The recent news from Nintendo ends speculation on who will step up to the late Satoru Iwata’s role, after the sad news of his passing in July this year. Whilst Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda have been temporarily taking the lead, Nintendo made clear that this was not going to be on a permanent basis.
Nintendo has announced that Tatsumi Kimishima will now be the new President of Nintendo Co. Before the announcement of his new role, Mr Kimishima was posted as President of Nintendo America, and was also formerly President of Pokemon America in 2001.
Although it’s still extremely sad to think about the passing of Mr. Iwata, and to reminisce on all that he has done for the company, I’m sure Mr Kimishima will respectfully step up to the plate and lead the company forward.
Congratulations Mr. Kimishima.
Indeed…
But in all respect, I was kind of hoping for a younger pres. Not only because he can be around a bit longer but because he can have an easier grasp on modern age and let go of the outdated. It’s too early to judge so Hopefully Tatsumi will bring some modernized things to the table. :)
I can see where you’re coming from, But the older ones have more experience in the business, kinda like why you don’t see many young politicians! Anyways I hope he can bring Nintendo to even greater heights, and build on the legacy of Iwata :D
Politicians should be young too in case you haven’t noticed they are out of touch and don’t have anyone but their own interests in mind.
Must be why gay marriage was recently made legal recently.
Exactly, something that shouldn’t have been an issue, yet it took this long to be legal.
*facepalm*
Need some help there?
Its a very big issue. It destroys the image and idea of marriage through God’s word. You are wrong in thinking God is goingnto forgive such mass levels of Sin.
Troll bait much lol :P
God shouldn’t have anything to do with this. Religion period shouldn’t have to dictate how ANYONE lives their life. If you chose to accept god then fine, but for those that don’t want god or regilion in their lives, they shouldn’t have to be treated any less.
||You cannot talk sense into these creatures because they have none……
It’s just so frustrating.
||They serve a humaine “God” that didn’t even write anything they believe in, it’s so laughable it’s pathetic……
I actually don’t mind or care at all actually what people believe in. If they need motivation to live or something/someone to tell them how to live then great. I just hate it that their beliefs hold back others because they don’t have the same beliefs. And this isn’t even a personal thing, I myself am not gay, but I hate it that those that are can’t do it legally (get married.)
I can’t wait till the day were we all look back and realize how stupid people were. Religion shouldn’t have a say with any legal issues.
||Religion of any kind is flawed, they can otherwise believe in whatever deity they want, it doesn’t concern me as long as they do it in private like everybody else……
Odd. Last time I checked, we’re christian & Christianity preaches that God says forgive & let live. I guess forgiveness is only reserved for people that are also christian. Yep. Christianity has been corrupted by people still worshiping the bullshit that’s in the old testament. I guess women should go back to the kitchen & stay home to take care of the house & children & wear dresses & cover up. Oh & we should go back to treating our wives & daughters as property since that’s ultimately what some parts of the Old Testament preaches. What next? Are we going to go back to stoning & burning people at the stake for being different? I’d rather see every bible in the world burned, shredded, & utterly destroyed, along with religion itself, then return to the filthy dark ages where everyone was a close minded bigot.
||An Apple casual fanboy and a skeleton that smokes marijuana and obviously hallucinates there being some sort of “God” is trying to prove you wrong, how hilarious it is watching such worthless specimen argue about non-existent forces……
when people talk about “God” as forgiving or having any human, emotional or quanitfiable characteristics, I understand your opinion, but to say higher powers are “non existent” or to assume that there is no God or “All” that is the only truth beyond the material we see, is absolutely ignorant.
||Nothing can’t be explained by science, only the technology currently available determines how the world you know looks like……
||And it’s called higher dimensions, not supernatural nonsense……
you are a blood claat idiot. You disgust me.
||I don’t speak outdated languages……
||And you’re just anothet servant of the flawed denying people happiness because of who they are……
if you break down the word, “supernatural” higher dimensions would fall under such a category. To talk about things in a demeaning manner just because you don’t understand them is probably not a great idea; just as much as stating things in such a matter of fact way that you also do not fully understand or comprehend.
||Dimensions have a scientific basis, supernatural does not……
if you want to think so, but you might be looking at it the wrong way.
||What is this “wrong way”?……
looking at supernatural or spiritual concepts and science as two separate things. Theology has misconstrued most of the truth and now we have two separate things that for the most part are either a bit left or right of center but missing some of the essential truths… all good though, we’re all on a journey of learning (hopefully) and keeping our minds open to some knew ways of thinking is never a bad thing. Even if some of those “new” ways are quite old
||Except many of these believers go on blind faith and do not care about anything other than their own misguided views……
||There are certain things like the story of Noah’s Arc that are totally made up and should never be taken literally in any way, however, I do sort of agree with you with the majority of the arguments you made except that, truths are only acceptable when there are scientific basis and I also know that some things called “supernatural” are just subjects waiting to be explained by science in the coming future……
That is the thing, they are guided to those ignorant views, purposely or not, it starts at a young age and it is hard to fault them completely only that they haven’t looked into it deeper.
Science itself, is ever evolving and is most likely not completely right all of the time when it comes to certain subjects. We are here now with the knowledge gained by those earlier, but 100 years ago, or more the number doesn’t matter, there were things thought of as the “truth” that were also wrong.
Science is great, but there is a disconnect from our ancient past, which has been filtered, perverted and mostly hidden from many of us and the science that one can see is in many ways “catching up” to the ancients.
Just saying to look past the material or matter and realize there is more to the universe than what we appear to know… That should probably do it as this is a Nintendo blog, but nonetheless, I am glad this stayed cordial and such a big subject really can’t be taken on properly and discussed in such a forum.
Good day to you
Science doesn’t know EVERYTHING!
||Religions know far less so stop weeping over outdated ways of thinking……
||And science is about learning and evolving, religion stays in one place and is only for those who are slaves to life itself wanting to be ignorant to everything but their own tiny ideas……
||And you are just one of many that do not understand anything science based because you do not have the capacity to do so, still, it’s not an excuse to hate and judge others for something they are born as……
||What you and the rest of your defective brethren do as to speak for your own “God”, is a far worse sin than anything else……
||So go on ahead and believe in your faith, it will only lead you to hell for speaking on your “Lord’s” behalf……
I believe the word you’re looking for is “opinion”.
||Call it whatever you want, still not an excuse to hate anyone and deny them things that they have every right to have……
Or because it’s illegal.
Yeah, that’s the bigger part that the elderly can offer is their wisdom.
–Forgot to mention that. :P
Denial. He’s going to rape and kill Nintendo just you wait and see little fanboy…
Wow, why so aggressive? Haha
I’m not angry lol I just find this whole situation very pathetic and amusing. It’s clear as day nintendo’s fucked so it’s very enjoyable for me to see fantards desperately cling to dome form of hope…essentially in denial.
That’s just if. Humanity as we know it is fucked. BUM BUM BAAAAAAAAAAAA! Nah jk I just love being a fuck
Do you even english bro? “I just love being a fuck”
Some people take video games way to seriously. You’re a perfect example
Some people can’t understand others casually throwing terms around and get over sensitive. You’re a prime example!
