We chat to former Namco US product manager Jerry “Blood & Guts” Momoda.
Jerry Momoda may not be a name that many modern Tekken fans are familiar with, but the former Namco US product manager played a huge part in launching the iconic fighting game in North America.
Momoda originally arrived at Namco in 1993, after holding market research and product management roles at companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Atari Games, and almost immediately began pitching Namco of Japan on the importance of getting into the fighting game genre. This was based on seeing the success of games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II in the arcades. Then, later, once work on Tekken had actually begun, he assisted the Japanese team with helping get the game ready for the US market, eventually going on to perform the same role on the next two Tekken games before departing the company in 1998.
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We chat to former Namco US product manager Jerry “Blood & Guts” Momoda.
Jerry Momoda may not be a name that many modern Tekken fans are familiar with, but the former Namco US product manager played a huge part in launching the iconic fighting game in North America.
Momoda originally arrived at Namco in 1993, after holding market research and product management roles at companies like Nintendo, Sega, and Atari Games, and almost immediately began pitching Namco of Japan on the importance of getting into the fighting game genre. This was based on seeing the success of games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II in the arcades. Then, later, once work on Tekken had actually begun, he assisted the Japanese team with helping get the game ready for the US market, eventually going on to perform the same role on the next two Tekken games before departing the company in 1998.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
