Takashi Tezuka, one of Nintendo’s most high-profile and longest-serving developers, will retire from the company later this year.
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Tezuka has served as a designer, director or producer on some of Nintendo’s best-known games, including key titles in the Mario and Zelda series. As part of Nintendo’s latest investor briefing, the company noted he was set for retirement on June 26.
Tezuka initially joined Nintendo as a part-time employee in 1984, aged 23, when he worked on Punch-Out!! while still at university. He quickly rose through Nintendo’s ranks, frequently collaborating with Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
