In his three decades at Nintendo, Takaya Imamura he worked on some of the company’s most iconic games, including F-Zero, Star Fox, and Legend of Zelda: Among Majora. He also designed Tingle, for which we will be forever grateful.
Today, on a Facebook page, Imamura posted a selfie taken outside Nintendo ‘s Kyoto headquarters and wrote, “This is my last day at work. I took a selfie with the office empty. I guess I won’t come in here anymore. As you would expect, I will miss him. “Imamura has expressed his gratitude for the past 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 went on to work on it Star Fox, modeling the characters after his collaborators: Fox McCloud, for example, was based on Shigeru Miyamoto, and to design Tingle. Imamura was also its leader Smash Bros.
We thank Imamura for the great characters and games and wish him a pleasant retirement.