947 · age 79Japan
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    Born 1947
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Updated 2026-06-20

Satoru Okada is a Japanese retired engineer who served as the general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering, the division designing and developing Nintendo handheld game consoles. He is best known for creating the original Game Boy and its successors. He was also assistant producer and director of and contributor to several Nintendo games, notably Metroid, released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.

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