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#1 BlueBlur

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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:29 AM

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Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) today announced a planned promotion for Tatsumi Kimishima, current chairman and CEO of Nintendo of America (NOA) and a director of its parent Nintendo Co., Ltd. Subject to shareholder approval, he will become NCL managing director, and transfer from NOA in Redmond, Wash., to NCL headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. In his new position, he will assume the roles of general manager of Corporate Analysis and Administration, and general manager of the General Affairs Division. These titles are currently held by Yoshihiro Mori and Masaharu Matsumoto respectively, both of whom are retiring. Kimishima will assume his new duties in Kyoto later this summer.

Kimishima was named to his current position at NOA in 2006. He first joined Nintendo in Japan in 2000, and was subsequently named president of Pokémon USA in 2001, before moving on to become president of the Nintendo of America subsidiary in 2002. Previously, he spent 27 years at Sanwa Bank of Japan, with multiple postings in North America and Central America.

Many of his current responsibilities, including the CEO title, will be assumed by Global President Satoru Iwata. The move will support the company’s unified global strategy, allow streamlined decision making and enhance Nintendo's organizational agility in the current competitive environment. Reggie Fils-Aime will continue in his role as president and COO of NOA, reporting to Iwata.

 

Other changes announced to Nintendo’s global board of directors can be found at http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/.

 

 

Though im one of the people here who Believes Iwata should step down, maybe this could still be a good thing lookaround.gif

 

 

 


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:42 AM

Not sure what to think or what I'm supposed to think. I don't care who's in charge as long as I still get the games I want.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:46 AM

Wonder if this will help with game localization since he works inside of us now.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:47 AM

Just saves Nintendo a few yen by getting rid of another middle manager.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:48 AM

Not sure what to think or what I'm supposed to think. I don't care who's in charge as long as I still get the games I want.

 

I agree with this comment.



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Posted 24 April 2013 - 05:10 AM

this post has just repeated what the new forum said.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 05:15 AM

Well... I wasn't expecting this. Even though Iwata had made mistakes in the past... he's more qualified for the position than anyone else. Obviously they weren't going to give it to Reggie. I guess time will tell what sort of change and impact Iwata will make. 


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 05:48 AM

This is a good thing. This means that Reggie Fils-Aime will report directly to Iwata, instead of him having to go through a "middle man", Reggie can go straight to his boss who would also be the president of the company, now if Reggie has an idea he can get it done faster because his boss is THE boss.

This is actually a very good strategy and as they said, it increases their agility overall. I hope that this actually turns out as well as they think.

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Posted 24 April 2013 - 07:27 AM

I just hope this means that Iwata gets a better understanding of the US gaming world. I'm not saying they should westernize, merely that when he wonders why the 3DS isn't doing as well outside of Japan, he can see that many big games haven't been localized. Perhaps the dots will connect in his head. If Nintendo systems start receiving the kind of TLC in the US like they do in Japan then I have no doubt they'll do better. 

 

But yeah, overall this is a good thing since it will hopefully decrease the time in between things going on in Japan and here in the States. 


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 07:49 AM

So wait is he living in the USA now or is this just done via the internet? Kinda confused if he is in the NOA offices or if it is meetings down via Skype that start serious but go on for a few hours and end up turning into them playing games on OMG Pop. 


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 07:52 AM

Did not expect this. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.

 

I think this could be good like some have said. Iwata shifting over to NOA could provide him some valuable insight as to how western gaming culture differs from Japan, thus, allowing him to develop a strategy that can deliver success for both the Wii U and 3DS in western territories. I also see an opportunity for him to open up better communication between NOA and western developers as well.

 

I hope for the best. This will be interesting.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 09:04 AM

W-W-....What!? I did not see that coming.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 09:17 AM

I just hope this means that Iwata gets a better understanding of the US gaming world. I'm not saying they should westernize, merely that when he wonders why the 3DS isn't doing as well outside of Japan, he can see that many big games haven't been localized. Perhaps the dots will connect in his head. If Nintendo systems start receiving the kind of TLC in the US like they do in Japan then I have no doubt they'll do better. 

 

But yeah, overall this is a good thing since it will hopefully decrease the time in between things going on in Japan and here in the States. 

 

I agree, this was the first thing I was thinking about. Nintendo is a Japanese company yes, but they don't seem to understand everything that happens outside of Asia, business wise. Something in which Sony is better IMO, even though they're Japanese too I believe.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 11:19 AM

I agree, this was the first thing I was thinking about. Nintendo is a Japanese company yes, but they don't seem to understand everything that happens outside of Asia, business wise. Something in which Sony is better IMO, even though they're Japanese too I believe.

 

Sony is definitely a Japanese company, but in the last several years they seem to have ditched appealing to the JP market for the US market instead. At least that's my outlook on it. So many of their games are now tailor made for the west.


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 12:20 PM

Iwata is the big boss anyway, this makes no real difference.



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Posted 24 April 2013 - 12:24 PM

Iwata is in charge... Nintendo is failing 2 years in a row

 

 

So lets give him more responsibility and power and maybe that will fix everything  e_o

 

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Posted 24 April 2013 - 04:08 PM

I predict that Iwata will be doing a lot of this as CEO of NoA

 

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Posted 24 April 2013 - 05:27 PM

Probably wants to go see some Seattle Mariners games.



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Posted 24 April 2013 - 06:35 PM

Im happy there shaking things up!


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Posted 24 April 2013 - 10:02 PM

Hoping his English improves because he's doing this, I bet Reggie's body wasn't ready for this!






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