Next Level Games founder retires following Nintendo acquisition

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The President and Co-founder of Next Level Games — the studio behind the latter Luigi’s Mansion titles  — has introduced their retirement from the trade. Douglas Tronsgard’s information comes only one yr after the studio was formally bought by its long-time publishing associate, Nintendo.

“After over 20 years in the Video Game Industry, I am happy to announce my retirement,” said Trongard in a short message on LinkedIn. “I wanted to say ‘thank you’ to everyone who helped me on my journey to get here. A special thank you to Nintendo for believing in me and Next Level Games. It’s truly been my honor to be a part of NLG’s incredible history.”

“I look forward to a new chapter in my life that should involve lots of travelling with my wife. Take care everyone and enjoy the journey!”

Having labored on the Canadian studio since its inception in the summertime of 2002, Trongard has overseen an array of nice Nintendo titles together with soccer sequence Super Mario Strikers, the Nintendo Wii version of Punch-Out!! Nintendo 3DS launch Metroid Prime: Federation Force, and each Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon and Switch launch Luigi’s Mansion 3. Nintendo bought Next Level Games in January 2021.

It appears that the success of the corporate has led its CEO to a place the place they will already transfer on from the trade and benefit from the fruits of their labors. It is with no small quantity of livid envy that I want Tronsgard nicely on his endeavors touring the world and never going to work. Meanwhile, again at Next Level Games, work continues on the corporate’s subsequent launch Mario Strikers: Battle League.

Chris Moyse

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