The man who created Captain Falcon, Fox McCloud, Majora’s Mask and More has retired from Nintendo

Takaya Imamura, the Nintendo artist and designer who gave our characters like Captain Falcon and Fox McCloud and more – not to mention the name and visual identity of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – stepped out of the business . As reported by Kotaku, Imamura announced that it was his last day at Nintendo on his Facebook page, after 32 years at the company.

“This is my last day of work. I take a selfie with the empty office. I think I will not come in here anymore. As you would expect, I will miss it, ”reads Kotaku’s translation of his memorable Facebook post.

Imamura works on character designs in the F-Zero and Star Fox series, creating iconic Nintendo characters such as Captain Falcon and Fox McCloud among many more. More recently, he directed two Steel Diver games and oversaw the last two releases of Smash Bros.

He was also the art director of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, responsible for the design of the mask of the same name and the name of the game, as well as the character Tingle. It is worth remembering that according to Zelda series producer Eiji Aonuma Imamura coined the word ‘Majora’ by combining his own name with ‘Jumanji’.

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Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.