Masamichi Abe

Masamichi Abe

Masamichi Abe is a producer in the Nintendo EPD Co-Production Group. He joined Nintendo in 1997 and probably best known in relation to Nintendo for his work on the Pikmin. .

History

Masamichi was originally a developer for Namco in 1994 specifically for the Tekken series. He left Namco and joined Nintendo in 1997 where he took on directorial duties for 1080° Snowboarding. Shortly after, he was put in charge a new title where the player would control many characters with AI alongside Shigefumi Hino. This project turned in to Pikmin where Abe handle mechanics and level design. He moved to the Nintendo of America offices in 2005 and has managed Nintendo Software Technology, starting with Metroid Prime Hunters. With the Nintendo 3DS, Abe was switch out of that role and assisted on localization of English games into Japanese. He came back to game development in 2017 where he acted as the go-between for Nintendo produced indie games alongside Takao Nakano. He also directed the Pikmin 1+2 remasters for Switch.

Works

• Tekken (1994) - Coordinator
• Tekken 2 (PS) (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)

Interviews

• 1101: 1080 Snowboarding
• N.O.M.: Pikmin 2
• Ask the Developer Vol. 10: Pikmin 4

References

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