A Nintendo legend is about to call it a day, as veteran game designer and director Takashi Tezuka will leave the company later this year. Nintendo noted in its investor briefing today that the 65-year-old Tezuka will depart on June 26, closing the book on over four decades of work at the gaming giant.<\/p>\n
Tezuka first began his career at Nintendo in 1984, joining as a part-time employee while he was still studying at university. Starting with Punch-Out, Tezuka would then go on to frequently work alongside another Nintendo legend, Shigeru Miyamoto, teaming up with him on several projects. It wasn’t long before Tezuka was hired as a full-time Nintendo employee, serving as the assistant director and designer on 1985’s Super Mario Bros. and then going on to direct the first The Legend of Zelda game.<\/p>\n
Over the years, he has worked on multiple Mario games and several other big Nintendo IP like Pikmin and Animal Crossing. In the modern era, Tezuka has served as a producer and supervisor on titles like Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.<\/p>\n
Tezuka joins a growing number of people from Nintendo’s old guard who have retired. Metroid Prime producer Kensuke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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