Kenji Yamamoto
Kenji Yamamoto is a music composer who has worked for Nintendo since 1987.
He’s best known for composing the music for Super Metroid and the Metroid Prime trilogy, but also composed games like Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Famicom Detective Club.
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Metroid Dread is likely now the best-selling Metroid game ever
With 2.9m sales, Dread looks to have dethroned Prime
Metroid Dread’s latest update has added Boss Rush modes
Version 2.1.0 includes three separate variations on the Boss Rush concept
Metroid Dread adds new difficulty modes, with Boss Rush mode to follow
Dread and Rookie modes introduced
Metroid Dread could already be the series’ best ever seller
The Switch instalment has quickly sold nearly 3 million copies, Nintendo confirmed
Metroid Dread studio announces new 3rd person fantasy action RPG
Multiplatform title codenamed ‘Project Iron’ will be co-published by 505 Games
Far Cry 6 and Nintendo Switch lead record October for US games industry sales
New entries top the software chart as OLED model boosts Switch sales
Metroid Dread now has a demo on the Switch eShop
Players who haven't bought it yet can try it out first
A new Metroid Dread update fixes a progression bug and ‘several other issues’
Nintendo has patched the game-crashing bug so it no longer triggers
Nintendo is working on a fix for a Metroid Dread progression bug
Company apologises for the issue and offers a workaround
Dread has already outsold nearly every Metroid game in Japan
The Switch instalment enjoyed a strong first-week debut in Nintendo's home territory