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Nintendo bleeding talent; Takashi Tezuka is retiring
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efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
Thank you for everything you've made during your brilliant career!
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
That resume is nuts.
Interfectum
Gold Member
This dude literally defined my childhood.
Gambit2483
Member
Unlike some other gaming Developers, Nintendo actually has knowledge retention so most of what these oldheads knew/know has been passed down to the younger devs. Their games/IP are still in good hands
This seems to be the case. The new games lately show the young talent gets what makes great Nintendo games.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
FORGIVE HIM FOR RETIRING BEFORE HE'S 90
kpopSuperstar
Member
Takashi is one of the great directors of the late 80s and early 90s and Nintendo royalty. He has earned every bit of his retirement.
But Nintendo has carefully developed new talent for a long time, the people making the games for the past decade has mostly been younger people, all trained and mentored by the old guard.
But Nintendo has carefully developed new talent for a long time, the people making the games for the past decade has mostly been younger people, all trained and mentored by the old guard.
touchfuzzy
Gold Member
Of course it is, it's NeoGAF. 90% of posters here are looking for ways to spin literally any news into Nintendo sucks and/or is doomed.
Redeeming Casualty
Member
His track record is insane. I think about how he was also working alongside Miyamoto for most of his career. I always liked seeing them together and finding interesting insights into their head space of how they think of games. His Famicom list of games he worked on is insane! Starting with Devil World (1984), and then going from Excitebike (1984) and Super Mario (1985) basically hitting a creative stride in their creative process to come out with Zelda (1987), and Super Mario Bros 3. And then just looking at his Super Famicom directing credits is insane. Super Mario World (1990), Zelda: A Link To The Past (1991), and Yoshi's Island (1995)! I mean I could go on and on about his other accolades but you get the idea he helped make cool shit we get to play. Hell his recent role as a producer is something to tip the hat to with those games being Super Mario Bros Wonder (2023), and Pikmin 4 (2023). One of my favorite things he has said is how he doesn't seperate casual users and hardcore gamers when designing a game and that he is always trying to make games that anyone can play. I got say I think he helped out and did alright. I think if all the young talent learned a lot and are going to keep making games in that time honored creative Nintendo process that those guys set the standard for. Also new ideas and young talent need to blossom. Nintendo as a game development house is going to be just fine.
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Jinzo Prime
Member
Framing this as "bleeding talent" is quite a reach when you consider how old these people are. They've earned a nice retirement, and have passed their talent and culture down to the next generation.
Anyways, Takashi Tezuka – goodluck and Godspeed sir! Thank you for the incredible games!
KenaiPhoenix
Member
Well if he has been developing such gems in those early days, then he mostly deserve its rest.
As for new talent: Dont worry, there is nothing that a patent of 'Game that makes you have fun' can help to secure some sales.
As for new talent: Dont worry, there is nothing that a patent of 'Game that makes you have fun' can help to secure some sales.
from the official Japanese Super Mario World guidebook.
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Nintendo Official Guide Book - Super Mario World : Nintendo : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Super Mario bros.4 (Wonder Life Special Nintendo Official Guide Book) Scanned by Scanbro.
archive.org
The combo Tezuka-Miyamoto were gooses that lays the golden eggs. From the different interviews i have read here and there, i retain that they are not gamers themselves and that their game design philosophy is mostly about taking experiences from real life and making those funnier in video games. Zelda was based on Miyamoto exploration of caves and Donkey Kong (the first arcade game) was inspired by one of his quick-tempered uncle who threw stuff around. You can't pass that knowledge entirely because the life they had was from a different era (they both grew up between the Japanese economic miracle and before internet). IMHO, that Nintendo is now gone.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
I thank him profusely for his contribution to video games in general and my childhood specifically. Wishing him peace and health in his much deserved retirement.
Zephyranthes
Member
"Bleeding talent" says person about 2 or 3 retirees from a company which has over 8000 employees. Indeed, this is an unprecedented calamity which Nintendo shall never recover from.
