Legendary designer behind F-Zero and Star Fox nearly worked at Konami, but his mom told him to take the job at Nintendo
Takaya Imamura eventually spent more than 30 years with the company
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Legendary former Nintendo designer Takaya Imamura helped createStar FoxandF-Zeroacross his 32-year career at the company, but he almost worked at an entirely different Japanese studio.
Speaking to GamesRadar+ at Gamescom 2024, Imamura admitted that back in the 1980s, “the truth is, when I applied to games companies, I applied toKonamias well as Nintendo, and I got through to the final …
