Nintendo of America Has a New President 40
Stupid Dufus writes "GameDAILY Biz is reporting that Nintendo has changed ranks at its North American division. From the story: 'Nintendo of America has just announced three major executive promotions. Reggie Fils-Aime has become the new president and COO, while current president Tatsumi Kimishima has been elevated to chairman and CEO. Also, Mike Fukuda is being promoted from senior vp of Business Development to executive vp of Business Development.'"
If only Sony and Microsoft... (Score:2)
Re:If only Sony and Microsoft... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:If only Sony and Microsoft... (Score:1, Informative)
When I was in high school on of my friends really wanted a N64 at launch; his father was unemployed at the time and my friend was too involved in sports to hold a part time job so he had very limited access to spending money. What he decided to do was sell his SNES a
I, for one (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I, for one (Score:1, Funny)
The old president (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The old president (Score:3, Informative)
Re:The old president (Score:2)
*cough* Bernie Stolar *cough*
Re:The old president (Score:2)
Yes, like when he slipped and said "up up down down left right left right b a start" at that press conference. I think that sealed his fate.
That's the Konami code, not Nintendo (Score:1)
Nintendo didn't use the Konami code. Konami did.
Re:That's the Konami code, not Nintendo (Score:2)
anyone get axed? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:anyone get axed? (Score:1, Redundant)
"while current president Tatsumi Kimishima has been elevated to chairman and CEO"
OK, don't read TFA but at least read TFS
Re:anyone get axed? (Score:2)
Re:anyone get axed? (Score:2)
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Re:anyone get axed? (Score:2)
I don't know what happened in the meantime, but Yamauchi retired relatively recently and Iwata, former chief in the US, got bumped up to overall big-shot.
Re:anyone get axed? (Score:2)
Chairman/CEO and President/COO? (Score:2)
I actually suggested this strategy in a recent ask slashdot post [slashdot.org], but that was adivce to a two-man operation ... a huge corporation like Nintendo of America should probably not be playing that kind of game, especially if they have nothing to hide and no investigations to dodge.
Yawn... (Score:1)
Re:Yawn... (Score:2)
Re:Yawn... (Score:2)
Toto, tata, titi. ;)
Re:Yawn... (Score:1)
Higher-ups Schmigher-ups (Score:3, Insightful)
Heck, if he made them somewhere else, I'd probably defect.
Re:Higher-ups Schmigher-ups (Score:1)
Reggie as president is very good news (Score:3, Informative)
It was kinda sad to see him replaced by Tatsumi Kimishima, formerly the President of Pokémon USA. NOA has definitely become a lot more passive since then. Not to bash Kimishima, though, because Nintendo continues to be a good business. That hasn't changed one bit and I'm sure that's a very good reason to make Kimishima remain in the top position as CEO.
Now enter Reggie Fils-Aime, who introduced himself to the public as an ass-kicker, name-taker guy. I've met the guy myself a couple times, he's extremely sharp and has a very good forward-thinking attitude. This is the kind of person I'd really like to see driving Nintendo into the future.
I'm happy to see Nintendo rearranging the chain of command to place Reggie in a better position to take decisions about the company's direction.
More power to him.
Good (Score:1)
I don't mean to be a troll, but what's the relevance of this? Nintendo of America is pretty irrelevant as a business. From the post count you can figure out this is absolutely of no interest for everyone...
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If the headline had mentioned Reggie, you'd get a lot more posts.
Is Reggie the new Howard Phillips? (Score:2)