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]

Games

Masaya

Game	Released	System(s)	Credit(s)	Ref.
Sol Bianca	1990	TurboGrafx-CD	Visual Programmer
Ranma ½	1990	TurboGrafx-CD	Producer
Head Buster	1991	Game Gear	Producer
Kaizou Choujin Schbibinman 2: Arata Naru Teki	1991	TurboGrafx-16	Producer
Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 3: Ikai no Princess	1992	TurboGrafx-CD	Producer
Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitō Hen	1992	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Producer
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer	1992	Sega Genesis	Producer	^[9]
Ranma ½: Datō, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutō-Ryū!	1992	TurboGrafx-CD	Producer
Assault Suits Valken	1992	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Producer	^[9]
Cho Aniki: Super Big Brothers	1992	TurboGrafx-CD	Producer
Langrisser	1993	TurboGrafx-CD	Producer

G-Craft

Game	Released	System(s)	Credit(s)	Ref.
Front Mission	1995	Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Producer, Scenario Writer
Arc the Lad	1995	PlayStation	Producer	^[10]
Arc the Lad 2	1996	PlayStation	Producer	^[10]
Arc the Lad: Monster Game with Casino Game	1997	PlayStation	Producer
Front Mission 2nd	1997	PlayStation	Director

Square

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

Square Enix

Game	Released	System(s)	Credit(s)	Ref.
Front Mission	2003	PlayStation	Director, U.S.N. Scenario Writer	^[13]
Front Mission 4	2003	PlayStation 2	Director, Producer	^[14]
Front Mission: Online	2005	PlayStation 2, PC	Director, Producer
Front Mission 5: Scars of the War	2005	PlayStation 2	Producer
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King	2008	WiiWare	Producer	^[4]
Front Mission 2089: Border of Madness	2008	Nintendo DS	Supervisor	^[15]
Final Fantasy XIII	2010	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360	Battle Planning Director	^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Dengeki, ed. (February 2004). "100 Year History of Front Mission". Dengeki GAMES (in Japanese). No. February 2004 Special Edition. MediaWorks.
^ Winkler, Chris (2003-09-20). "Square Enix Talks Current Status". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 2003-10-09. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wu, Esther (2011-03-07). "Toshiro Tsuchida Leaves Square Enix". Wirebot. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Lopes, Goncalo (March 1, 2016). "Front Mission (SNES)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Sato (July 17, 2018). "Arc the Lad's New Smartphone RPG Will Be Revealed On July 30". Siliconera. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
^ Connolly, Alex (May 4, 2016). "Of Machines & Men - Interview with Tetragonal Works' Chad Jenkins". War Gamer. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
^ Kombo (May 4, 2012). "Final Fantasy XIII to Feature No Random Battles". Gamezone. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
^ Mastrapa, Gus (March 24, 2010). "Front Mission: Evolved Creators Assuage Fan Fears". Wired Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
^ Shoemaker, Brad (May 14, 2004). "Front Mission 4 Update". GameSpot. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
^ Sato, Yoshi. "New Front Mission Takes off on DS". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2010-12-08.