I think we should all enjoy this podcast because after the backlash we're unlikely to get anyone else at Nintendo speaking so candidly again.
Because they don't know jack shit.The truly sad part it that the exact same point was brought up on Nintendo reddit, with the OP wanting to talk about that specific thing...and both the OP and the responses were infinitely better thought out and planned instead of the drive-by shit-posting Neogaf did. I think that if Nintendo looks at other sources, they'll find they're much more receptive to the podcast than here.
But yeah, it's incredibly disappointing the eagerness of some people in this site to flip off NoA for any reason.
Because they don't know jack shit.
NoA considered it too risky, but NoE picked it up and it did okay so in the end it worked out.
It's disappointing that the other thread got more traction than this one just cause the OP decided to highlight the negative aspects. Really, the whole conversation has a lighthearted tone to it and yet you had people getting all worked up for some rather benign statements that are probably worlds more reasonable than whatever counters people want to come up with.
Oh man, I feel bad for the guy. Some folks on the internet and on gaf really went after him hard because of this podcast appearance. When he says it was ultimately his own fault but he didn't see it coming, I can't help but think about the internet reaction to his comments and how his bosses might have reacted to them. I hope that's not why but it sounds like it to me.
Damn, I hope he bounces back. That initial thread got way too out of hand.
Yep, I could not for the life of me understand the backlash at all. It made zero sense to me and nothing he said was untruthful or disingenuous. He simply gave Nintendo's reasonings for some localizations and yes they make perfect business sense. I have no idea why people got "outraged" over such things.The backlash from his statements was ridiculous. Full of wannabe CEO. Not that there were no good reasons to bring it over but it was definitely a big risk with a good amount of success in partly due to the big Operation Rainfall movement over it not coming over in the first place. His firing will definitely mean less informations and transparency of the working of Nintendo which really suck since that is my favorite things to read about them.