“It’s very enjoyable to see fantards desperately cling to the doom of hope…essentially in denial”
And to top it off you made an account on a Nintendo themes website just to hate.
I comment here to express my opinions on each subject…not to hate
Oh well it’s your opinion so I can’t judge you for that
any person is better than iwata. Step in the right direction….
He was president of Pokémon America the same year Stadium 2 was released in America, next year will be the 15th anniversary of Stadium 2, 15 is divisible by 3, 3 comes after 2.
POKEMON STADIUM 3 CONFIRMED!?
But a Triangle has 3 sides!
Illuminati confirmed!
You have 3 working brain cells!
Brain dead confirmed!
It is a joke you stupid fuck. Of course Nintendo Commander in his new guise would like this.
I never even played Pokemon Stadium 2.
I would much rather see it as an app, were you can connect your 3DS /NX portable to your wii U / NX home and just play using your handheld as the controller, but with bad ass graphics on the TV, especially if you could use it to play online.
Third comment on this article, POKEMON STADIUM 3 CONFIRMED!?
I do hope you’re having fun
I looked him up, Wikipedia says he lives in Redmond. How interesting, for Nintendo to have an Americanized president who doesn’t even live in Japan, much less Kyoto! That will probably change, of course.
I was hoping it would be another ascended programmer like Iwata-san. My worry here is that this guy may just be a paper-pusher without the personal connection to the games we had before… but for all I know that might be what Nintendo needs. That’s why I’m not the new president!
Exactly what i was thinking, but for now we can’t say anything. We need to wait to see what this guy does. For me is really unknown. He’s face not charismatic as Iwata, or Miyamoto, even the Smash creator has something in his face xD, but this guy face tells me “i’m just a president. not a gamer”
That’s a plus in my opinion. The problem with the japanese is that they are far too entrenched in their ways to really move forward in today’s global economic world. They make products that appeal mostly to the japanese. It’s fine, but that makes it more difficult for them to compete with Sony and Microsoft.
but if he listens and takes advice from the right people, making sound decisions with a grasp on the bigger picture, then it is all good
I’m sure they thought this over very hard and did not just pick him at random. personally if he is in redmon that means he is a short drive from Microsoft campus. hopefully he is inspired to reach out to the US and American side of things. maybe even reach out to Microsoft. I would love to see the next handheld have a pocket PC element (gaming first of course) and I’m sure that if Nintendo puts its mobile games on windows first then Microsoft would be willing to share patent info with Nintendo (they already do this with several companies including apple) out of all the things to come out of this, I hope we get to see a open world pokemon snap on the home system (could you imagian with the gamepad as your camera?) also a pokemon game on home systems that have more realistic graphics (kind of like how pokken is going ) real fur, feathers, realistic fire, water, skin textures exe.
Fail. Should have been a younger guy (<50s) who has a better handle on current and future trends and can adapt and innovate in an ever evolving market. This guy looks like he will be as out of touch as Iwata was.
One person do not make the decision for Nintendo. Sure he will have the most weight but it is not a dictatorship.
all how he takes to the advice. Just because he is older does not mean he can’t see how future trends are on the horizon or listen to advisors. He has been entrenched in the industry so it is very possible he guides the ship well
Looks like he’s a straight up business man. That could be a good thing if he recognizes his strengths and weaknesses as such and allows others to take care of the creative side of things.
not only take care of the creative side, but be able to see that those innovative and creative decisions will be the ones that “work” on the business side. All conjecture I guess I have never met him
Do Nintendo proud!!!
Did anybody at Nintendo ask themselves, what if this guy kicks the bucket in a year (he is 65) and we’re back in the same place? They really should have selected someone younger, if for no other reason, to make stock holders confident this doesn’t turn into Weekend at Bernies 3.
Dude we need a Bernie part 3 lol been too long and how funny would that shit be.
too old..needed someone younger
He looks like kim jong un in his midlife crisis.
Im sure he’ll do just fine.
He looks like the kind of guy that doesn’t take shit and just screams out “FUCK YOUR FEELINGS BRUH!”
As opposed to Iwata nicely saying, “Fuck your feelings bruh!” :)
Hope he’s ready to show off the NX at E3 next years.
Probably a press release, they usually just use Nintendo’s own comment.
That’s good to know. I got carried away after I saw a previous comment on another article.
Sorry for offending people?
Hi nitwit07man, I tried to reply to your comment but I can’t see it anymore. I can assure you the article was written based on the facts of the announcement. Looking at the link you posted, it was posted around 4 minutes apart from this one. I’m sure there’s lots of news outlets posting similar articles as it’s big news. Hope this helps :-)
Can I be your friend?
Cool. Thanks for the heads up?
They needed to bring in fresh blood and hire someone younger to be president rather than another old guy. Nintendo is fucked!
I promise you all that his reign will be even worse than Iwata’s! He looks like the type who only cares about the money and no actual gamers…
Judging a book by its cover. Many people look like the don’t care about certain things but you don’t know unless they say it. Understand you want to jump the spell doom. Younger doesn’t always mean better. When you young you make decisions on emotional as you get older those same decision are no longer made by emotions.
Looking back now, you look like an arrogant asshole..
I’m scared! Does this mean we won’t be getting another proper metroid game again? This guy looks like he doesn’t even care about the gamers-completely untrustworthy!
wtf? How the hell can you tell if someone cares about games just by how they look?
IWATA clearly stated that he was a gamer to his audience when he got elected…this guy just looks like another suit!
Iwata always wore a suit too. Your argument is complete trash.
What evidence do you have that he is not a gamer?
It’s really the fact that he seems to be content with the way Nintendo currently is and isn’t trying to get the hardcore gamers back.
Btw is Nintendo paying you to defend them?
When did he say that he was content with the way Nintendo is? Are you just putting words in his mouth?
I’m not trying to defend Nintendo. I’m just acknowledging the obvious fact that there is nothing bad to say about the new president until there actually is.
||They are blinded by rage, it’s no use to even remotely talk logical with these erroneous experiments……
Why don’t you walk the walk and counter my arguments then?
||Judging prematurely is having no arguments……
Making no attempts to indicate that he’ll change Nintendo for the better isn’t a valid point?
||He was just elected, he can’t acknowledge something he doesn’t know for sure……
Well taking into account how shitty nintendo’s decisions have been over the last 5 years it doesn’t seem too impossible that Nintendo could’ve hired the wrong guy for Nintendo and their recovery! I’ll reserve full judgement until he actually royally fucks up but until then I’m very skeptical of this move.
||Being skeptical is the only logical thing to do instead of wasting energy on uncertain scenarios……
Well so far he’s made no effort to indicate that he’ll drive Nintendo away from these pointless gimmicks that nobody cares about and actually target hardcore gamers. While I will say it’s too early to completely write him off, I’m not exactly confident in Nintendo and their future.
