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Rich Amtower

Localization Specialist

Rich Amtower is a localization specialist with Nintendo who has worked on diverse and influential game projects. He contributed to translations for such Square titles as Vagrant Story with Alexander O Smith and Amanda Katsurada, among others. Rich's localization projects for Nintendo have included Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem, Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, and Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.

Companies: Square; Nintendo

Creditscredited in 3 publications

Games ⇑⇓	platform	release ⇑⇓	role
Final Fantasy IX (credits)	ps	14 Nov 2000	Localization
Final Fantasy VIII (credits)	ps	09 Sep 1999	Localization editor
Vagrant Story (credits)	ps	17 May 2000	Translation

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Localization Tactics: A Conversation with Alexander O. Smith
Alexander O. Smith is a localization specialist who translates Japanese media through his independent company, Kajiya Productions. His projects for Square include Vagrant Story, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII. We touched base with Alex to learn more about his career in the game industry, and his most recent projects adapting Square Enix games for the English-language market. Square Haven Interview
27 Apr 2007 by Jeriaska ↑ 35 ↓ discuss permalink

Interviews
October 20, 2005	Interview: The Localization Team of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
August 16, 2005	Camp Hyrule 2005

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