A 10-year-old boy from Winnipeg has had his dream come true, thanks to the Dream Factory. Shea Sparling, who has a life-threatening condition called polyarteritis nodosa, has always wanted to visit Nintendo of America headquarters and meet Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Thankfully he had his wish granted and spent the day at Nintendo of America’s HQ at Seattle, Washington. He even got to play a game against Reggie at Mario Kart 8 along with his older brother Declan. Here’s what they all had to say about Shea’s dream.
“When we met with Shea about his dream, it was so wonderful and adorable because he was so specific about what he would like to do for his dream,” said Grace Thomson, executive director of the Dream Factory.
“We had so much fun,” said Shea’s mother, Carole Dufault, “They had signs welcoming us and we went on a tour of the building. We met with Reggie and the kids even played a game of Mario Kart with him.
“He was so gracious and relaxed and spent time chatting with Shea, answering his questions.”
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Oh man. If I got to meet reggie……
-Reggie- *tisnle bo;do shan geeh. ?Grah’s freewin xen., shlet.
Both those dudes look sick, like the type to cause mayhem at a public place with a deadly weapon. Lucky for me they live in Canada. No second ammendment for them, haha!
Wow. -__-”
The kid has a life-threatening condition called polyarteritis nodosa.
Seriously? Yo’re exactly the kind of people that’s killing America. Not that I care, I don’t live there.
I should have crushed you the day you lay incapacitated whence your head quiver under my hydraulics… I left you to return to the earth, and yet here you stand, littering with your opinions.
I want to get a tour toooooo… But seriously that’s cool for them!
Reggie should be the newCEO of Nintendo, for his compassion to the kids of today and always listening to the fans of the old days. If not Reggie, then Myamoto should be CEO.
Reggie would be suitable.
But it’s Japanese tradition to keep within Japanese management.
Miyamoto would be an excellent successor, but he is aging, that is why he stepped back from the Zelda series, because he doesn’t have enough time for work, he is pretty much retired.
It was also tradition to give Nintendo to a family member but they broke that with iwata
Graad! Godlin sho)(osin., bendoq.
Reggie could still very well be the CEO of Nintendo Of America but yeah they will most likely make someone that is young and Japanese the global Nintendo CEO like a Masahiro Sakurai or a Hideki Konno
Miyamoto said before he hasn’t seriously considered retiring. He’s having to much fun still. Last time it was brought up he said people misinterpreted what he said. He just wants to do smaller jobs and experiment and train young devs to think like him. He still helps with Zelda to. He is plenty busy still. Now he is co-prrsident with Takeda so he has even more on his plate now.
I nominate Masahiro Sakurai. But it’s probably gonna be the other guy.
Naw. Sakurai is whiny enough as it is with having to work so hard & so much on one game that he himself doesn’t have to work so hard on since he’s got dozens of other people to help him lighten the work load.
Just because he said he has arthrosis = whining?
He likes to work hard for his whiny toxic fans, let the man be.
No. He’s whiny because he has an entire team to help take the load off of his problem yet doesn’t because he wants to hog up all of the work. Plus, we got enough of Nintendo lying to us this gen & if Sakurai is in charge, we’ll be trolled on top of being lied to.
And cause him to have deteriorated health and die suddenly like Iwata? No, man.
OeC gahd,. Ood>diehn ‘iondo.
Why would anyone want Reggie to be Nintendo’s CEO? All he ever does is make Nintendo look bad by talking seemingly straight out of his ass.
I love you Namie, always telling it like it is! Reggie is just a tool and after his statements towards fans in recent months screw him.
Thanks! Always nice to know there are people who share the same thoughts with me. :)
I do and dont blame him for that… Reggie is basically the only spokesperson [you barley hear anything from NOJ and not even a whisper from NOE ], so Reggie has to respectfully cover up and hide all the necessary details/games.
That said, When it comes to his opinions though… they can sometimes be annoying and naive. And as for him being new CEO?? Um.. I’m not too sure how that would work, as he is already prez of NOA and needs to be fluent in the jp language for NOJ.
Yea, I understand he has to do all that business talk and whatnot, that it’s his job as a representative to make things look as positive as possible for the company he works for; but because he is the “main” public representation of Nintendo, he has to be extra careful about what he says. I just don’t see any other representatives screwing up as badly as him. Reggie keeps being so obviously dishonest with people and barely ever admits Nintendo has done things wrong – instead, he just blames others. Really not the best way to represent your company, imo.
