Takaya Imamura, the man who designed Tingle, has retired from Nintendo

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In the three decades at Nintendo, Takaya Imamura worked on some of the company’s most iconic games, including F-Zero, Star Fox, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. He also designed Tingle, and we will be grateful for that forever.

Today, his Facebook page, Imamura uploaded a selfie taken outside Nintendo’s Kyoto headquarters and wrote: “This is my last day of work. I took a selfie with my desk empty. I don’t think I’ll go in here again. As you would expect, I will miss him. “Imamura has expressed his gratitude for the last 32 years.

[Note that he mentioned the company is empty because many Nintendo staffers are working from home due to the pandemic.]

Imamura first joined Nintendo in 1989 as a graphic designer, where he cut his teeth F-Zero. He continued to work Star Fox, modeling the characters after his colleagues: Fox McCloud, for example, relied on Shigeru Miyamoto and designed Tingle. Imamura also served as a supervisor at Smash Bros.

We thank Imamura for all the wonderful characters and games and wish him a pleasant retirement.

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