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Conversely, developing the multiple game endings was seen as easier, on par with Chrono Trigger as a bonus for players who finished the game.
加藤 正人
animator screenwriter video game developer
Conversely, developing the multiple game endings was seen as easier, on par with Chrono Trigger as a bonus for players who finished the game.
In the early days of his career, he was credited under the pseudonyms of "Runmaru" and "Runmal". He then joined Square, and was most famous for penning the script of Chrono Trigger (based on a story draft by Yuji Horii), as well as Radical Dreamers, Xenogears, Chrono Cross, and parts of Final Fantasy VII. Early years Kato first worked for Tecmo on Captain Tsubasa and the Ninja Gaiden series. On his first three games, he moved from graphics, to graphics and scenario writing, to also directing the action elements.
He went on to work for Gainax.
Square Company Masato stated that Chrono Cross development encountered difficulty in expanding the game world due to hardware limitations, and that they crammed as much data as they could onto the game disk. Freelance works Kato left Square after designing the plot of Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart to become a freelance scenario writer
In addition to games for different companies, he has continued to work on Square Enix projects such as the World of Mana series, an enhanced port of Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo Doctor of Science, and three more expansion chapters for Final Fantasy XI. Masato Kato has been credited for the following games: Early games Captain Tsubasa (1988): animation sprites Ninja Gaiden (1988): pictures Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990): movie director, scenario, pictures Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991): director of action sequences Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1992): assistant director, planner, script writer, graphics Princess Maker 2 (1993): planner, script writer, graphics Square Chrono Trigger (1995): story planner, script writer Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki (1996): director, scenario and script writer Final Fantasy VII (1997): event planner, script writer Xenogears (1998): event planner, script writer, lyricist Chrono Trigger (PlayStation enhanced port) (1999): supervisor Chrono Cross (1999): director, scenario and script writer, event planner, FMV storyboard Final Fantasy XI (2002): plot conception and events, lyricist Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart (2003): plot conception and events Freelance Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003): scenario writer, screenplay Deep Labyrinth (2006): scenario writer Dawn of Mana (2006): scenario writer Children of Mana (2006): scenario writer Heroes of Mana (2007): scenario writer Sands of Destruction (2008): scenario writer Chrono Trigger (Nintendo Doctor of Science) (2008): supervisor A Crystalline Prophecy: Ode to Life Bestowing (2009): plot conception A Moogle Kupo d"Etat: Evil in Small Doses (2009): plot conception A Shantotto Ascension: The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born (2009): plot conception Shiren the Wanderer (2008): scenario writer Shiren the Wanderer 4 (2010) Phantom Blue (2010) Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (2010) Ninja Gaiden 3 (2012): story The Legend of Legacy (2015): writer