Have you read IGN’s E3 interview with Reggie? No joke, worst interview I’ve read in a very, very long time. The things he said made absolutely no sense, and he kept contradicting himself and Nintendo’s previous actions, it was absolutely terrible.
true… true
Im sorry but this kids a fuckin idiot if his dream was to meet Reggie “the tool” Fils-Aime. Now i tell you what, if the clergy had the opportunity to represent Obinna in a face to face meeting with Reggie I would most certainly go for the shove a bic ball point pin right through the adam’s apple techique. Sure i would be cheated out for 20-25 years of my life but in my ears it would be worth it. He’s such a waste and Obinna Sasori Mii does not have pity for this waste of air. He destroyed our beloved Nintendo along with the ‘Iwata the Rotton”….
Someone should cut your throat, you fucking demon
Everybody like Nintendo it is good when you make happy kids
||While the servants of Nintendo continue to expectorate their aimless arguments, this young boy is satisfied by only getting one wish come true……
||It’s despicable how one little unfortunate sick boy proves the other servants to be such exausting frauds of whimpers……
Peesh ? Timsle’ doodled grodon sheh-tsofun(.)
||Grodon fhaf d’artare merssi-af nor tumslu zaodun……
This is definitely “Commander.”
Looks like he overdosed on Phazon and took an evolutionary jump.
Still, I’m too lazy to be a PC gamer, I want the convenience of a console, not needing to worry about upgrading every couple years.
But Commander? I think he’ll be happy there.
||This “Commander” you speak of hasn’t been around for some time now, but, I can see why some of you believe I am him……
You replicate his mannerisms PER-fectly, and my instincts are almost never wrong, but, I can concede that Commander is certainly no longer among us. ;)
Are you speaking elvish?
Shut the hell up, you heartless community’s PC asshole gamer.
Many of the problems root from our underlings; of one branch or the next. Goombas, Deku scrubs and Geema. Though lately, there has been an influx of grunts from opposing nations. Rejects, exiled from their homeland taking refuge. Some of them can be assimilated, others converted. Though most are simply terminated. Our empire welcomes all kinds. And those who cause trouble shall be tourmented by endless replies, and then terminated once Sickr notices.
||That is only the beginning……
||Everything that you see around you is part of the grand plan……
scambo ding ding. Bam, boodoo baha udonh misolo faz fo.
Bazz! Piffocan m’edle goce shi,. *Wenso
are you literally retarded?
Cool, happy for the kid. I wish I could visit Game Freak in Japan.
Se )Game Freak( eF ton glo’sp fetoh boin.
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I would have gone with NOJ, but still good for him fulfilling his dream.
Soooo…basically they are discriminating. The only reason that kid is there is because he has a disease. And the only reason I’m not there is because I don’t have a disease. I’m not a hater, all the more power to that kid….but it is an observation I thought I should share:P
||It doesn’t surprise me at all that you Terrans would promote your own selfish agendas over another that got granted a wish because it is sick and you’re not……
||Terrans are unsavoury creatures with zero empathy for the other members of their kin……
The agent speaketh
Not all terrans are bound to human restrictions. Wolves like myself simply live without human agenda or hummiliations. Just living day by day, and happy for this kid.
||If you’re a wolf, you’re not human, and so, the Terran agenda does not apply to you……
I preferred commander…
The fact he keeps changing his name as if he evolved to a new form has gotten stale. This is like his fifth time this year alone I’m pretty sure.
ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT REGGIE TO SODOMIZE YOU AND SUCK YOUR TINY PENIS
YOUR JELOUS THE BOY GOT ABUSED YOUR SICK
Uh, I don’t think you should be viewing it like that at all. The kid is faced with a life threatening disease, also, he’s a child. It’s like fulfilling something he may never see. Meanwhile, (I have no idea how old you are but…) eventually, you can find your own way of visiting NOA, whether it be by some sort of special request, or by working there yourself, you had the chance that kid NEVER had, the chance to GROW UP and find a way to NOA. I know you probably meant no harm by it, but I don’t think this is “discrimination” at all. His odds are far worse than yours.
