Toshiro Tsuchida

Toshiro Tsuchida (土田 俊郎, Tsuchida Toshirō) (born 1964) is a Japanese game director and game producer who currently works for Japanese Social Game company GREE. He formerly worked for Square Enix Co., Ltd. (formerly Square Co., Ltd.). He is most notably credited for creating the Front Mission and Arc the Lad media franchises.[1]

Biography

Masaya and G-Craft

Toshiro Tsuchida worked for Japanese development studios Masaya and G-Craft, the latter of which he founded in 1993 after leaving Masaya. During the development of Front Mission 2 and Front Mission Alternative, Square initiated talks with Tsuchida in an attempt to purchase G-Craft in 1997.[1] As the buyout occurred during Front Mission 2's development, it became the last title with G-Craft credited as the developer.[2]

Square Enix

Tsuchida was also the battle director for both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XIII. As battle director of Final Fantasy X, he changed the recurring battle system in the series. Whereas Hiroyuki Ito had created the Active Time Battle system in Final Fantasy IV, Tsuchida would create the Conditional Turn-Based Battle system to make things more strategic. He kept Final Fantasy IV in mind when working on Final Fantasy X. Tsuchida was the head of Product Development Division-6 within Square Enix.[3]

He produced Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, and stated that Square Enix was excited to be the first ones to bring a new game to Wiiware game platform.[4] The game concept was to take the role of the king, not the hero, and the Crystal Chronicles series has a large amount of character interactions.[4] Game development began before the Wiiware tools were distributed.[4] Developing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King required a change from the typical way the Square Enix developed games, switching from starting with the graphics and to beginning with gameplay.[5]

He has recently worked on Final Fantasy XIII as the battle planning director in 2010. Toshiro left Square Enix Co., Ltd. on February 28, 2011.[6]

GREE

He works in a department working with developers to create new video games.[7]

Return to Sony

In 2016 he returned to work with Sony's ForwardWorks to develop a mobile Arc The Lad reboot [8]

Gameography

Masaya
GameReleasedSystem(s)Credit(s) Ref.
Sol Bianca 1990TurboGrafx-CDVisual Programmer
Ranma 1/2 1990TurboGrafx-CDProducer
Head Buster 1991Game GearProducer
Kaizou Choujin Schbibinman 2: Arata Naru Teki 1991TurboGrafx-16Producer
Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3: Ikai no Princess 1992TurboGrafx-CDProducer
Ranma 1/2: Chōnai Gekitō Hen 1992Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemProducer
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer 1992Sega GenesisProducer [9]
Ranma 1/2: Datō, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutō-Ryū! 1992TurboGrafx-CDProducer
Assault Suits Valken 1992Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemProducer [9]
Cho Aniki: Super Big Brothers 1992TurboGrafx-CDProducer
Langrisser 1993TurboGrafx-CDProducer

G-Craft
GameReleasedSystem(s)Credit(s) Ref.
Front Mission 1995Super Nintendo Entertainment SystemProducer, Scenario Writer
Arc the Lad 1995PlayStationProducer [10]
Arc the Lad 2 1996PlayStationProducer [10]
Arc the Lad: Monster Game with Casino Game 1997PlayStationProducer
Front Mission 2nd 1997PlayStationDirector

Square
GameReleasedSystem(s)Credit(s) Ref.
Front Mission 3 1999PlayStationDirector [11]
Final Fantasy X 2001PlayStation 2Battle Director[6]
Final Fantasy XI 2002PlayStation 2Boss Monster AI [12]

Square Enix
GameReleasedSystem(s)Credit(s) Ref.
Front Mission 2003PlayStation 2Director, U.S.N. Scenario Writer [13]
Front Mission 4 2003PlayStation 2Director, Producer [14]
Front Mission: Online 2005PlayStation 2, PCDirector, Producer
Front Mission 5: Scars of the War 2005PlayStation 2Producer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King 2008WiiWareProducer[4]
Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness 2008Nintendo DSSupervisor [15]
Final Fantasy XIII 2010PlayStation 3, Xbox 360Battle Planning Director [6]

References
  1. Dengeki PlayStation Editorial, LogicGate, ed. (March 2007). Front Mission World Historica - Report of Conflicts 1970-2121 (in Japanese). MediaWorks. ISBN 978-4-8402-3663-8.
  2. Dengeki, ed. (February 2004). "100 Year History of Front Mission". Dengeki GAMES (in Japanese). No. February 2004 Special Edition. MediaWorks.
  3. Winkler, Chris (2003-09-20). "Square Enix Talks Current Status". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-09. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
  4. Hatfield, Daemon (February 25, 2008). "GDC 2008: My Life as a King Interview". IGN. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  5. Patrick Klepek (2008-02-26). "How 'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King' Made Square Enix Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Being Different". MTV. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  6. Wu, Esther (2011-03-07). "Toshiro Tsuchida Leaves Square Enix". Wirebot. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
  7. Christian Nutt (2011-10-14). "Fighting A Social Battle: Toshiro Tsuchida Goes GREE". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  8. Sato (December 6, 2016). "Arc the Lad Lives on with a New Smartphone Game That Will Continue Its Story". Siliconera. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  9. Lopes, Goncalo (March 1, 2016). "Front Mission (SNES)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  10. Sato (July 17, 2018). "Arc the Lad's New Smartphone RPG Will Be Revealed On July 30". Siliconera. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  11. Connolly, Alex (May 4, 2016). "Of Machines & Men - Interview with Tetragonal Works' Chad Jenkins". War Gamer. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  12. Kombo (May 4, 2012). "Final Fantasy XIII to Feature No Random Battles". Gamezone. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  13. Mastrapa, Gus (March 24, 2010). "Front Mission: Evolved Creators Assuage Fan Fears". Wired Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  14. Shoemaker, Brad (May 14, 2004). "Front Mission 4 Update". GameSpot. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  15. Sato, Yoshi. "New Front Mission Takes off on DS". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
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