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[Shion]

NOA wasn't exactly lighting up the charts with the GameCube

GameCube, just like Wii U, was bombing everywhere, not just in America (in fact, it performed even worse in Europe and Japan).

Not to mention that the post-N64 / early GameCube days was when Nintendo's management decided to centralize all power to Japan and transform Nintendo into the Japanese-centric company that they are today.

GameCube's failure was the fault of NCL, not NoA.

Slightly worried that he doesn't have a strong development pedigree, but we'll see how it goes.

Yamauchi didn't even like video games. Yet, I liked his version of Nintendo much more than Iwata's.

I can see how a lot of younger people really came of age during the Iwata era, and think it's natural that Nintendo would be run by a whimsical man like him, also a developer, etc...

...but I came of age during the Yamauchi era, and the Nintendo I know was ran by a person who didn't just not understand games, he actually kind of hated them!

And this was the superior era of Nintendo to me (no disrespect to the Wii/DS/Iwata era, it's just lesser than NES and SNES to me).

Lots of talk about keeping Nintendo creative and such. But let's remember that Super Mario Bros and Zelda actually emerged from the decree of an old man who didn't care about games and actually just wanted success in the market. Those games were less birthed in Miyamoto's magic workshop, and were more the result of a ruthless business man saying "make something that sells my console!"

We can get amazing games from Nintendo when there is a pure businessman at the top, don't worry about that.

Well said.

 

[Nanashrew]

Can we seriously stop romanticizing Yamauchi and praising strong arm tactics and driving away third parties to Sony. His vision had major flaws.

 

[nightever]

I don't know, but according to Nintendo,

* Fellow: An individual selected from among the Representative Directors who has advanced knowledge and extensive experience, and holds the role of providing advice and guidance regarding organizational operations in a specialized area (newly established on September 16, 2015).

Sound like Miyamoto and Takeda new positions are less important than the former ones..

 

[JoeM86]

Hes going to push mobile isn't he...

No, they're going to follow the plans Iwata set forth.

 

[OricWindstar]

Huh, really don't have much to go on it seems. I hope for the best and wish him luck. He's got big shoes to fill, but it's probably best that he'll probably be doing his own thing (personality wise) instead of just being Iwata 2.0.

 

[DownGrader]

Can we seriously stop romanticizing Yamauchi and praising strong arm tactics and driving away third parties to Sony

...as well as thinking that it's possible to re-enter the "golden age" of Nintendo despite extremely different market conditions.

 

[TheJoRu]

Hes going to push mobile isn't he...

Can't wait for the threads within the next year "blaming" Kimishima for pushing mobile too hard when all the plans were already laid out under Iwata's leadership.

 

[PdotMichael]

No, they're going to follow the plans Iwata set forth.

Nintendo is not the Soviet union there is no 5 years plan.

The only pretty safe thing is the greenlighted roadmaps of the various developements.

 

[Kouriozan]

Good luck Mr. Kimishima.

 

[BocoDragon]

Can we seriously stop romanticizing Yamauchi and praising strong arm tactics and driving away third parties to Sony. His vision had major flaws.

...as well as thinking that it's possible to re-enter the "golden age" of Nintendo despite extremely different market conditions.

...who thinks either of these?

I only believe: Nintendo doesn't need a whimsical developer president to be Nintendo.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

The fanfics in here are cute.

Wishing the best to Tatsumi! I'm very excited to learn more about NX. Please make all the right decisions.

 

[Bioshocker]

I was hoping for Nintendo to go with a younger person than this. On the other hand, I don't know anything about Kimishima so I won't judge the man just yet. At first glance it doesn't seem like such an exciting choice, though. He's 65.

 

[PdotMichael]

Can we seriously stop romanticizing Yamauchi and praising strong arm tactics and driving away third parties to Sony. His vision had major flaws.

Well, he made profit in all his years.

 

[DrWong]

...who thinks either of these?

I only believe: Nintendo doesn't need a whimsical developer president to be Nintendo.

Bizarro logic you have: there's no "need" involved here as Nintendos is what it chooses to be.

 

[DownGrader]

...who thinks either of these?

I only believe: Nintendo doesn't need a whimsical developer president to be Nintendo.

