Masamichi Abe
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Masamichi Abe (阿部 将道 Abe Masamichi) is a video game director and planner for Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Abe joined Nintendo Co., Ltd., EAD after a successful tenure at Namco Ltd. He is currently working with Nintendo Software Technology Corporation.
He is the creator of many titles including Knukle Heads, Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3 (up to the arcade game version), Alpine Racer, Alpine Racer 2 and Alpine Surfer while at Namco. Since joining Nintendo he has helped develop titles such as 1080° Snowboarding, Pikmin and Pikmin 2.
Abe was temporarily transferred to Nintendo Software Technology Corporation in U.S. to aid in the development of Metroid Prime Hunters.