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[[Image:Goro Abe.jpg|thumb|'''Goro Abe''' speaking with [[Satoru Iwata]] during an interview in 2009.]]

'''Goro Abe''' (阿部 悟郎 ''Abe Gorō'', born 1975) is a Japanese video game designer and programmer working for [[Nintendo]] since 1999. He is one of the key developers of the [[WarioWare (series)|''WarioWare'' series]] since the first title of the franchise and directed many of the games.

Goro Abe was born in 1975 in Toda in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Health Sciences and Nursing at the University of Tokyo. Abe joined Nintendo in 1999 and worked as one of the programmers of the game ''[[Wario Land 4]]'' which was released in 2001.<ref>[http://stars.ign.com/objects/963/963097_biography.html Goro Abe Biography at IGN]</ref><ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/wario-land-4/credits ''Wario Land 4'' Staff Credits at MobyGames]</ref>

He took part in the development of all ''WarioWare'' titles, starting with the first game ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania]]'' released in 2003. While he worked as one of the designers and programmers of the original ''WarioWare, Inc.'', the game's multiplayer remake ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Party Game$!]]'' directed by him was Goro Abe's first experience being at the head of the team.<ref name="smooth_moves_iwata_asks_interview">[http://wiiportal.nintendo-europe.com/19488.html Iwata Asks: Wii, Volume 1 - ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' (page 1) at Nintendo of Europe's Wii Portal]</ref> Afterwards, he also directed the next titles of the franchise, ''[[WarioWare: Twisted!]]'' and ''[[WarioWare: Touched!]]'', being the chief director of the former game while Ryuichi Nakada took this role for ''Touched!''<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/warioware-twisted/credits ''WarioWare: Twisted!'' Staff Credits at MobyGames]</ref><ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/nintendo-ds/warioware-touched/credits ''WarioWare: Touched!'' Staff Credits at MobyGames]</ref>

Abe worked as the chief director of ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', too. At the moment the [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]] was revealed to him, Abe got the idea to create a ''WarioWare'' game for the [[Wii]].<ref name="smooth_moves_nwr_interview">[http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/specialArt.cfm?artid=11588 ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' E3 Interview at Nintendo World Report]</reF> Goro Abe was involved in everything from the initial experiments using the Wii and the Wii Remote to pulling everything together into the finished product. He decided which ideas from the staff were best for the game.<ref name="smooth_moves_iwata_asks_interview"/>

In the development of the sixth ''WarioWare'' title, ''[[WarioWare: Snapped!]]'', Abe took the role of the supervisor.<ref>''WarioWare: Snapped!'' Staff Credits</ref> He was also involved in the making of the most recent games ''[[WarioWare: Myself]]'' and ''[[Asobu Made in Ore]]''.<ref>[http://www.nintendodsi.com/iwataasks/vol5_page1.html Iwata Asks: Nintendo DSi, Volume 1 - ''WarioWare: Snapped!'' (page 1) at NintendoDSi.com]</ref>

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