There are people tho think that Nintendo will be Nintendo only if it will have non-whimsical president, though.

 

[Nanashrew]

I don't know, but according to Nintendo,



Sound like Miyamoto and Takeda new positions are less important than the former ones..

Fellow is the highest senior rank you can achieve in a technical career.

 

[DownGrader]

Well, he made profit in all his years.

...by restoring the entire home console market from its ruins, as well as creating the handheld market. It's easier to make cash if you have no real competitors.

 

[Kissenkopf]

Nintendo is not the Soviet union there is no 5 years plan.

The only pretty safe thing is the greenlighted roadmaps of the various developements.

What? Lol. Every company sets their plans for the future. Ecen in long terms. They look where they wanna be in 10 years and are working for that happening right now Its not that you can shake up everything and change your plan in a few months. You need one direction and head that way.

 

[nightever]

Fellow is the highest senior rank you can achieve in a technical career.

I said, comparing to their former position.

 

[BocoDragon]

There are people tho think that Nintendo will be Nintendo only if it will have non-whimsical president, though.

I am not one of those people.

Though I am curious to see a new Nintendo now that we're here.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I don't know, but according to Nintendo,



Sound like Miyamoto and Takeda new positions are less important than the former ones..

"Technical Fellow is the most senior rank or title one can achieve in a technical career, though some fellows also hold business titles such as vice president or chief technology officer."

 

[Sandfox]

Well, he made profit in all his years.

Yamauchi basically set Sony up for success and left.

 

[DownGrader]

I am not one of those people.

Well, yeah. Your posts have clarified your logic.

 

[crinale]

Yamauchi basically set Sony up for success and left.

.. and that lured MS to enter the competition too so result is good I guess.
Anyway I wish good luck to the new president.

 

[SolarPowered]

Yeah, this is what I'm thinking. The guy was practically invisible as the CEO of NoA.

 

[Vampirolol]

As far as I know he's Yamauchi style but still very open to modern times. I already like him.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Well, let's hope for the best. He doesn't really look like a "Nintendo President" type of guy to me, but hey, neither did Yamauchi.

 

[Pikma]

Not feeling this at all but I guess it's understandable.

 

[GCX]

I said, comparing to their former position.

Well considering Miyamoto and Takeda temporarily lead Nintendo for the past two months, the only way from that position is down (unless one of them would had become the new CEO).

And at least with Miyamoto, I'm sure his new position was planned even before Iwata's passing. He doesn't want to be in the general manager style role anymore and wants to be more hands-on with development.

 

[Galang]

Wow! Good luck to him! Seems alright to me!

 

[Nanashrew]

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643347745529536512

1) The Nikkei quotes new Nintendo boss Kimishima as saying there won’t be changes in the basic strategy set up by former president Iwata.

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348727743279104

2) Kimishima says the challenge is now to identify new projects+cultivate the right human resources to reach Nintendo-like profits again.

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348850967773184

3) The Nikkei also quotes Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda as saying the aim is to establish a future-proof group leadership system inside Nintendo.

 

[GCX]

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643347745529536512

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348727743279104

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348850967773184

I like the sound of plans for the group leadership model.

 

[Oddish1]

https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643347745529536512


https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348727743279104


https://twitter.com/serkantoto/status/643348850967773184

Them following Iwata's strategy was to be expected. Not sure what to think of the group leadership system.

 

[Chastten]

Might be a good thing to have an actual business guy take the reigns for a while.

Iwata was a nice guy and all, and while he got it right with the Wii/DS, Nintendo's decisions about everything regarding WiiU/3DS varied from hilarious to disastrous, which is ultimately Iwata's fault.

 

[GamerJM]

There are people tho think that Nintendo will be Nintendo only if it will have non-whimsical president, though.

I didn't see anyone in this topic saying this. That would be silly considering Nintendo was still Nintendo when Iwata was around.

 

[FunkyDealer]

I wish him the best of luck and hope he'll grow Iwata's seeds into beautiful flowers. The next couple of years will be interesting to say the least.

 

[DrWong]

Might be a good thing to have an actual business guy take the reigns for a while.