Nintendo has never and will never target “hardcore” gamers. They target every type of gamer out there. As soon as people realize this, they can let that notion go. It is not nor have been the type of computer nintendo is or was.
If by targeting every gamer out there you mean make their consoles so underpowered that they recieve no third party support (or try to pay third parties money to get Wii u owners games) or their shit online and graphics is appealing to hardcore gamers in addition to just the casuals, then I feel sorry for you.
Let me know when Nintendo makes that next metroid game will you?
I don’t care if they ever make Metriod again. I play video games that are out not fantasize about games that are not out or even in development. If you are waiting for Nintendo to do your personal list of your wants then let me know when Nintendo has hired you as CEO.
Your biggest mistake was arguing with an anonymous tard. Your other mistake was not seeing the obvious cop out copy /paste quotes.
When I say “suit” I mean a pure business man who’s completed out of touch with actually satisfying gamers and only cares about making money.
Iwata was not a gamer. He played Nintendo games, that’s it. He played them as part of his job. It’s not like, say Phil Spencer from Microsoft that plays games even on his Wii U.
Of course he was gamer bruh. He played mostly Nintendo games because those were the games we helped the most. But there are games he created that have nothing to do with Nintendo like Super Billiards for the MSX.
They needed fresh blood. They didn’t listen. They’re fucked.
I know he hasn’t done much when it comes to creating games, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about them. I’m sure they put a lot of thought into the decision and I’m sure Nintendo knows much more about this guy than you ever will.
Yeah because nintendo’s been making amazing decisions recently! Just look at federation force and animal crossing amiibo festival because everyone loves those games!!/sarcasm
It’s not like they still think they can attract the casuals with their gimmicky consoles…oh wait lol!
idk. I think Nintendo has made a lot of great decisions over the past two years in addition to their mistakes. And them making a few bad decisions in the past doesn’t automatically make this decision a bad one, does it?
What about them making gimmicky consoles? What are you even trying to say by that? How is that even relevant to what we’re talking about?
The majority of nintendo’s decisions have been terrible…just look at their e3 2015 direct (they even had zelda u trailers ready but decided not to use them wtf) and, as a Wii u owner, I feel they’ve fucked me over with how there’s no metroid, fire emblem, paper Mario, animal crossing, wario ware, kirby, etc… Nintendo has let me down.
Gimmicky consoles are another great example of how shitty nintendo’s decisions are…it shows that they’re completely out of touch with today’s gaming world.
Well, it looks like that one of the problems is that the game designers are making games that they want to make, and not being slaves to their fans by rushing development of 6+ games so that they all come out tomorrow. There’s probably much more to that like not enough funding or designers to work on all of those games simultaneously. I’m not denying that it sucks that those games haven’t come out yet or that we shouldn’t be complaining about that, just that there’s probably deeper reasons to why this is happening. Maybe it’s not even the fault of the managers, but the developers and designers. You’re just jumping to conclusions.
I don’t care who’s fault it is-making fans wait absurdly long times just to get their latest metroid, fire emblem, paper Mario, etc… fix just shows they hardly care at all. Developers should make games based on what the fans want and not on what they want to make…otherwise we get federation force and amiibo festival…because the animal crossing debs wanted to make a game that could use AC amiibo. Nintendo should cater towards their fans not themselves!
I disagree. If they catered solely to their fans, we would end up getting the same games over and over again. And that’s something that people are already complaining about. They should be aware of what the fans want, but if they became slaves to their fans and released every game everyone wants when they want it, the quality of the games will decline.
What I meant by who’s fault it is for this, I mean that we don’t really know who’s fault it is for those bad decisions, so why are you assuming that there is a direct correlation to those decisions being bad and this decision being bad?
1. If they listened to their fans then we wouldn’t get the “same games over and over again” as, if the fans truly wanted change, Nintendo would give it to them. Likewise, if the fans wanted the “same games over and over again” then who are you to deny them that?
Besides, the idea that Nintendo should constantly change each instalment’s entire mechanics is flawed when applied to franchises like metroid which haven’t had a traditional game in years…or any game at all for that matter.
Did you seriously just say that if they actually catered towards their fans “the quality of the games will decline”? I seriously hope you’re just trolling.
2. I’m saying that, since Nintendo generally makes bad decisions that do more harm than good in the long term, their reasons for electing this guy might not be very valuable or work out in the long run.
You obviously have no idea what it’s like to be an artist. It’s very hard to be creative if your fans are making all of the decisions for you and you’re not allowed to deviant too far from those decisions. It’s disgusting how people see game design as some service where they should have all of the say in what designers can and cannot create. They should be focusing on making games that we will like, not focusing on making games that we ask for.
*deviate
Yes it’s “disgusting” if these poor widdel artists actually have to cater to their fans lol! Oh yeah, it IS a service you idiot! They make a product that we like, we give them our money. Simple. They don’t make what we want, they get no money. Simple. Stop treating Nintendo as these poor little artists who work so hard and tirelessly….they’re a massive corporation not your best friend..
Oh yeah, I used to be an artist back in the day (mainly just drawing comics)and if I had the luxury of even a single fan actually wanting something out of my products then I’d do it.
If they find it too difficult to create a metroid game without “”innovating”” in some way then they need to leave and be replaced by those that CAN give the fans what they want.
Stop being so anti-consumer and painting us fans as selfish and entitled when we wait decades just to play new instalments of certain franchises.
All I’m trying to say is that the designers wouldn’t enjoy their job if they ONLY catered to their fans and there will be very little innovation if they ONLY created the games that fans asked for. There’s nothing wrong with catering to fans, I’d just hate to see them being slaves. How would you feel if you had to make the same style comics with the same plot lines every day just because that’s what the fans ask for? The way how consumerism works is people buy the products they want. Not that consumers demand companies to make what they want because they’re entitled make to the company’s decisions. There’s nothing wrong with criticizing them or asking for certain games, it’s just that you make it seem like it is their duty to make the games that you want them to make.
Fans shouldn’t have to buy a Nintendo console only to be ripped off by not getting the games that they wanted. Fuck the developers! The companies should be catering to their fans and consumers…not themselves! You sound like a massive fanboy when you repeatedly go “b b but what about the developers!? Who cares about companies giving fans what they want!? Poor developers!!!”…sigh
Stop straw manning by making it seem like I’ve got a gun to the developers’ heads when in reality I’m just a consumer. If I had millions of fans begging me to make a certain product I’d feel honoured rather than “enslaved”.
Also, what do you think is more important? Forcing innovation down peoples’ throats or actually give their fans what they want? Innovation isn’t some holy grail like you make it out to be if it comes at the cost of consumer satisfaction!
You talk about developers not enjoying their jobs if they were “forced” to make games that people are demanding…but you seem to ignoire the millions of metroid, fire emblem, paper Mario, kirby, animal crossing, etc… fans that ARE forced to wait stupidly long times just to play their games. Doesn’t sound very fair on us now does it?
Oh. Sorry. I forgot that developers are not humans. My bad.
