Legendary Capcom developer Yoshinori Ono announced he is leaving Capcom. He’s been at the company for almost 30 years and is set to leave the company this summer.
— Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) August 9, 2020
Rumors swirled regarding the direction of the Street Fighter franchise for a while now, and while Mr. Ono doesn’t give a definitive reason for leaving the company, it’s thought that him leaving is related to that.
About Yoshinori Ono
Yoshinori Ono is a Japanese video game producer and former sound producer and composer for Capcom. He has acted as (executive) producer on the Street Fighter franchise since 1998.
To give an idea of titles he was involved in;
- Saturday Night Slam Masters
- Street Fighter Alpha
- Mega Man: Battle & Chase
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
- Breath of Fire IV
- Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand
- Dino Crisis 2
- Devil May Cry
- Onimusha: Warlords
- Heavy Metal: Geomatrix
- Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
- Chaos Legion
- Resident Evil: Outbreak
- Resident Evil Outbreak File 2
- Capcom Fighting Jam
- Shadow of Rome
- Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
- Dead Rising
- Monster Hunter Frontier Online
- Street Fighter IV
- Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
- Super Street Fighter IV
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
- Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Monster Hunter Frontier G
- Darkstalkers Resurrection
- Ultra Street Fighter IV
- Street Fighter V
- Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
So we can say his care and input will be missed!
