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title: "Damon Baker announces to be leaving Nintendo"
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description: "Damon Baker has announced on Twitter that he is leaving Nintendo and is very thankful for the experience."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-12-26 21:43:07"
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Damon Baker announces to be leaving Nintendo | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Damon Baker announces to be leaving Nintendo](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/damon-baker-announces-to-be-leaving-nintendo.jpg "Damon Baker announces to be leaving Nintendo")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/damon-baker-announces-to-be-leaving-nintendo.jpg)**Damon Baker** has announced on Twitter that he is leaving Nintendo and is very thankful for the experience.

> Hey folks, I wrote a thing. Ugh, emotions! Thank you all for your support of amazing content from big publishers to the [\#Nindies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nindies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) alike. It's been an honor to work with and be a part of this amazing community. Be good to each other and look forward to revealing more in 2019! 🙏 [pic.twitter.com/8YKp8Pdccb](https://t.co/8YKp8Pdccb)
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> — Damon Baker (@DWBakes) [December 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/DWBakes/status/1076168083675336705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Baker started out at Nintendo as the global manager of brand licensing in 2006 and transferred across to the role of head of third-party marketing and communications after three years. He began his current position as head of partner management in 2016.

## [](#whats-next-for-damon-baker)What’s next for Damon Baker?

It is not clear where Baker is heading next, but he has done a great job on the Nintendo Switch with getting independent developers and third party developers onboard.

In 2019, he will pursue a new opportunity and promises fans this won’t be the last time they hear from him.

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