Daniel Owsen

Owsen started at NOA in 1989. He started in Consumer Service during the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System, and has since moved from department to department, first going to Publications, then to Product Development, then back to Publications as the on-line manager.{{cite web|url=http://thegia.com/archive/features/f981125.html|title=Interview with Dan Owsen|publisher=The Gaming Intelligence Agency|last=Vestal|first=Andrew|date=1999|access-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032050/http://thegia.com/archive/features/f981125.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} He has worked with Shigeru Miyamoto's R&D team, writing screen texts for Legend of Zelda titles A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening and Ocarina of Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.zeldadungeon.net/2011/05/exclusive-interview-dan-owsen-talks-zelda-timeline/|title=Exclusive Interview: Dan Owsen Talks Zelda Timeline|publisher=Zelda Dungeon|last=Hagopain|first=Mases|date=2011-05-20|access-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010055850/http://www.zeldadungeon.net/2011/05/exclusive-interview-dan-owsen-talks-zelda-timeline/|archive-date=2015-10-10|url-status=dead}} Owsen is one of the first English-language voices used in any Nintendo console, as his voice can be heard at the beginning of Super Metroid – "The last Metroid is in captivity... the galaxy is at peace."{{cite web|url=http://www.metroid-database.com/features/owsen.php|title=The MDb Interviews Dan Owsen|publisher=Metroid-Database.com|last=Rappel|first=TJ|date=1998|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315080234/http://www.metroid-database.com/features/owsen.php|archivedate=2015-03-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/12/the-opening-sequence-to-super-metroid-is-a-masterpiece/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325162209/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/12/the-opening-sequence-to-super-metroid-is-a-masterpiece/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2015|title=The Opening Sequence To Super Metroid Is A Masterpiece|publisher=Kotaku Australia|last=Wong|first=Kevin|date=2014-12-20}}

Owsen had translated around 10 percent of the script of EarthBound, including some of the game's "most iconic phrases", before handing over the project to Marcus Lindblom and moving on to a different project.{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/the-man-who-wrote-earthbound-1188669175 |accessdate=January 25, 2014 |title=The Man Who Wrote Earthbound |last1=Schreier |first1=Jason |date=August 23, 2013 |work=Kotaku |publisher=Gawker Media |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201135722/http://kotaku.com/the-man-who-wrote-earthbound-1188669175 |archivedate=February 1, 2014 |url-status=live }}

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• Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
• Star Fox (1993)
• Kirby's Adventure (1993)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
• Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994)
• Super Metroid (1994)
• EarthBound (1994)
• Illusion of Gaia (1994)
• Donkey Kong Country (1994){{cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/09/inside-the-treehouse-the-people-who-help-make-nintendo-games-great/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916004051/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/09/inside-the-treehouse-the-people-who-help-make-nintendo-games-great/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2013|title=Nintendo's Secret Weapon|publisher=Kotaku Australia|last=Schreier|first=Jason|date=2013-09-14}}
• Kirby's Avalanche (1995)
• Donkey Kong Land (1995)
• Teleroboxer (1995)
• Galactic Pinball (1995)
• Killer Instinct (1995)
• Terranigma (1995)
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998){{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/hands-on-zelda-ocarina-of-time-3ds-s-master-quest-mode-200905.phtml|title=Hands-on: Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3Ds's Master Quest mode|website=Destructoid|last=Macale|first=Sherilynn|date=2011-05-11}}

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