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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

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.

In fact... I hated Reggie.

 

[Davevil]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

In fact... I hated Reggie.

Agreed during the Wii Era, he had to be convinced to release Xenoblade Chronicles over here

 

[Effigenius]

Agreed during the Wii Era, he had to be convinced to release Xenoblade Chronicles over here

Yep. And he's the reason we never got Mother 3. If it wasn't going to be a runaway hit he wouldn't do it. So irritating.

 

[Effigenius]

Doug Bowser sucked hard, dude had 0 charisma, but Nintendo leadership overall has been declining ever since Reggie and Iwata left. I expect things to get only worse. Hope they prove me wrong... But I'm not holding my breath.

'Since Iwata left?' You mean when he died?

 

[Oberstein]

Well, well, well… when I said in this thread (cf. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/doug-bowser-the-useless-president-of-nintendo-of-america.1682627/) that Doug Bowser was a useless president of Nintendo of America, you wouldn't believe the backlash I got.

Looks like it's been confirmed.

But it was an open secret: his lack of reaction, his apathy… in short, he won't be missed.

 

[HYDE]

Well, well, well… when I said in this thread (cf. https://www.neogaf.com/threads/doug-bowser-the-useless-president-of-nintendo-of-america.1682627/) that Doug Bowser was a useless president of Nintendo of America, you wouldn't believe the backlash I got.

Looks like it's been confirmed.

But it was an open secret: his lack of reaction, his apathy… in short, he won't be missed.

Douche Bowser

 

[Aurelius]

 

[Baemono]

That was a short tenure, no?

I'm sure his Linkedin page rounded up to 15 years

 

[The_hunter]

I love the idea of Nintendo having a Japanese overseer in America. They need to stop NOA before they go too far. If NOA gets as far as Sony has, it's gonna be hard to recover. There's already a lot ot dumb shit that needs to be corrected.

That being said, if they really need the stage presence, they can pay Reggie $1 million to come back and hang dong on stage as a he presents new games.

Treehouse translations kind of sucked for some games. Hopefully future ones are better.

 

[ahtlas7]

Peachy.

 

[PeteBull]

Some people do smile like that. No one in my family, but one of my favorite former co-workers was a smiler like that.

Was that particular coworker of urs bringing donuts to work daily by any chance ?

 

[GymWolf]

She kinda has those crazy eyes...

 

[zokie]

for me personally , the old nintendo died when Mr Iwata has gone to heaven and Reggie retired
New nintendo has no heirs from Yamauchi Family , and i will retired from Nintendo games once Mr Miyamoto , Mr Kondo , Mr Tezuka , Mr Anonuma retires as well

i won't buy Switch 2 for now , maybe when there's a 2nd or 3rd hardware revision

 

[BlackTron]

With Satoru Shibata becoming CEO, she won't be making too many business decisions either.

Since when would NoA make any creative decisions regardless of who or how many C suite there are? Unless we are talking about promotions and banners.

NOA has always been a distribution/marketing subordinate of NOJ and Shibata is just there to keep a closer watch for reporting back to HQ without the large ocean and language barrier pissing off Japan.

 

[Moses85]

Retiring from doing what, exactly?

 

[Trilobit]

What's the difference between these roles in reality?

Also: I_have_a_bad_feeling_about_this.jpg

 

[AJUMP23]

She has good eyes. Probably hypnotized Miyamoto with them.

 

[Sinozen]

He's the Don't Mattrick of Nintendo. Good riddens.

Unfortunately what needs to happen is the leadership in Nintendo Japan to go as well. Why are people who don't even play games running a gaming company? No wonder they've lost their touch.

 

[FoxMcChief]

She kinda has those crazy eyes...

Fuck yeah she does….

 

[diffusionx]

What's the difference between these roles in reality?

Also: I_have_a_bad_feeling_about_this.jpg

president is more day to day operations, while CEO is strategy.

Quite often the same person holds both roles. This is probably a signal from Nintendo HQ that they don't have full confidence in Mrs. Pritchard, or want to keep a closer eye on NOA.

 

[AJUMP23]

She has released a statement.

 

[belteshazzar]

'Since Iwata left?' You mean when he died?

That's correct, I suppose I could've worded that better.

 

[Toons]

Sounds like she's exactly the person Nintendo wants. An arrow for their quiver, to pierce the hearts of any neerdowells who dare play their 30 year old games on modern hardware

 

[Days like these...]

I might be into Devon tbqh. She has that twinkle in her eyes.

Doesn't make up for the gummy smile.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Doesn't make up for the gummy smile.

Sharp Knee Jones over here.

As a 40+ year old man that finds real women attractive, she's very pretty in my book. Waking up next to a smile like that has to be awesome.

 

[Dacvak]

I just want to know if either of these people are actual gamers. The top quality of Satoru Iwata was that he wasn't just a great businessman, he was a great designer and developer, and he genuinely loved games. You could feel his influence throughout the entirety of the company. And whether you like the DS/Wii era or not, he at least put the experience of the gamer in the front of their overall strategy.

Reggie was also great for consumers, at least compared to the current leadership at Nintendo. He demanded Wii Sports be a pack-in game, and I guaranty he would be pushing back on the price gouging happening in the current era of Nintendo.