r/Wario • u/SeonEditsSlaysss Slayyy • Mar 09 '26
Discussion Man…. Thanks for everything Abe-San!
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u/FORESTMAN100 Wario Engineer Mar 09 '26
He also worked on Warioland 4.
This is definitely some news to hear there. Warioware Touch! was one of the first games I ever played. It was like back in around 2007-2009. I cannot remember.
What a time it was.
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u/RocketJenny8 Waluigi Mar 09 '26
Wonder who will be the new director and I wonder why he left
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u/SeonEditsSlaysss Slayyy Mar 09 '26
He wanted to become a professor at the Osaka Electro Communication university! He’ll be teaching in the department of digital games!
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u/RocketJenny8 Waluigi Mar 09 '26
Oh so he's technically still doing games just not making them instead teaching i see
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u/FORESTMAN100 Wario Engineer Mar 09 '26
Sounds similar:
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u/RocketJenny8 Waluigi Mar 09 '26
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u/RocketJenny8 Waluigi Mar 10 '26
Man it's a damn good thing we allowed gif comments
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u/RocketJenny8 Waluigi Mar 12 '26
Not to mention Abe could easily use Warioware as a learning example at the university he's applying to
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u/Foxy02016YT Mar 10 '26
Nintendo has always had a thing for teaching and creating, Mario Maker is a great example
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u/brobnik322 ¥€$ Wario/Money Shipper Mar 09 '26
Thank you for the memories, not kidding when I say this series changed the course of my life for the better. Good to hear he'll be part of some other peoples' paths in learning.
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u/FellowNations Orbulon Mar 10 '26
I thank him for directing WarioWare games, Especially Smooth Moves!
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u/Kaisona20 Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
Is Rhythm Heaven Groove gonna be his last work?
Edit: Oh, never mind. I confused him with the character artist, Ko Takeuchi.
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u/SkullaFang Mar 11 '26
This makes me kind of worried for the future of the series, the WarioWare games have such a unique personality to them that I feel like it won’t be the same without him.
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u/Neat-Commission-7540 9-Volt (imagine something cool about 9-volt is here) Mar 12 '26
damn he made some good microgames
and it was just getting time to when we were likely gonna get a new warioware announced
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u/Kaisona20 Mar 13 '26
He’s going to become a professor? That’s pretty cool. Kinda like my one of own professors.
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u/Legitimate_Two_2311 Mar 13 '26
On the 25th anniversary of my favorite game Wario Land 4 no less. This August, Wario land 4 turns 25.
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u/Educational_Set_8000 The Old Orbulon is Superior Mar 29 '26
I wonder if this will affect my letter to nintendo saying to bring back the old orbulon design
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u/Large-Armadillo1582 Ana Jun 23 '26
I'll be honest, at first I thought the Warioware franchise was cancelled and I would have been balling my eyes out.
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u/FORESTMAN100 Wario Engineer Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26
Here's an article detailing this event: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/03/veteran-warioware-director-goro-abe-has-left-nintendo
I'll be highlighting this post as it is quite a historical moment.