My point was that they shouldn’t be catering ONLY to what the fans ask for. I used caps to emphasize “only”, if you didn’t notice.
It seems to me that you’re reading only half of what I’m saying. I never said that catering to fans was bad, just that catering ONLY to what fans ask for is bad. It’s not like I’m saying that we should be buying their games even though they’re not the games we asked for. If you buy the games you ask for and ignore the ones you don’t want to play, the developers are probably going to want to make more of those games that you asked for. That’s how capitalism works. There’s isn’t (or I hope there isn’t) some master and slave relationship between developers and gamers.
idk. I just think it would feel awful if you put all of your heart into making a game and think the game is beautiful, but no one even tries to show any respect for the game or consider playing it because it’s not Metriod 13.
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with complaining. It’s just that expecting them to make 6+ high quality games from those franchises in two years is ridiculous and rushing so many big games like that will probably lead to a bunch of crappy games that you won’t like as much as the previous ones.
1. Oh I’m sorry, I forgot that fans painfully waiting years upon years to finally get another entry to a frachise is irrelevant/sarcasm
2. My point has never been “developers must ONLY make games that fans want” as they should be allowed to roam freely somewhat. My point is that Nintendo doesn’t make nearly enough games for their less popular franchises like metroid and fire emblem which usually means fans have to painfully wait ages (like 5-8 years) just for another one. A slight deviation of this is how many Wii u owners were begging for a galaxy 3/sunshine 2 and Nintendo dissapointed a lot of us with 3d world!
3. They can’t get the message sales wise that we want more of ‘X’ game franchise if they never make any games for ‘X’ franchise…or if they assume that ‘X’ game selling horribly MUST be Becuase nobody cares about ‘X’ franchise anymore when there could be other reasons like many people thinking the latest game in said ‘X’ franchise is bad. I’m talking about Metroid other M if you weren’t aware.
4. How is making games that only the fans want a bad thing? Just get developers who care about pleasing their fans to replace those that care about pleasing themselves. It’s not called “enslavement” it’s called giving a damn about your consumers!
In conclusion, Nintendo is mostly just catering to their developers and ignoring their fanbases like with metroid and animal crossing…and yes, that IS a bad thing.
I’m pretty sure that they’re not doing this to piss off fans. They just don’t have the time, money, or resources to make a quality game for every franchise they have every 2-3 years. And I’m pretty sure if they made the same games every 2 years, the quality/charm of the franchise will die. I’d prefer a masterpiece of a game every 6 years than a mediocre game every 2 years. They could probably make masterpieces every two years, but that takes a lot of funding and will probably lead to poor working conditions. People worked their asses off to make the games you love yet you show very little respect for them. It takes a lot of skill and effort to make those games. It’s not like developers can just throw some money in a jar, press a button, and the game will be made.
I guess what’s really bugging me is that you don’t show much respect for the game developers or management of the company. Instead of criticizing their decisions and stating what you would like them to make, you attack the people hatefully and act as if they’ve harmed you by now making what you want when you want it.
*not
Retro didn’t ha e a choice with Federation force. They had to. Also, the guy doing Mario wants to do something different.
Nintendo only says the devs have all the say, but they don’t. We know Retro wanted to do DKTF, that’s pretty much it.
I don’t think Nintendo devs live in a dreamworld or have as much say as Nintendo claims. I think Nintendo says that to pass blame to the devs, which is a shit move.
I’ll explain how this works to you in a few words. If Nintendo doesn’t please their fanbase, their fans will go away to the competition and Nintendo will lose money and those “artists” will start to get fired one by one. It’s a business, not an indie studio or an individual that does this because they are passionate. No money = No company. I think it’s pretty clear that Nintendo is in a pretty bad position when it comes to Wii U. The reason is that they didn’t listen to fans. The console has so many problems that it’s not even funny. 3DS and Amiibos keep them afloat, but 3DS is selling much worse than DS did, because of smartphones and if you think that they are passionate about creating Amiibos, you’re insane. It’s money. It’s always been money, but Nintendo is so lost when it comes to their fans and what are today’s standards that it’s absurd. In the end, individual developers at Nintendo don’t even pick what they want to do. They are told what to do by whoever is in charge. So much for passion. And if you’re thinking about making an argument of “Well, maybe they are passionate about creating everything they are told”, well I suppose then they’d be passionate about creating games fans want.
Maybe I am wrong for saying that developers have more of say in what they want to create, but we aren’t sure that they always don’t have a say. The whole point of my argument has been that developers should have some say in what they want to create rather than being forced a project they have no passion for creating. Also, that jumping to conclusions about what the hell is happening within Nintendo and then spewing hate against people about it is not going to do much good. Why can’t people state their opinions without being entitled dicks?
1. Here’s the thing though…they DO have the resources to cater to far more of these sorts of franchises Becuase they have like $8 billion or mor win the bank….more than enough to hire developers, set up more studios, etc… I’d understand if Nintendo was just a little indie studio if they claimed they couldn’t accommodate all franchises…but they’re the exact opposite of that which makes it seem like they don’t care.
2. Actually, Nintendo made around 6-8 metroid games in around 6-7 years and about 3/4 of them are considered legendary (metroid fusion, metroid prime, prime 2, etc…) while the rest are decent. It’s because of situations like this that I find it hard to believe that Nintendo can’t crank out a great games every 2-3 years because they obviously have the talent to do so. They just choose not to.
3. I’m not denying that it takes a shit ton of work to make all these videogames…but YOU seem to be denying the fact that, at the end of the day, Nintendo is ignoring a lot of their fans. I just find it hard to respect someone when they’ve been incredibly disrespectful to fans like me. Federation force? Really? That’s what we fans get after all this time and patience!? Fuck off!
The problem is they hardly ever make the games we love and mostly decide to forgot us and do their own things. The problem is the sheer amount of developers ignoring their fans completely to do their own little experiments. Whilst not inherently bad, when it gets to the point of say not having a metroid prime game since 2007 or a 2d metroid since 2005, all because developers would rather fuck around with the franchise, then there’s a massive problem!
4. While I don’t claim to know much about the inside mechanics of corporations like Nintendo, I’d say pumping money into something (like better facilities, more studios, etc…) usually solves everything.
5. What’s bugging me about you is that you don’t seem to care at all whether fans are actually satisfied or not, siding with the developers no matter how shitty the fans are treated.
I’m currently experiencing depression, social anxiety and some other issues I’d prefer not to speak of. I’ve got no friends and am regularly bullied. I’m overweight and my self confidence is almost nothing. Also, I’m trapped within my own home, unable to gain the energy to go outside and do stuff.
In past, I had Nintendo games to take the pain away and distract myself from reality. Now, there’s basically nothing as I only really cared for the likes of metroid. It feels like hell on earth and, while I’m sure Nintendo had no intentions what so ever of harming me like this, it’s incredibly painful just sitting in my room, on the Internet 24/7, wishing to experience something like metroid again. My life waiting to recover ( hopefully that’ll happen someday) could be so much less painful if I had like a 2d or prime metroid game or a fire emblem Wii u.
