The director of games like Super Mario Bros. 3 and A Link to the Past is retiring from Nintendo (opens in new tab)

For over a year now, there has been a steady stream of true industry pioneers - who helped define Nintendo - leaving the company, mostly to retire. Some examples include Kensuke Tanabe, Hideki Konno, and Goro Abe, and today we have the sad duty of adding yet another name to the list. This time, it's Takashi Tezuka. He helped create the very first Super Mario Bros. alongside Shigeru Miyamoto back in 1985, and he served as game director on legendary titles such as Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mar...