Nintendo’s Legendary Hardware Visionary Stepping Down

Nintendo came out with an impressive earnings report but it also confirmed something that enthusiastic fans of the company might not like too much. The company today confirmed that its legendary hardware visionary Genyo Takeda is stepping down as Nintendo’s director effective June 2017. Nintendo fans will know that Takeda has played an instrumental role in developing both Nintendo software and hardware.

Genyo Takeda currently holds the title of representative director at Nintendo and also serves as a Technology Fellow alongside Miyamoto. He has long been involved in shaping the direction of Nintendo’s hardware and software.

Takeda’s career at Nintendo spans an impressive 46 years. During his time at the company he produced and director some great classic games like Pilotwings 64, Punch-Out!!, and is even credited with designing Nintendo’s N64 analog stick.

That’s not the only claim to fame that Takeda has to his name. He also led the Wii project at Nintendo and it goes without saying that the 2006 console was without a doubt one of Nintendo’s biggest successes.

While Nintendo hasn’t confirmed as yet if Takeda is simply stepping down from his position as director or if he’s going to retire completely. For all we know he may continue to play a small role at the company in the years to come. Those who look up to Takeda will certainly want to have come clarity on the matter.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Gaming
Tags: Nintendo