The developers are aware that they would get fired if no one bought their games. I’m not trying to hide that.
Would you really say that they’re completely ignoring their fans though? They’re only trying their best to be profitable. I don’t think they’re trying to harm anyone. If they could create all of the games people wanted, they would.
Having mental problems does not justify being hateful and demanding. It’s still wrong. Also, playing video games is not going to fix your problems. It’s only going to mask them. And I’m sure Metroid is not the only game that you can enjoy. You’d probably be kind of tired of the franchise if they released it as often as you asked them to.
1. Who the hell are you to tell me that it’s wrong for me to be hateful and frustrated with another soulless corporation? Maybe those “artists” should realise what some of their fans are actually going through instead of just ignoring us 24/7. And no, I wouldn’t get bored of a franchise ( especially metroid) if they released a new one every 2-3 years.
2. They DO have the resources though! Does having 8-18 billion dollars in the bank mean nothing at all to you? Oh, and if you’re going to claim that “metroid doesn’t sell well enough” (even though each prime game sells around 2 million copies) then they might as well axe the pikmin, fire emblem, starfox, chibi robo, etc… Franchises because they sure as hell don’t provide those Mario kart like sales you’re desperately craving!
3. Nothing justifies attacking those attacking another soulless corporation other than pure fanboyism. If you seriously think it’s “wrong” or immoral to critisize Nintendo and their developers then it’s clear to me you you have no respect for actual Nintendo fans.
4. No, videogames will never fix my problems but they will take the pain away. Until the doctors and social workers can save me and get me to recover so that there’s no pain to begin with, videogames are my only option. I don’t care about movies, anime, etc…
I think you’ve both made some good points! :D
Jesus Christ, I am a game developer. My company (which is indie, but still large enough to have a small fanbase) always takes fan requests into consideration. But we never swear by them to do EXACTLY what they want. Otherwise we would just let them make the games for us. The reason why is that fans do not know what they want. Take Splatoon for example. While all the consumers wanted Zelda U in 2015, instead Nintendo gave them a new IP, which was a massive success and gave birth to an empire. You can pay a painter to draw a self portrait of you, but that’s it. If you give him so many guidelines to follow instead of letting him do it in his own style, he will probably just hand you the brush and walk away.
It’s not about the companies having a duty or owing us anything…it’s about fans being fucked over time and time again and getting sick and tired of it. As a metroid fan, it’s fucking stupid that I have to wait sooo long just to play another traditional instalment. In this case, it’s far better for theses developers (or who ever’s on control of this series) to get over their obsessions with “not rehashing franchises” so that fans can FINALLY get the games they want to play!
It sucks that they’re not making the games you want and you should be complaining about that. It’s just that people are being overly demanding and acting like it should be their own personal decision what games the developers should make.
Also, you’re really underestimating how much time and money it makes to make a quality game.
Not they’re not being “overly demanding” as they’re simply stating what they want to get from the company. Understandably fans get very frustrated waiting years upon years for another entry to a franchise they like…but I forgot, the developers feelz take priority over actually pleasing their fans…because fuck all those suffering ridiculously long periods of time getting nothing. After all, we don’t want developers being “”slaves”” now do we?
If I buy a Nintendo console then I expect to get a good number of games that I like. I bought the Wii u expecting to get the likes of a metroid game and a fire emblem game…I was ignored.
Also, Nintendo has around 8-18 billion in the bank right rpnow do the argument “but we don’t have the money or time to spare catering to these franchises” is a load of bullshit.
idk. I just think it would feel awful if you put all of your heart into making a game and think the game is beautiful, but no one even tries to show any respect for the game or consider playing it because it’s not Metriod 13.
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with complaining. It’s just that expecting them to make 6+ high quality games from those franchises in two years is ridiculous and rushing so many big games like that will probably lead to a bunch of crappy games that you won’t like as much as the previous ones.
1. I just think it’d feel awful if you waited patiently for every e3 hoping for a new metroid, only to come away dissapointed. The problem with federation force isn’t that it’s probably going to be a bad game (although from what I’ve seen it doesn’t look like anything special) but the fact that metroid fans are being ignored AGAIN!
Yes it sucks for NLGs as they ARE pretty good developers but that doesn’t change the fact that metroid fans now have to wait even longer just to play another traditional instalment and the fact that Nintendo chose to make a spinoff before a proper entry is insulting to many fans.
Also, where’d this “making 6+ games in two years” crap come from? Personally, the only thing I’M demanding ( although there’s millions like me around) is a new metroid every 2-3 years or something like that….NOT making every single franchise at once and rushing them all. Even if they were to do that, it could be easily solved by hiring more developers and studios and taking their time making these games.
People spend YEARS actually WORKING on games. I know it’s disappointing that they didn’t announce the game you want, but you’re making it seem like waiting for a game is just as painful as putting all of your heart into something and being ignored solely because it’s not what people asked for.
You make it seem like Metriod is the only franchise that deserves attention. What about all of the fans of the other less-popular franchises?
The 6+ games came from one of the original replies where Anonymous said “as a Wii u owner, I feel they’ve fucked me over with how there’s no metroid, fire emblem, paper Mario, animal crossing, wario ware, kirby, etc…”. I mean, if they used “or”, I’d probably have worded what I said differently, but they didn’t.
Mate I can guarantee you that the pain I’m going through waiting endlessly just to play a new metroid or animal crossing VASTLY outweighs the suffering of some devs wanting to do their own thing or getting their project bashed because people wanted something different.
While yes, I personally want to see a metroid game more than any other franchise, I also think Nintendo should cater to the fans of the franchises who also don’t get games…so in other words, I think Nintendo should try to cater to all by using some of that money that’s just overflowing in their banks.
As someone who’s going through hell on earth with no friends, being told by some fantard that I should stop being so disrespectful to these “artists” and should apprieciate what they do, go fuck yourself! Sure Nintendo doesn’t owe my anything but that doesn’t mean they’ve mad shit harder for me than it already is OR that they shouldn’t cater to their hardcore fans.
Bottom line, when Nintendo and their developers start respecting the likes of fans like me then I’ll start to respect them…it’s a two way street buddy!
How could they be making things harder for you? They made the originals games of those franchises. Imagine how it would be if those games never existed. I could be wrong, but I don’t think it would be a good business practice to spend all of the money in their banks just to get new games out sooner. It would be nice if they could do that, but that’s probably very risky economically.
I think you’re underestimating how much it could harm someone if no people don’t show much respect for something you create just because of some superficial reason. People often become depressed because they feel that their life is purposeless. I know my life would seem purposeless if my games were bashed for no logical reason. You’re not the only one that can feel a ton of pain. People are real people too.
There really needs to be a balance between catering to hardcore fans and catering to themselves as a company. I’m not denying that Nintendo is doing a bit too much of the latter.
Lastly, insulting people and being hateful isn’t going to do you any good. I understand you’re going through a lot, but that’s just not going to help you in the end. Saying “go fuck yourself” to me or anyone else isn’t going to get you anywhere even if you think their argument is wrong.
