The hardware wizard behind the Wii is retiring from Nintendo

Along with today’s earnings report, Nintendo announced the impending retirement of one of its most important and longest serving employees: Genyo Takeda. His current position is representative director and “Technology Fellow” alongside “Creative Fellow” Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Mario and Zelda; both assumed their roles when Tatsumi Kimishima took over as CEO following Satoru Iwata’s unexpected death.
Although he wasn’t particularly high-profile,