airmangataosenai
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You mean NoJ is asserting more control over NoA? Finally!
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Iwata to become Nintendo of America CEO, NoA CEO promoted to NCL Managing Director
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You should rally everyone to sign a petition to get Iwata removed from his future position and placed on janitorial duties.
I'm sure glory hungry Iwata will resign after that!
Dude, that doesn't work. You have to complain on Miiverse.
Aquamarine
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Please understand.
Karsticles
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What, so I can only compare a game made within the last year? Holy shit. Iwata was at the helm when SMG and SMG2 was made. Isn't that the contrast the poster was going for?
Mark my words. On this day in 2023, there will be a thread on ShinNeoGAF celebrating the WiiU.
Another thread will be announcing the release of another shmup for the Dreamcast.
Cosmonaut X
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Pretty much. I've seen it now with even bloody NSMBWii vs NSMB2/NSMBU.
I'm looking forward to the day someone holds up WiiWare over eShop, at which point the internet will collapse into some kind of ironic event horizon.
We are comparing quantity and quality here. 1 or 2 really good games in 3 years isn´t enough.
The 3ds is doing fine now, and arguably has one of the strongest libraries off any Nintendo console.
The Wii, DS and even 3DS to a lesser degree were huge gambles. Sometimes gambling payes and sometimes they dont.
Going with a traditional console with similiar 360 specs and taking huge losses on hardware would probably have doomed them a lot more than Wii did.
Cosmonaut X
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I've heard they respond better to mail correspondence. If you've still got your GAME stocks you could maybe afford the stamp.
EmCeeGramr
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It's also funny when you realize that Iwata was head of corporate planning when the GC came out.
Yeah Nintendo has released only 1 or 2 really good games since 2010. Wait, what?
SpacePirate Ridley
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If this is done to unify more the company worldwide, like it says in the press release, im all for it. Thats is a good thing. You can see Iwata has a plan for the future, if this plan successes or backfires, thats what we have to wait to see.
Maybe he was a child when the gamecube released and had good fun with it without seeing all the problems it had. At least thats is what I want to think, instead of thinking they are seriously lying themeselves.
People thinking the gamecube was an amazing consoles with a huge number of succesful games make me laugh everytime.
I still remember the good old days of DOOMED when Nintendo was in their gamecube cycle.
Maybe he was a child when the gamecube released and had good fun with it without seeing all the problems it had. At least thats is what I want to think, instead of thinking they are seriously lying themeselves.
People thinking the gamecube was an amazing consoles with a huge number of succesful games make me laugh everytime.
I still remember the good old days of DOOMED when Nintendo was in their gamecube cycle.
JordanN
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peanutbutterlatte
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No. They have an exclusive 16-digit code system and they have to add you first before you can message them.
lol
Fourth Storm
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Is it? Last I read, it's still underperforming in NA and has a poor attach rate.
After it got canceled on the N64. Wasn't Iwata the reason Mother 3 was given new life as a GBA game, and finally released late in the GBA's life?
I hope Iwata's new position at NoA in addition to him still being at NCL means Mother 3 has a better chance of being officially released in the West.
I hope Iwata's new position at NoA in addition to him still being at NCL means Mother 3 has a better chance of being officially released in the West.
Why do people want Iwata gone, I mean the guy was there with the DS and Wii huge success and the 3DS got out of its so called slow start even tho it has always outpaced DS in sales. The WiiU is off the a slow start but we know the games are coming, Iwata has done a good job, if it wasnt for the huge success of Wii no one would be complaining about what he is doing with WiiU.
Brera it might be time to accept that Nintendo doesn't have the best interest for you.
Its time to pursue other things in life, things that will make you happy.
Only postal mail, Nintendo hasn't internet.
Jorok Goldblade
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Why would they need to do that? NoE is actually doing its job.
NoA has needed new leadership for years.
EmCeeGramr
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remember when the system never got multiplatform games day and date, and then simply didn't get them at all? those were the glory days man.
peanutbutterlatte
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He should go work at GAME.
Last I read, it was doing better than the DS in the similiar timeframe. I guess it depends how you look at it.
ShockingAlberto
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I don't follow the GAME jokes.
Yes I think the people going absolutely crazy he wasn't fired need to relax, or take a breath because now is his test, the Wii U. Can he turn the tide from where it stands right now is the question. I don't think he should had gotten fired, no one could have predicted the market complete destruction ahead of time, as we're going to see this winter as well.
I believe he'll right the Wii U ship, and increase the 3DS from 31 MILLION units in 2 years.. 2 YEARS, which is amazing for a videogame system by the way.
I believe he'll right the Wii U ship, and increase the 3DS from 31 MILLION units in 2 years.. 2 YEARS, which is amazing for a videogame system by the way.
JordanN
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Kinda like the Wii U. Although multiplats are last gen ones and the "games" are far fewer.
Psycho_Mantis
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4/10
peanutbutterlatte
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During the economic troubles of GAME last year, Brera was their sole and most vehement defender. He had bought quite a lot of stock, so it was clear he was personally invested. I mean they're okay now, but as the days went on, and GAME's financial status got steadily worse, it got funnier in that thread. The incident became known as "Brera's Lament"
With such hits as!
darkistheway
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The hyperbole in some of you... it's hard to even read.
This is probably a solid, long-term change in how Nintendo views the North American market. Regardless of your (oh so very personal) view of Iwata, having the NA and Japan management aligned is far better suited to a global market.
This re-org demonstrates that Nintendo recognizes that they need to do a lot more in North America to succeed. It means when NOA talks to NA third party publisher, it will the CEO of the entire company behind the call.
This is probably a solid, long-term change in how Nintendo views the North American market. Regardless of your (oh so very personal) view of Iwata, having the NA and Japan management aligned is far better suited to a global market.
This re-org demonstrates that Nintendo recognizes that they need to do a lot more in North America to succeed. It means when NOA talks to NA third party publisher, it will the CEO of the entire company behind the call.
EmCeeGramr
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remember when it would get barely improved ports of ps2 versions, and then sometimes those would outsell the other versions, and then the publisher decided to not release the sequels on gc anyway? it was awesome.
almost as awesome as looking up directions for warp pipe so you could hopefully play a really laggy awful online double dash
Him and Dave Meltzer are the same person. He constantly comes into every Nintendo thread to troll, just ignore him.
On topic, the best way to tell how much of Nintendo's issues revolve around Iwata is to do this test run. Hell he may still resign if sales don't improve as he promised.
Surely the WiiU having parity with the other new generation consoles would ensure support.
Surely.
Fourth Storm
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Dude, you could play as Mario in NBA Street V3! What the heck were you looking for? Online play?
Only example of that I know of is Soul Calibur II, and that being a Sony exclusive boggled quite a few.
You talk about him being responsible for the company's 'biggest losses', and that is true. But Iwata also achieved (by a factor of nearly 3) the company's largest profits in history. Once he was put in charge of the company's corporate planning, Nintendo's profits began to swell enormously. In two years under his leadership -- 2008 and 2009 -- the company's profit totaled nearly as much as the company's entire profits for the decade of the 90s.
He's done some bad things but, from a corporate standpoint, he has also done some very good things.
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