BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Interesting. No idea who this lady is. Doug Bowser…. No idea what he was like at his job but he stunk on stage. Reggie was a tough act to follow.
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Doug Bowser retiring and being replaced by Devon Pritchard in 2026 as president of NOA
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Interesting. No idea who this lady is. Doug Bowser…. No idea what he was like at his job but he stunk on stage. Reggie was a tough act to follow.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I've been trying to make this thread for the past 5 minutes, GAF servers seem to be on the fritz.
MiguelItUp
Member
Well that was fast, lmao.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Sushi_Combo
Member
Goodbye
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
She's been at Ninty since 2006, so she's not just some random koopa kid.
nial
Member
You made it:
Thread 'Doug Bowser Retiring from Nintendo End of Year (31st Dec, 2025)' https://www.neogaf.com/threads/doug-bowser-retiring-from-nintendo-end-of-year-31st-dec-2025.1688500/
Ishma3L
Gold Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Weird, kept showing me server errors on my screen
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Well that didn't last long..
He had no presence either
He had no presence either
DarkShadowXI
Gold Member
Retiring from doing what, exactly?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I might be into Devon tbqh. She has that twinkle in her eyes.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
That pic of her makes her look AI generated. Anyway, yeah that was a short run for Doug, but I don't blame him retiring.
PauloRoberto
Member
The only thing i would quesiton is... what is 'acting executive' ?! It's a sort of preparation for a C-level position ?!
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blacktout
Member
I have no idea if this is Bowser's choice or if he's being forced out, but I think this probably has more upside than downside. Nintendo of America, and Bowser in particular, have mostly bungled their messaging around the Switch 2.
Ultimately, NoA is a marketing and messaging arm of Nintendo, so if they're failing st that role, then there needs to be a shakeup.
Ultimately, NoA is a marketing and messaging arm of Nintendo, so if they're failing st that role, then there needs to be a shakeup.
Griffon
Member
2006 means she's a hire of the Wii era, could be a bad sign.
It also looked like he didn't have pull with the Japanese side of the business which lead NOA to where it is today. Reggie wasn't quite Tom Kalinske tier, but he got approval to bundle Wii Sports which helped make the Wii a run away success. Doug Bowser had Welcome Tour release at $10 under his watch.
Reggie was still a corporate head when he was brought in, but he engaged with the community. And tried some light trash talking. His book Disrupting the Game is a decent look into this life and run at Nintendo. Prior to that Nintendo was really secret and only the few big names that left said anything but weren't very talkative. I wonder if Doug will put one so we can hear his side.
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This guys face is something else. Born to sue people.
CuteFaceJay
Member
Choke me corpo mommy!
Walliwallipaloo
Member
Running Nintendo even further into the ground.
Nah, jk. I know that all these terrible decisions are Japanese decisions. But boy would it feel cathartic to be able to blame Nintendo's downfall on Bowser.
Kacho
Gold Member
She has no bearing on the creative decisions being made by NoJ. She'll be another invisible suit running business operations.
DreamcastSkies
Gold Member
I respect that Bowser seemed to do his own thing and didn't try to replicate anything about the way Reggie did the job.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Probably true since he came from Electronic Arts. And the recent management decisions with Nintendo have been disappointing.
MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah no kidding. Going from Reggie to Doug felt like one of the largest downgrades ever experienced in the game industry, lol.
This guys face is something else. Born to sue people.
Or make you cut off a finger. Maybe Nintendo is returning to their roots.
I'm really hoping Shuji Utsumi has success bringing back the various Sega franchises. The recent Sonic Crossworlds commercial that calls back to the 90's Genesis Does What Nintendon't ads gives me hope. We need creative Sega to drive Nintendo to not be complacent.
Shibata was the head of Nintendo Europe for a while, I recognize him from a few Directs. But does anyone have any insight on how/what he did? Does he look like a good match for NOA?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
This should be added to the OP, this is a much bigger deal than then Pritchford. This is a high-ranking Nintendo exec taking over the US branch, which hasn't happened since Kimishima left in 2013.
This guys face is something else. Born to sue people.
This shows a big downgrade on confedence in NOA, and also shows just how good Reggie was at his job that he didn't need a Japanese supervisor to run his business.
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OuterLimits
Member
Reggie was damn terrible. Wasn't he the one in charge during the Wii years when it took a massive effort to get Xenoblade released in the States? Operation Rainfall or something because Reggie proclaimed it wouldn't sell in America.
Reggie waa occasionally humorous in press events/Directs but that didn't make him great at the job overall.
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
The Jim Ryan Effect
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
because he was trash
good riddance
SupaComputa
Member
Guy can go back to managing dollar stores, selling vacuum cleaners or something.
Gamer_By_Proxy
About to beat off
Anyone else is probably better. So yay!
Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
With Satoru Shibata becoming CEO, she won't be making too many business decisions either.