Dan Owsen is an employee of Nintendo of America who is probably most well-known for his Ask Dan column that used to appear on Nintendo's official website. He is also famous for his work in the translation of The Legend of Zelda series. His voice can be heard at the beginning of Super Metroid - "The last metroid is in captivity... the galaxy is at peace." Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is a Japanese company originally founded on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... The Legend of Zelda series (often shortened to just Zelda) is a series of video games, created for Nintendo by industry legend Shigeru Miyamoto, and first published in February 1986. ... Super Metroid is the third installment in the Metroid series of video games. ...

Dan Owsen has worked at NOA since 1989 in a variety of departments. He started in Consumer Service during the days of the NES, and has since moved from department to department like a hobo, first going to Publications, then to Product Development, then back to Publications to work in the on-line area. Some of the more notable things he have had a chance to do at Nintendo include working with Mr. Miyamoto's R&D team, writing screen text for SNES and Game Boy Zelda and recording his voice for a couple games (Super Metroid and Star Fox).

Credited Games

• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2003)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (1998)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
• Donkey Kong Land (1995)
• Galactic Pinball (1995)
• Killer Instinct (1995)
• Kirby's Avalanche (1995)
• Teleroboxer (1995)
• Donkey Kong Country (1994)
• EarthBound (1994)
• Illusion of Gaia (1994)
• Super Metroid (1994)
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
• Kirby's Adventure (1993)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
• Star Fox (1993)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
• Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy. ... Galactic Pinball box Galactic Pinball was a video game for the Virtual Boy. ... For the FOX television series, see Killer Instinct (TV series). ... Kirbys Avalanche (Kirbys Ghost Trap in the PAL version) was an SNES game developed by HAL Laboratory and released by Nintendo in 1995. ... Donkey Kong Countrys title screen. ... EarthBound (known as Mother 2 in Japan) is a computer role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... Illusion of Gaia was an role-playing game (RPG) released on January 1, 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). ... Super Metroid is the third installment in the Metroid series of video games. ... Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 1993 computer and video games | Game Boy games ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Star Fox (Japanese: スターフォックス, sutāfokkusu; known as Starwing in Europe, due to copyright issues) was the first game in the Star Fox series of video games. ... The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, released in Japan on November 21, 1991, as ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース (Zeruda no Densetsu: Kamigami no Toraifōsu, literally The Legend of Zelda: Triforce of the Gods), and in North America and Europe in 1992, was the only game in the Zelda series... Metroid II title screen Metroid II: Return of Samus is the second title in the Metroid series that appeared on the Nintendo Game Boy. ...

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