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simpatico
Gold Member
This is effecting the industry as a whole. We're losing the guys that had to create video games in a world where none existed and constantly reinvent the medium every 6-8 years. Now it takes 6-8 years to make a single $300 million bomba, let alone imagine, prototype, manufacture and create content for a completely novel new machine.
Physiognomonics
Member
Miyamoto was more the PR voice of the company (he was a bit older) but Tezuka was the creative brain.
He got the idea of a big Mario in Super Mario Bros. In Zelda 1, which he co-directed / designed with Miyamoto, he designed the most complex part of the map, the left side. He is the one who directed the biggest NES/SNES hits that were the true basis of many of their IPs. SM3, Super Mario world / a link to the past. He is the one who wanted and directed a link's awakening. Without him this game would not even exist. It's under his direction that they decided to make an original story with the story creator. Not sure Miyamoto would have agreed about it.
He directed the first Animal Crossing, one of the most important IP Nintendo has nowadays, after Mario Kart.
He got the idea of a big Mario in Super Mario Bros. In Zelda 1, which he co-directed / designed with Miyamoto, he designed the most complex part of the map, the left side. He is the one who directed the biggest NES/SNES hits that were the true basis of many of their IPs. SM3, Super Mario world / a link to the past. He is the one who wanted and directed a link's awakening. Without him this game would not even exist. It's under his direction that they decided to make an original story with the story creator. Not sure Miyamoto would have agreed about it.
He directed the first Animal Crossing, one of the most important IP Nintendo has nowadays, after Mario Kart.
TKOFromTokyo
Member
Retirement is normal and they've already transferred these to younger talent. If they hadn't had success in the latest entries I'd be worried, but that's not the case.
This thread is a whole big nothing.
This thread is a whole big nothing.
Takashi is one of the great directors of the late 80s and early 90s and Nintendo royalty. He has earned every bit of his retirement.
But Nintendo has carefully developed new talent for a long time, the people making the games for the past decade has mostly been younger people, all trained and mentored by the old guard.
Perfect post.
Polaris
Member
People are so desperate to make Nintendo look like Snidely Whiplash that they have to turn an employee retiring into "bleeding talent".
An employee who's been with the company since the original Super Mario Bros, by the way.
There's plenty of questionable stuff Nintendo does to be making shit up.
An employee who's been with the company since the original Super Mario Bros, by the way.
There's plenty of questionable stuff Nintendo does to be making shit up.
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Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
What exactly does it explain? The guy's been working on games that came out a year or 2 ago.
And I wouldn't call a 65 year old man retiring "bleeding talent"
bender
What time is it?
The OP's terminal case of NDS.
Hero_Select
Member
MrJangles
Member
Crazy suggestion, but just maybe Nintendo have talented young designers working for them?
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
These guys working for years in supporting roles should tell you that Nintendo takes succession seriously.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
It's important for companies like Nintendo to continue hiring talented individuals from outside the gaming industry for this exact reason.
from the official Japanese Super Mario World guidebook.
Lef to right:
Nintendo Official Guide Book - Super Mario World : Nintendo : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Super Mario bros.4 (Wonder Life Special Nintendo Official Guide Book) Scanned by Scanbro.archive.org
The combo Tezuka-Miyamoto were gooses that lays the golden eggs. From the different interviews i have read here and there, i retain that they are not gamers themselves and that their game design philosophy is mostly about taking experiences from real life and making those funnier in video games. Zelda was based on Miyamoto exploration of caves and Donkey Kong (the first arcade game) was inspired by one of his quick-tempered uncle who threw stuff around. You can't pass that knowledge entirely because the life they had was from a different era (they both grew up between the Japanese economic miracle and before internet). IMHO, that Nintendo is now gone.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
We havent had a new 3D Mario in almost 10yrs.....definitely be worried.
neocycle
Member
That's not a thing.
