Daniel Owsen
Daniel Owsen | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Nintendo of America Localization Manager |
Known for | Translator of many Nintendo video games |
Daniel "Dan" Owsen is an American video game translator at
Seattle, Washington.[citation needed
]
Career
Owsen started at NOA in 1989. He started in Consumer Service during the days of the
Owsen had translated around 10 percent of the script of EarthBound, including some of the game's "most iconic phrases", before handing over the project to Marcus Lindblom and moving on to a different project.[5]
Credited games
- Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)[2]
- Star Fox (1993)
- Kirby's Adventure (1993)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)[2]
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
- Super Metroid (1994)
- EarthBound (1994)[5]
- Illusion of Gaia (1994)
- Donkey Kong Country (1994)[6]
- Kirby's Avalanche (1995)
- Donkey Kong Land (1995)
- Teleroboxer (1995)
- Galactic Pinball (1995)
- Killer Instinct (1995)
- Terranigma (1995)
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)[2][7]
References
- ^ Vestal, Andrew (1999). "Interview with Dan Owsen". The Gaming Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ a b c d Hagopain, Mases (2011-05-20). "Exclusive Interview: Dan Owsen Talks Zelda Timeline". Zelda Dungeon. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
- ^ Rappel, TJ (1998). "The MDb Interviews Dan Owsen". Metroid-Database.com. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15.
- Kotaku Australia.
- ^ a b Schreier, Jason (August 23, 2013). "The Man Who Wrote Earthbound". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ^ Schreier, Jason (2013-09-14). "Nintendo's Secret Weapon". Kotaku Australia.
- ^ Macale, Sherilynn (2011-05-11). "Hands-on: Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3Ds's Master Quest mode". Destructoid.