1) They’re making things harder for me because I need something like a metroid game (or a paper mario) to help pull me through these dark times I’m experiencing to distract me from what’s going on around me, while I wait to recover. Having nothing seriously interesting to play like metroid is how they’re making it harder for me.
2) It’s not about making production of the games go faster but rather starting up more projects in general. As you’ve heard a billion times now, I really want to see another metroid game get made (I don’t care if I have to wait like 4-6 years if they just announce that they are working on a proper new metroid). I’m not sure how you got the idea that setting up a few more studios and hiring more people would result in them “spend[ing] all their money”…
3) While I agree it’s a shame to work on a project and have it bashed loads because people wanted something different…metroid fans also suffer because now we have to wait even longer for a new traditional metroid game to be made…if they’ll ever make one at all that is.
Ultimately it’s those that are responsible for the metroid series that I’m angry about. Whoever it is that had the brilliant idea to just completely ignore an entire fanbase is pretty bad.
4)I agree that there should be a balance and that nintendo isn’t handling it all that well…
In conclusion, I’m just worried I’ll never be able to experience a new traditional metroid game again or have to wait like a decade for a new one.
Haha “entitled dicks” aw poor Nintendo got there feelz hurt because I critisized them and called them out for their bullshit!
It’s basically impossible for fans to be “entitled” over videogames because companies these days are making the games for themselves ( to make money) and not for us!
There’s a difference between criticizing and being hateful. I’m referring to the latter. You can criticize all you want. Just don’t be a dick and maybe they’ll actually listen. If you think companies are making games only for themselves, how about you stop buying from them?
Why can’t I be a dick to Nintendo? Let me guess, because my freespeech ends when your feelings get hurt lol! Oh and don’t worry, I buy only the games with effort put into them (Xenoblade Zchronicles X, Fire Emblem Fates, etc…) not casual shit like yoshi’ woolly world!
I never said you don’t have the freedom of speech. just that I think that being a dick to anyone for no important reason to anyone is kind of something people shouldn’t do.
Running a business only to cater to yourself & a small group of people doesn’t last long in the business world. If Nintendo keeps this trend up, how long do they really have before they fall like every other empire that got too arrogant for their own damn good? Just because they are rich doesn’t mean they can’t fall. Just look at every other empire that fell down. They weren’t exactly poor. In fact, they had plenty of money but misused it. Nintendo will be no different.
Hey groose watch out. This guy is trash and you know what happens when you dumpster dive to prove a point? Nothing. So don’t listen to him and wait because if this guy thinks amiibo festival and federation force is going to suck then he is just a typical Nintendo hater that only likes pre GameCube shit :3
I know. I guess I just try too hard.
IKR? Constantly fanboying for corporations to ignoire their fans must be really tiring for you.
Criticizing someone’s attitude toward a corporation is not the same as fanboying. I’m trying my best not to be defending their awful mistakes yet you’re completely over-looking that.
But you ARE defending their awful mistakes! The very fact that you defend federation force by painting the devs as poor widdel abused artists and metroid fans as ungrateful children exposes how much of a fanboy you really are…especially if you have the attitude “fuck you fans, devs should be able to make whatever they want and shouldn’t have to cater to the likes of you babies”.
I never ever mentioned Federation Force. I was saying that in blanket terms for every game designer working for Nintendo. They should have some say in what game to create. I see video games as an art. Not some purposeless piece of entertainment that people should create because that’s what the fans want so they can forget about reality. I mean, I’ve never seen people demand movie directors/producers to make 5000 sequels of a movie. It confuses me why that’s suddenly okay in games.
I never said that they should not cater to fans, just that they shouldn’t be attacked as much as they are if they don’t want to. What successful company does everything that the fans want them to? All you’re doing is putting words into my mouth and exaggerating my exaggerations.
Hmmm can’t counter any of my arguments so you pathetically resort to name calling….how amusing!
And did you just say “pre GameCube”? XD the GC is my favourite system of all time!
I’ll counter your argument, since you seem to be begging for that.
1) No one here said Federation Force isn’t terrible, therefore we all agree that it looks extremely digusting (but who knows maybe it’ll be fun. I won’t know because I’m just not going to buy it.).
2) Consumerism does imply “supply and demand”, but as someone who worked in food service AND is an artist, sometimes the employee just doesn’t care anymore BECAUSE of the demand. Personally, I wouldn’t make some item to the perfect conditions on purpose because of how a costumer felt entitled to order me around and rush me. Why should I bend my back for them when I’m already working so hard that my body hurts and am not even allowed to receive tips? Doesn’t that sound familiar? Like a lot? I get it, I really do. I want Metroid as much as the next guy, but if it takes 6 years for the next legendary installment WITHOUT things like Federation Force in between, I’d patiently wait 6 years. Put yourself in their shoes; what if I, a stranger, began demanding you to make me something on a pratically annual basis. You’d grow sick of it and wouldn’t care for the installment, you’d purposely not make it to perfection. Developers are humans too, and don’t even get me started on the decision that the higher ups make FOR them.
3) If they only made the games their fans want, we wouldn’t have so many crappy small spin-offs. But we also would have no Splatoon, Pokken Tournament, 3D World (which received great reviews, mind you), and even Super Mario Galaxy which was a new idea and not Sunshine 2; if developers have no free reign, they’d have a much smaller fan base that would get bored quick.
If y’all want change that badly, why rant here in a comments section? Go talk to Nintendo about it, write them a letter. You won’t get jack-shit solved here by arguing with people. Jesus, you’re like a bunch of spoiled children.
Oh I’ve written letters and sure as hell won’t be buying federation force when it comes out! Me complaining here is just expressing my feelings towards them and trying to convince others just how much of a piece of shit they truly are!
Only fanboys call others who call out Nintendo for their bullshit “entitled” or “spoiled children” because I dared to critisize daddy Nintendo lol! If Nintendo keeps shitting on us then we’ll shit on them! Don’t like it? Too bad little nintendrones!
I love how you approached me with such confidence but you’re arguments turned out to be complete shit!
1) You’re exactly right about how there’s no one here trying to say federation force isn’t a bad game! What we do have however is a bunch of mindless drones like you who’ll attack anyone who is hateful and disrespectful to daddy Nintendo…because apparently critisizing them and insulting a soulless corporation is “wrong” and immoral.
2) there’s a big difference between some artist being bossed around by consumers to do exactly everything they demand and a big corporation like nintendo completely ignoring and shitty on a fanbase who’ve been waiting 5+ years for a new game. Also, I highly doubt that fans critisizing Nintendo and devs for ignoring them is abusing the developers and ruining their lives. In the end, nobody should be “grateful” over video games made by money hungry companies who employ “artists”. And no I’m hardly asking for a new metroid game every year…2-3 years sounds reasonable to me.
Maybe you’re fine with waiting around 6+ years just to play another one by me and a whole bunch of other fans aren’t. Why should we have to wait so damn long just to get our metroid fix?