That was so nice of Nintendo. Now that boy will cherish that special moment for the rest of his life and that should make Nintendo feel real good. Much respect to Reggie
SPECIAL MOMENT YEAH RIGHT A MIDDLE AGED MAN 8 X YOUR SIZE HOLDING YOU DOWN AND SUCKING YOUR PRE PUBESENT TINY COCK SO HARD IT ALMOST COMES OF
POOR KID DIDNT KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO ORGAZUM OR HAVE HIS WILLY COME OFF
NINTENDO ARE OVER ITS ALL OVER THE NEWS,REGGIE WAS MICHEAL JACKSON ALL ALONG
Seek psychological help.
GUYS THIS HAS BACK FIRED, THE KIDS PERANTS HAVE REPORTED TO POLICE REGGIE SODOMIZED THE BOY,AND SUCKED ON HIS TINY Piipii like a preast at sunday school….
reggie offered the boy limited edition amiibo to keep his mouth shut
nintendo are finished
Just trying to play out that pedo fantasy in your head, huh? ;)
hahaha
Nice story but I’m wondering , just “a” game of Mario Kart ? I know Reggie is a busy man but I hope they played a few games for the little boys sake :)
I had this dream once ;_;
Eh. I’d rather meet Miyamoto…
As much as I’d like to, I wouldn’t have anything to say that hasn’t already been said a hundred times. My fluency in Japanese wouldn’t help either. I just want an autograph and picture, and be on my way.
Happy for the kid but Reggie? Really? Are young kids really into reggie? No wonder nintendo sucks. When I was his age I was all about Shigsy cause, you know, he created games and all and wasn’t just a a figurehead. Anyway, I was just at NOA Headquarters a week ago (couldn’t go inside cause that’s not allowed, but got a few pics of the place).
Maybe he doesn’t know anyone else from Nintendo. That may be why.
Then I don’t know what to say. He has the internet. If he knows who reggie is at 10 years old and not Shigsy, that’s a huge problem since kids back in the 90s knew who he was WITHOUT the internet. Fact is, most kids today have shit taste.
reggie loves the ass of ten year old boys
Dislike, foo.
Please clam it poop scoop… Actually never mind your just a stupid troll.
Nice for the kid but for me I’d want to spend the day chilling with Miyamoto.
Even fucking Nintendo has it’s moments. Makes me remember why I used to hold thrm in such high regard, even if this is as much in Nintendo’s favor as the kids.
I’m really happy the sick kid and his family had an amazing day tho.
Like.
Awesome for that kid I hope he gets better
Aww… that’s so sweet of Reggie to grant this kid’s wish. :)
This website is full weirdos now. I’m outta here.
It has always been this way…
Welcome to the community, where it’s full of PS/Xbox/PC “Master Race” assholes.
Aren’t you an anti-Nintendo troll? I swear you I’ve seen you trolling hard…
Depends on my mood, but my most played consoles are Nintendo consoles.
Watch out for foos like me!!
||In the end, only us will remain, everything else will be a distant memory……
Yeah the weirdos come and go frequently… they usually say their stupid nonsensical crap and leave.
You will stay and defend the pop-star galaxy within the Nintendo military branch, as it is the closest nebula to the Metroid Branch. I would hate to think what would happen if it were to become unguarded.
I both envy and feel proud for this kid.
This is what makes Nintendo different.
That’s nice. Reggie might be nothing more than a mouthpiece puppet but least he took some time off from his “busy” schedule to let a sick kid experience his dream.
Ya know? Reggie is a nice guy.
That might be his problem. Probably too nice to let people that are dragging NoA through the dirt go. When an employee is making you look bad 24/7 & not even trying to fix things, it’s time to fire their ass.
Nintendo Of America is in Seattle, Washington? I thought it was Redmond? Every time I wrote letters to Nintendo, the address was always Redmond, Washington.
Damn that bitch is smiling hard as fuck. Like bitch let your face muscles relax.
What a waste of wish. I mean, I know it was his wish, but his wish was to meet someone who represents the games he likes and not the guys that actually were involved in the games? -_- oh well.
It’s really awesome that he got to meet Reggie and see the Nintendo office! At the same time it’s so sad that he has a life threatening condition. I can’t bring myself to look it up and see what it is, I can’t imagine it’s pleasant.
I would be so happy if I met him and I got to play some Nintendo Games with him.
I’d be happy just meeting him so I can tell him he’s doing a shitty job at Nintendo & kick him right in the nuts for dragging Nintendo of America through the shitter.