Episode 257: Thank You, Takaya Imamura

John and Neal focused on just one thing this week (or tried to) and talked about the Nintendo career and influence of Takaya Imamura, who recently retired from Nintendo after 32 years of service. He's an artist who created the designs of the Star Fox team, various F-Zero characters, and the man, the myth, the legend Tingle. If you want to know, well, we got 45 minutes talking about this dude. Join us! And let us know if you want more like this. 00:01:09 - Takaya Imamura goes freelance 00:03:10 - The Shozou Kaga Litigation Saga 00:04:45 - Imamura's Legacy 00:06:39 - Start at Nintendo and F-Zero 00:09:45 - Star Fox and work on N64 00:13:44 - Nintendo restructuring development teams 00:21:37 - Majora's Mask and Zelda 00:31:55 - Imamura's Producer Roles (AKA the death of F-Zero and Star Fox) 00:37:53 - Steel Diver and Tank Troopers (and also Starlink) 00:39:55 - Discussing Imamura's potential future 00:42:05 - Closing thoughts Connectivity has joined Twitter, so be sure to follow @ConnectivityNWR to be up to date on any announcements. We are wanting more listener participation, so feel free to ask questions, they may show up in the show! Please send in some hard-hitting questions for the Connectivity gang to ponder over: the address is [email protected]