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Masamichi Abe (born January 24, 1969) is an employee at Nintendo EPD's Co-Production group, formerly being senior manager at Nintendo Software Technology. He is notorious for his directorial work on Nintendo titles like 1080° Snowboarding, the first two Pikmin titles and Metroid Prime Hunters, among other games.
History[]
Abe started his work in the video game industry at around 1994 in Namco, where he worked on the Tekken franchise. In August 1997, he joined Nintendo EAD, with his first project with the company being 1080° Snowboarding along Mitsuhiro Takano. Afterwards, he worked on both Pikmin and Pikmin 2 along Shigefumi Hino; in those titles, Abe was in charge of designing the game mechanics and directing the stage design and dungeon layouts.
In 2004, after his work on Pikmin 2, Abe left Japan and moved to Nintendo Software Technology in Seattle, Washington, where he worked on games like Metroid Prime: Hunters and many Mario vs. Donkey Kong titles, among other titles. In following years he was been mostly involved in Japanese localization.
At some later point in his career, Abe returned to Japan to work on Nintendo EPD's Co-Production Group.
Game Works[]
- Tekken (1994) - Coordinator
- Tekken 2 (PSX) (1996) - Director
- Tekken 3 (1996) - Director
- 1080° Snowboarding (1998) - Director
- Pikmin (2001) - Director
- 1080° Avalanche (2003) - Advisor
- Pikmin 2 (2004) - Director
- Metroid Prime Hunters (2006) - Director
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again (2009) - Game Design (Boss AI)
- Aura-Aura Climber (2010) - Director
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010) - Design Lead (Boss AI)
- Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (2013) - NST Japanese Localization Group
- Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013) - Japanese Localization Group
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) - Japanese Localization Group
- Little Inferno (2015) - Japanese Localization
- The Swapper (2015) - Japanese Localization
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) - Japanese Localization Group
- Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016) - Writing Support
- Snipperclips – Cut it out, together! (2017) - Assistant Producer
- The Stretchers (2019) - CO - Creative Director
- Good Job! (2020) - Development Support
- Pikmin / Pikmin 2 (Switch) (2023) - Director
- F-ZERO 99 (2023) - Assistant Producer
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Switch) (2024) - Associate Producer
Special Thanks[]
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) (Original Game Staff)
- Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp (2023)