Metroid Producer Reportedly Retires From Nintendo

Kensuke Tanabe, the longtime Nintendo producer known for his work on the Metroid franchise, has reportedly announced his retirement. A producer at Nintendo for nearly 40 years, Tanabe’s first work with Nintendo came as the director of 1987’s Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic!, a title that would later be converted into Super Mario Bros. 2 for American audiences. From there, Tanabe became a script writer on back-to-back entries in The Legend of Zelda franchise, those being The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.