{"id":136385,"date":"2026-03-09T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198452"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:45:00","slug":"veteran-warioware-director-goro-abe-has-left-nintendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/09\/veteran-warioware-director-goro-abe-has-left-nintendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran ‘WarioWare’ Director Goro Abe Has Left Nintendo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nintendo has suffered yet another key loss as developer Goro Abe has confirmed he has left the company to become a professor at the Osaka Electro-Communication University, working within its Department of Digital Games.<\/p>\n

Abe-san was well known for his extensive work on the WarioWare<\/strong> series, having directed or co-directed every entry since the original<\/a> on GBA. His departure comes shortly after the retirements of both Hideki Konno<\/a> and Kensuke Tanabe<\/a>, two more powerhouse names at Nintendo.<\/p>\n

Writing on X<\/a>, Abe-san said the following (machine translated:<\/p>\n

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I retired from Nintendo at the end of February.
Starting in April, I will be working as a professor at Osaka Electro-Communication University.
I will be working in the newly established “Game and Social Design” major.
I plan to work on game-related research and game production, so I hope to be able to interact with a wider range of people than ever before.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The latest entry in the WarioWare series \u2013 WarioWare: Move It! \u2013 launched for the Switch in 2023 and garnered reasonably positive reviews. We here at Nintendo Life gave it a score of 8\/10<\/a> and called it “another great entry in this long-running franchise that brings back the motion-controlled mayhem whilst giving you plenty of ways to enjoy its loony fun with family and friends”.<\/p>\n

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