Rich Amtower



Richard E. Amtower IV, better known as Rich Amtower, is a senior localization manager and producer at Nintendo of America since 2001. His specialties include editing and writing game scripts, directing voice acting, writing scripts for voice-recording and dubbing. He is fluen in The Chicago Manual of StyleThe Chicago Manual of Style as well.

Amtower managed the North American localization of Metroid: Samus Returns, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and numerous other games such as Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Hyrule Warriors, Yoshi's Woolly World and Star Fox Zero. He supervised the voiceover recording of Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. and Xenoblade Chronicles X, while providing additional voices for the latter and also acting in Mario Golf: Advance Tour.

He previously worked at Square, now Square Enix as an editor for Chocobo Racing, and at Blizzard Entertainment in the late 1990s. From 2000-2012, he also worked freelance for VIZ Media, dubbing Dr. Slump and Tegami Bachi into English.