WarioWare director Goro Abe has retired from Nintendo

Today, Goro Abe announced his retirement from Nintendo, which took place at the end of February. That news was shared on his personal X account.

Abe first joined the company in 1999 and worked on Wario Land 4 as a programmer. Later on, he worked almost exclusively on the WarioWare series. He has served as director / chief director on various entries in the series.

Abe already has his next adventure in mind. In the same post announcing his retirement from Nintendo, he also shared the news that he’ll be working as a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication University starting in April. He’ll specifically be involved with its new Games For Social Design department. Abe said he intends to work on game-related research and game production.

A number of big names have departed from Nintendo as of late. We first heard that Kensuke Tanabe, who has worked on Metroid Prime, Paper Mario, and more, said that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was his last game with Nintendo. There was also the news earlier in the year that Hideki Konno, who led Mario Kart, 3DS hardware, and more, is no longer with the company.

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