Nintendo has created a lot of weird and wonderful characters over the years, but one of the highlights is Tingle.
The recurring character that first started in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the Nintendo 64, was designed by Takaya Imamura. Today the same veteran Nintendo staffer – also responsible for the moon’s terrifying design – announced via Facebook that it was his last day at the company after 32 years.
“This is my last working day. I took a selfie with the empty office. I don’t think I’m coming in here anymore. As you would expect, I will miss it. “
The ’empty office’ is due to the fact that many Nintendo employees work from home because of the pandemic.
Imamura started at Nintendo in 1989 F-zero (1990) as a graphic designer and created Captain Falcon. Over the years, he has contributed to several other Nintendo series such as Star Fox – designing characters such as Fox McCloud alongside Shigeru Miyamoto, and was more recently credited Smash Ultimate as an original game supervisor.
On behalf of the community here at Nintendo Life, we wish Takaya Imamura all the best in retirement.