Iwata was a nice guy and all, and while he got it right with the Wii/DS, Nintendo's decisions about everything regarding WiiU/3DS varied from hilarious to disastrous, which is ultimately Iwata's fault.

How simple it is to explain life when everything is someone's "fault".

 

[KingBroly]

Them following Iwata's strategy was to be expected. Not sure what to think of the group leadership system.

They don't want what happened to them with Iwata to happen again, plain and simple.

 

[Drencrom]

Guys.

You're not going to get a second Iwata.

I didn't expect another Iwata, but it's still saddening :/

 

[PdotMichael]

...by restoring the entire home console market from its ruins, as well as creating the handheld market. It's easier to make cash if you have no real competitors.

No, it's easier to make profit based on etablished business structures than changing the core businessfield of a company and turn into the most profitable hardware and software company in the industry.

Also there weren't no ruins. The Japanese and European game industry didn't suffer any large problems in the 80s.

What? Lol. Every company sets their plans for the future. Ecen in long terms. They look where they wanna be in 10 years and are working for that happening right now Its not that you can shake up everything and change your plan in a few months. You need one direction and head that way.

There are long term investments but it's plain bullshit to think that the NX platform was a real thing 5 years ago when the WiiU was just finalised.

Yamauchi basically set Sony up for success and left.

So did Iwata with the WiiU and PS4. That's the difference between Nintendo and Sony, Sony developed consoles around the market needs, something Iwata and Nintendo refused to do after the early success of the Wii.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

They don't want what happened to them with Iwata to happen again, plain and simple.

"What happened" being his sudden death, or...?

 

[KingBroly]

"What happened" being his sudden death, or...?

Moreso the effect of them having to pick a successor without much notice.

 

[Interceptor]

Hilarious to see Iwata painted as a non business person. Hal never happened.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Group leadership?
It's Voltron!

 

[woen]

Can't wait for the threads within the next year "blaming" Kimishima for pushing mobile too hard when all the plans were already laid out under Iwata's leadership.

Whatever, people don't understand how organisations or big companies work — especially in Japan — and will only point to a head (here the picture of Kimishima) if they want to see the reasons of something (eg. releasing mobile games). That's a mistake that many made when Iwata died : thinking that everything that happened to Nintendo — especially the good news/feelings — were because of the good (paternalist) Iwata. The underground, beneath the Nintendo Direct and Nintedo PR, is what is important if you want to understand how decisions are taken, what directions are taken or to explain some reactions.

 

[antonz]

Group leadership system looks more or less setup now with the new positons . You have the Headboss. The Tech Fellow who oversees the technology side and finally the Creative fellow who oversees the software etc.

Its entirely possible that by the time Kimishima retires from the position that Miyamoto and Takeda will be right alongside. This is likely laying the groundwork for the big transition phase for Nintendo as a whole and not just CEO spot.

 

[Majukun]

...by restoring the entire home console market from its ruins, as well as creating the handheld market. It's easier to make cash if you have no real competitors.

you say it like it was easy,like the market was just waiting to regrow on itself and yamauchi just took advantage of it.
nintendo revitalized the videogame market by making incredible revolutions about the entire business model the industry was running on until that moment.

yes,yamauchi was too stubborn ,got arrogant and ruined the relationships with the third parties..but the merit of what he did before that is real.

just like iwata did good with his new ds and wii direction,but then was unable to do more more than just sit down and count the money and to react to the changes to the industry that were apparent even to a 5 years old

 

[dock]

I'm glad to hear they have a new CEO. Those are some big shoes to fill.

It's a shame they can't get Minoru Arakawa out of retirement. Everything I've read about him makes him sound very similar to Iwata in terms of personality.

 

[Boy Wander]

There are long term investments but it's plain bullshit to think that the NX platform was a real thing 5 years ago when the WiiU was just finalised.
.

Unless you work for Nintendo at senior corporate level, you have absolutely no clue as to what is and what is not bs when it comes to their corporate strategy. Clearly, they had something in mind to streamline their development capabilities and their hardware approach when they set in motion the plan to bring all of their devs in one purpose built building.

 

[Majukun]

Hilarious to see Iwata painted as a non business person. Hal never happened.

true enough..he was just not as good as a business man as it was as a PR guy and developer...so people forget he had his own Software company