Kensuke Tanabe is a veteran Nintendo producer. metroid prime It is reported that he announced his retirement from the series.

as covered in VGCTanabe’s announcement was made through an interview with a Japanese magazine. nintendo dreamuploaded online by users. Weibo. Mr. Tanabe says: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond This was to be his last game with the company, and his protege, producer Risa Tabata, was to replace him in the event that another Prime game was made in the future.

Coincidentally, the first game Tabata created for Nintendo was metroid prime on GameCube. Since then, she has worked as an assistant producer on titles such as: donkey kong returns, paper mario color splashand thousand year door With a switch.

As for Tanabe, he reportedly said in an interview that he had wanted to make a Metroid title that focused on Samus and Cyrax ever since he dropped subtle hints in Metroid. Prime 3: Corruption and federal army. Realizing that Prime 4: Beyond might be the last game to do this, he decided to make it the first in the Sylux saga.

“I envisioned Cyrax as a dark, wrathful villain who relies on insidious tactics. After this match, Samus will realize that a direct showdown with him is inevitable. She must defeat him once and for all.”

“That’s why the final showdown between Cyrax and Samus remains unfinished. But this game took much longer to complete than expected.

“Furthermore, I have confirmed that I will no longer be involved in the production of this series. It is still unclear whether a sequel will be made, but I sincerely hope that someday Mr. Tabata and Retro Studio will be able to tell and conclude this story completely.”

Mr. Tanabe left a great legacy for Nintendo. His first game with the company was super mario bros 2 He served as director in 1987. Since then, he’s gone on to become one of the company’s most prominent producers, working on everything from: luigi mansion to warioware And beyond that, he will be greatly missed.

Mr. Tanabe, thank you as always.