Kensuke Tanabe
Kensuke Tanabe is a Japanese producer and senior officer at Nintendo.
Tanabe has been a Nintendo employee since the mid-80s and is responsible for several franchises including Metroid Prime, Donkey Kong and Paper Mario.
As a designer, Tanabe has notably worked on games such as Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Stunt Race FX.
As a producer, the Nintendo veteran has recently overseen the Luigi’s Mansion, Metroid Prime and Kirby games.
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Paper Mario producer says it’s ‘undecided’ if series will continue to move away from its RPG origins
“Personally speaking, I want to keep developing Paper Mario games that are both innovative and unique”
Interview: Paper Mario's development team lays it all out
Nintendo and Intelligent Systems discuss the making of The Origami King and the challenge of reinventing a decades-old series