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| “ | At E3 [2015], there was one game we introduced that left fans with some questions. Today, Kensuke Tanabe, the producer of the Metroid Prime series is here to help you understand how Metroid Prime: Federation Force will become an integral part of the Metroid Prime universe. Tanabe-san... | „ |
—Bill Trinen in the March 3, 2016 Nintendo Direct, addressing the Federation Force controversy. | ||
Bill Trinen is the current Senior Product Marketing Manager at Nintendo of America. Trinen is fluent in Japanese, and has worked on the localization of many of Nintendo's games, including Metroid: Zero Mission. Trinen also acts as an interpreter for Shigeru Miyamoto, and is a presenter for Nintendo Direct presentations in North America since 2012, alongside Reggie Fils-Aime. In addition to localization for Zero Mission, Trinen was an interpretator, translator and writer at NOA for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and was part of the product marketing for Metroid Prime: Federation Force.