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He is in Nintendo Kyoto now. working on some Nintendo original title RT@2Andrin what happened to Masamichi Abe? Is he retired?



— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) November 26, 2013

Polygon spotted a tweet from Harada replying to an enquiry about Abe, who also worked on Tekken and Tekken 2 during his time at Namco:Abe has worked on Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime: Hunters and Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again.

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