3) Many Nintendo fans were asking for a new IP so Nintendo made Splatoon…problem? Besides, what’s more important? Forcing innovation down peoples’ throats or making the games that fans actually want…even if they’re “the same game over and over again”. Ultimately, the fans come first…not the companies.
…well that was easy!
Either all of these Anonymous(s) are putting words in my mouth, I said/implied something that I didn’t mean, or they only read like two of my replies. I’ve clarified that I do not think that developers have all of the say in what to make or that they should ignore their fans. Nor am I trying to shame criticism, but rather the way people are criticizing them by being hateful and putting blame all on one person or group of people.
I don’t know how many times I have to reword this this, but the company’s goal is to make profit and if that involves ignoring fans, it’s probably best for them to do so even if that’s not what the fans want. It would be pathetic if a company went bankrupt because they listened only to what the fans asked for and that’s most likely what would happen.
No you’ve constantly been attacking those that critisize nintendo’s decisions to ignore us fans and rigorously defended developers and Nintendo from all these mean comments about them because that’s just “wrong”, when in reality it’s perfectly fine to bash a company like Nintendo if they fuck up royally.
Yes, you ARE trying to shame critisism as you constantly go on about how hard it must be for the developers compared to the fans and how we should appreciate what they do more…even though the developers (really the higher ups at Nintendo) keep ignoring the fanbases and putting them down. If they don’t respect us then why should we respect them?
But here’s the thing-Nintendo is making far less money than they could be making by doing things like…
1. Making the Wii u an underpowered gimmick console to appeal to the casuals….even though many fans pointed out the them before hand how the casuals were long gone and this was going to fail (even things like the name were bad). As a result of chasing the casuals and ignoring the hardcore gamers (ps4/xb1 crowd basically) and longtime Nintendo fans they ended up with a console that’s only sold 10 million units.
2. While metroid games don’t sell as well as Mario or zelda, they’re for from “unprofitable” as they usually sell around 1-2 million…unless you can give me the costs to each of these games then Zi’d say they made enough money. The problem is that Nintendo doesn’t want to use some resources to set up studios to make metroid games because “if it doesn’t sell like Mario what’s the point?”. Essentially greed.
You’re not even reading my arguments, are you?
Thank you justinvds. I wish I could have explained this as well as you just did.
He failed miserably so I wouldn’t compliment him if I were you…
That’s an opinion.
Is metoid, Galaxy 3, fire emblem, paper Mario (ttyd style) etc… all going to die now?
NINTENDO IS DEAD!!!!!!
REALITY CHECK– ATARI is dead. Nintendo is still alive. Do not confuse a video game company with ENRON, you moran!
I hope he’s a bad ass like Yamauchi san.
I love how you idiots are judging this guy and saying that Nintendo is doomed yet have absolutely no reason to believe so except that he happens to be old.
I love how nincocksucker slide you completely ignoire the fact that he’s not going like “I want to end all this gimmicky nonsense” or “I want to target hardcore gamers more”. But continue doing what you clowns do best-.guzzling Nintendo’s cum!
As far as I know, he hasn’t said anything about what he wants to do. My whole point is that people are judging this decision based off of nothing. We don’t know how well he will do and we have very little information to use to even predict it.
Do you really trust Nintendo not to fuck up though…after all the shit they’ve done so far (still waiting for that metroid game u faygots)?
I never said that I trust that they won’t mess up. Just that we shouldn’t be complaining until he does mess up.
Nintendo is drowning in their own arrogance and stuff like e3 2015 proves that…but whatever you’ve gotta tell yourself to sleep at night!
I never denied that Nintendo has made a lot of bad decisions either.
Oh these are just the same people who have said Nintendo is fucked for years. He doesn’t realize that Nintendo has directs unlike saving everything till e3
o no. Nintendo is next Sega! :O
Nintendo isn’t going to die but they’re probably going to become basically a purely mobile gaming company!
Can you be anymore obvious? I mean really? “Defender”?! XD you do know that even Nintendo knows that you’re supposed to show your best stuff at e3…which says a lot about them when theirs was complete shit!
Being the fact that they make my games, I’ll trust them and hope for the best. If I dislike a game they produce, I simply ignore it. It’s not a big deal to give them a chance. And also, it’s faggots, not faygots. Having a gay guy tell you that is pretty sad imo lol plot twist: faggots means bundle of sticks, learning new things everyday
Well definitions change over time don’t they? Also, I was partially trolling with this comment.
Everyone hates Reggie, Nintendo of America is a joke compared to Europe and Japan.
Reggie was this guy’s successor.
Therefore he is bad….
Lol I donno.
I hope he doesn’t say no to third parties alot. Like that deal with EA. Nintendo said No. Hope he does a better job.. Wii U needs Third party games. The first party games are amazing on wii u. But it needs third party support.
You do realize the deal with EA would have chase third parties away quicker than it did. EA wanted Origin as Nintendo Network, supposely. It would not have made Ubisoft and Activision happy. As far as other third parties, they just are going to go where they think they will make money.
Except EA was trying to get their greedy hands into Nintendo’s hardware so they could profit off the sales of Wii U. And when EA didn’t get their greedy way, they went all tantrum mode onto Nintendo. Sadly, that was the ONLY good call Nintendo made with the Wii U. :/
||Look at all the demented servants of the flawed behaving like usual over something they have no power over in any way……
You’re pathetic.
Go kill yourself.
||So much anger, young prodigal, is typical for your kind……
Looks like the little baby is RPing again awwwwww!
Oh no its reviewtechusa’s big cheese
||I’m not affiliated with such worthless servants……
He looks mean as shit
He looks like shit in general!
Gay Commander got gang raped by Sasori and his gang of Nigerian monkeys back in Lagos,Gay Commander loved it so much….that he went to Sweden as a changed man and came back as PC Master Faggot Agent Queer…..dude got embarrassed by Nintendo’s Defeat at E3 2015
#RIPWIIU2015
#RIPIWATA2015
#RIPGAYCOMMANDER2015
#RIPNINTENDO2016
||I’ve never seen anyone so obsessed with a drone, your heart must be broken by not getting the same feedback from him……
smash fagots m,ust be butthurt because sakurai is not the new president. lmfao
faggots** learn to spell. Also, that means bundle of sticks, smartass :)
May God help him to push Nintendo forward. Yes, they’ve made their mistakes (especially at E3 of this year) but hey, everyone makes mistakes and nobody is perfect. I have my trust on him.
I hope he leads Nintendo towards greatness. I want an amazing Nintendo console with the a plethora of games ranging from third party developers to Nintendo themselves. And to achieve the same quality as the gems back on the N64.
Super Mario 64 sequel? Hell yes! What do you think?
I think yes! Do it now!
http://www.theloop.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Shia-LaBeouf-really-wants-you-to-justdoit.jpg
wtf happen to you
I became a master of video games and an anime wizard.
Hey do you watch an anime called ‘Watamote’ cuz I’m obsessed with it 0_0
Well, of course. Seen it all.
I wonder if he can speak english? Will he be the host of Nintendo Direct?
