{"id":18738,"date":"2023-05-02T13:38:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T04:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18738"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T04:38:51","slug":"20230502-18738","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230502-18738\/","title":{"rendered":"Composer Ryo Nagamatsu has left Nintendo (Splatoon\u2019s Salmon Run, etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Composer Ryo Nagamatsu revealed that he is no longer working at Nintendo as of April 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have made a decision to leave the company of April 30, 2023. I will work a little wider and more directly to help those who need my help and to help the industry. Thank you all for your kind support! I look forward to serve you in the future!(an amicable settlement) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L5P7PgF7JG\">pic.twitter.com\/L5P7PgF7JG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u6c38\u677e\u4eae(Nagamatsu Ryo) (@NagamatsuRyo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NagamatsuRyo\/status\/1652991363515047936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nagamatsu is a music composer that worked on a number of Nintendo titles. In addition to games like Mario Kart Wii, Wii Sports Resort, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, he was also involved in composing music for Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3. You might be familiar with some of his work on the series from the rock-inspired match intro \u201cOpening\u201d that Splatoon players have heard countless times and from the music related to Salmon Run.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230502-246056-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nagamatsu stated that his departure from Nintendo on April 30 was on good terms. Going forward, Nagamatsu says, \u201cI will work a little wider and more directly to help those who need my help and to help the industry.\u201d<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230502-246056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-05-02 11:01 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer Ryo Nagamatsu (Splatoon&#8217;s Salmon Run, etc.) revealed that he is no longer working at Nintendo as of April 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":18741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33,68],"class_list":["post-18738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-nintendo","tag-splatoon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Composer Ryo Nagamatsu has left Nintendo (Splatoon\u2019s Salmon Run, etc.) - 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