The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced that Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda will receive its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 DICE Awards. Currently a Special Corporate Advisor at Nintendo, Genyo Takeda has been with the company since the early ’70s. He’s considered Nintendo’s first game designer. A pioneer in both videogame software and hardware, his achievements include:
- Creating the first battery save system for console cartridges (The Legend of Zelda)
- Designing the first successful analog controller for consoles (Nintendo 64)
- Leading the hardware teams for the Nintendo 64, GameCube, and Wii consoles
- Creator of the Punch-Out!! games for arcade, NES, and SNES
- Director, designer, and writer for StarTropics
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