He DOES live in America (currently).
That doesn’t mean he can speak English though.
I love how some people are suddenly experts on huge business operations and know how a multi-million dollar company should be ran. We don’t know if this guy is too old and out of touch. It’s way too soon to make any calls, and I’ll just say that he obviously knows how to run a huge business (unlike me and everyone else commenting) or else they wouldn’t have chosen him.
He was a former banker…. he’s pretty out of touch as they get…
as they say history will repeat it self once again.
#WiiAin’tNoPuppets
That’s the story of your life…
Nintendo
1889 – 2015
You’ll be sorely missed, my dear friend.
At least not everyone on this site is a nincumguzzling faggot!
Yeah…. now unzip your pants
You: “Hi, I’ll be playing the part of an unapologetic homophobe today because I don’t like someone else’s opinions.”
Better than bending over for Nintendo though like you!
Hey anon, guess what! No one cares
If no one cares then why did you reply back to me? …unless, you truly DO have sexual feelings for me senpai!!
I really need to stop reading the comments on this goddamn website. They are cancerous.
same.
Yes run away from the truth!
But addicting. Lol
I liked the GCN backgound!
Having said that, that picture was surely taken at least 10 years ago.
A newer one, probably.
http://goo.gl/VJrprR
He just looks like a depressed bulldog whilst Iwata looked like a happy pup
The comments in this thread is so fucking childish… always in the negatives. Here’s the reality check– 1) Nintendo is not dead, 2) The new President of Nintendo Japan is continuing the legacy originally planned by the late, great Iwata, 3) We will be seeing the return of Nintendo Direct, and 4) Youse Negative Nancys need to give this new president a chance for a full year. End of rant.
1889 – 2015
R.I.P Nintendo
This is the reason why you have fucking cancer, Chrissy. Nintendo is still alive and we’ll be seeing MORE Nintendo games like Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, Star Fox Zero from Platinum Games, Xenoblade Chronicles X from Monolith Soft, Illusory Revelations #FE (Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem) from ATLUS, and The Legend of Zelda.
“Late, great IWATA” LMFAO!!
Cry harder, trollface fuck.
Nintendo is more dead than Iwata himself.
Now that’s fucked up. If it weren’t for Nintendo 32 years ago, the entire video game industry would have been as dead as Atari.
||It’s obviously some troll like many others on this site……
Poor widdle ninbaby crying again because she can’t face the facts!
You’re still a fucking idiot who don’t know the difference between fact and fiction.
If calling nintendo out for abandoning the metroid fanbase (among others) is “childish” then I truly feel sorry for you.
I saw in an earlier comment he is americanized, maybe that’s a good thing for a more western side to come into Nintendo and finally get that much wanted voice chat and chat lobbies!!
Lot of judging cups by their cupboards goin on in here.
Everything will be the same as usual Nintendo will continue to be shut until they change in big ways
People will continuously complain and blame him for everything just like iwata nothing will change
I like your opinion
truth* that’s more truth than opinion
Yeah…I mean it’s not like he’s the president of the company or anything lol. Seriously though, I understand that he doesn’t have total control over the company, he will still be responsible for a bunch of major decisions so he isn’t immune from responsibility or criticism.
shut the hell up bitch…eat dirt suck dicks and drink vomit u piece of shit…..next time i see you on the Internet again imma turn your ugly face into mince meat you fake FEminem
First thing this new President needs to do is get rid of NX weak specs. Upgrade to what they think it needs to challenge the PS5 and Xbox 2. Knowing the specs of What Iwata intended are just slow, stupid and weak.
Am I the only one that notices his name rhymes with Hiroshima?
Just me?
Okay.
I swear this comment section is pure cancer.
This site needs to ban anons and require a user name.
And why’s that?
Because about 95% of them are little kids using troll accounts. JUst read the comments on this article and past ones.
I agree completely! Stupid anons criticising nintendo and stuff…hurts my feelings!
All we seen is his face and we are already making assumptions.
Look at him smile here (http://static.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/2008656433-300×0.jpg). Maybe he’s not as serious as he seems? I just hope he’s good for Nintendo.
This dude looks like he don’t take shit from nobody! And i love that!
I hope he does well in his time as President. I don’t know much about him, but I guess we’ll understand his method throughout the oncoming year. I can assume he was elected due to his experience with Nintendo, but that’s speculation at best. Hopefully he proves to be as likable as the other known faces of the company.
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I’m going to reserve full judgement until he makes some major decision (or announces a metroid game) but until then I’m very skeptical. Nintendo’s had a baaaaddddd track record with their decision making…could this also be part of that?
To be honest, I was hoping for a younger but seasoned gaming programmer someone like a Hideki Konno, Masahiro Sakarai or a Kensuke Tanabe because those guys know what the gamers of today would want but as for Kimishima, I don’t know how familar he is with the modern age of gaming. Maybe he’ll surprise everyone while going against Nintendo’s traditions and create an idea that will change the industry but at the same time puts Nintendo back on top or maybe he’ll just be a corporate pencil-pusher who’ll just go along with whatever the board of directors of Nintendo wants him to do regardless of how stupid it is. I wish him all the best but I really hope he’s not too far behind the times to lead Nintendo in the right direction
Masahiro Sakurai, the guy that refuses to change Ganondorf in smash to be a true representation of the series he’s from instead of a fucking clone for Captain Falcon or uses the pathetic “Ridley is too big” excuse to not include him as playable for people that would love to use him, knows what gamers of today wants? lmfao Got anymore jokes for me?
Hopefully he brings needed changes to Nintendo because let’s be honest, the company needs to change in a number of ways. Maybe he’ll get the company more in touch with the modern era. We will always remember Iwata though.
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Holy shit, someone who’s actually making sense. Am I dreaming?
Yep. You have to admit though…it’s a very rare sight to see Nintendo fans actually defending the likes of federation force and calling all those that disagree “whiny children”….aaaaahhhhhhh…good times….
Yeah…I didn’t even attempt my typical counter-argument. I knew it would fall on deaf ears.
I’m like the gamecube. Kick-ass but out-dated. Lol…..haha…ha x.x
I guess this is where I grab my staff, put on a tattered brown cloak and walk into the desert.
So you haven’t been…well, deleted? ;D
wow new president this is a lucky day for all of us but it still wont be the same without iwata.
Somebody named Tatsumi is Nintendo’s president?
NINTENDO IS NIGHT RAID
xD Naw. Nintendo is the empire that Night Raid is trying to destroy. It’s become corrupt & stagnant as it refuses to change for the better & give the citizens, (their true, core fans) what they want. But then again, it’s possible Night Raid & the rebels they work with have succeeded & Tatsumi is in charge of the empire now to change things for the better. I guess we’ll find out which one is which in the coming year.
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Apparently he is only President for 1 year as of now.
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He looks old & might hold Nintendo back. But let’s hope the cover is misleading & the content inside is much better than the cover would have us believe. I reserve judgement on this guy til he makes a major decision for the company that he himself is personally making.