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Forget Sakurai or Aonuma; we have the new face of Nintendo incompetence right here.
Tanabe, a producer at Nintendo, is responsible for ruining various IPs. A video game producer's job is managing the funds of a project and offering suggestions. In this case, Nintendo sees him as a shepherd of "lost IPs" that they themselves don't care about or want nothing to do with. Likewise, being the eastern ambassador, he too does not care, and wishes he had a different position. This would explain the odd choices made in western Nintendo titles such as Retro's Metroid. Primeand Donkey Kong Country games that have deliberate lowering qualities, like the waggle-to-roll of Donkey Kong Country Returns for example.
He is responsible for outright killing or severely maiming 2 IPs: Chibi-Robo and Metroid.
So, let's go down the list:
>Responsible for a smattering of shovelware like Dillon's Rolling Western
>Responsible for letting Project H.A.M.M.E.R. fail
>Responsible for killing Chibi-Robo with Zip Lash
>Responsible for the bad aspects of the Prime and Country series
>Responsible for killing Metroid with Federation Force
So, the next time you see your favorite niche and obscure Nintendo IP get a less-than-stellar return with insane propositions, know that it is most definitely the work of Tanabe, the IP killer at Nintendo.
Even if he does work on a true Metroid title after FF, it will be disapointing, as he has asinine ideas such as fanfic tier interaction with Sylux and time travel gimmicks.
Tanabe, a producer at Nintendo, is responsible for ruining various IPs. A video game producer's job is managing the funds of a project and offering suggestions. In this case, Nintendo sees him as a shepherd of "lost IPs" that they themselves don't care about or want nothing to do with. Likewise, being the eastern ambassador, he too does not care, and wishes he had a different position. This would explain the odd choices made in western Nintendo titles such as Retro's Metroid. Primeand Donkey Kong Country games that have deliberate lowering qualities, like the waggle-to-roll of Donkey Kong Country Returns for example.
He is responsible for outright killing or severely maiming 2 IPs: Chibi-Robo and Metroid.
So, let's go down the list:
>Responsible for a smattering of shovelware like Dillon's Rolling Western
>Responsible for letting Project H.A.M.M.E.R. fail
>Responsible for killing Chibi-Robo with Zip Lash
>Responsible for the bad aspects of the Prime and Country series
>Responsible for killing Metroid with Federation Force
So, the next time you see your favorite niche and obscure Nintendo IP get a less-than-stellar return with insane propositions, know that it is most definitely the work of Tanabe, the IP killer at Nintendo.
Even if he does work on a true Metroid title after FF, it will be disapointing, as he has asinine ideas such as fanfic tier interaction with Sylux and time travel gimmicks.
