After Satoru Iwata passed away in 2015, Tatsumi Kimishima took the helm as President of Nintendo. However, this is soon going to change. According to a Nikkei report, the House of Mario will yet again change presidents. While the report notes that Kimishima will continue as a consultant at Nintendo, it is Shuntaro Furukawa who will hold the position of President. The 46-year old joined Nintendo in 2012 and held several positions since, including Outside Director of the Pokémon Company. He was also involved in the marketing and sales of the Nintendo Switch.

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Nikkei also mentions that the change is not due to 68-year-old Kimishima's performance but rather to "rejuvenate" the management in order to better adapt and provide in the rapidly changing video game industry.

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[RedoLane]

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[FAST6191]

"He was also involved in the marketing and sales of the Nintendo Switch."
All style and no substance?

Noted.

 

[Samsung64]

for me it is bad news. Always when thhey change usually things keep going for worst

 

[T-hug]

Kimishima chose poorly..

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Hmm, I'll wait this one out before giving any judgement.

 

[BvanBart]

What an ugly guy...

 

[sarkwalvein]

"He was also involved in the marketing and sales of the Nintendo Switch."
All style and no substance?

Noted.

Your mission is to sell the product Jimmy, not to bring Enlightenment to the consumers.

 

[UltraHurricane]

i don't really see what the problem is, tbh i always figured Kimishima was meant to be a transitional place-holder president till they could figure out who they REALLY want to lead the company, i can't imagine they make these decisions lightly

 

[XDel]

Was the last president assassinated? Do you think this guy did it? I do.

 

[Chary]

I didn't expect Kimishima to last as a president for long, but I also didn't really know who they'd pick to replace him. And once the Switch started selling well, I assumed they'd just keep the dude in. Hopefully this new guy is good.

 

[bowser]

What an ugly guy...

Ugliness has nothing to do with presidency. Just ask the United States....

 

[sarkwalvein]

Was the last president assassinated? Do you think this guy did it? I do.

Assassinated by this guy, you mean Russian style?
They put polonium in his breakfast and he got cancer?

Hmmm... tinfoil hat on.

 

[Jayro]

I didn't expect Kimishima to last as a president for long, but I also didn't really know who they'd pick to replace him. And once the Switch started selling well, I assumed they'd just keep the dude in. Hopefully this new guy is good.

I thought the exact same... I just hope the flood of epic switch games keeps flowing.

 

[DarthDub]

Did they clone Iwata?

 

[Jayro]

Did they clone Iwata?

Unpopular opinion, but... I didn't like iwata as president. Kimishima superceded his "legacy" by 10 fold in my opinion.

 

[DarthDub]

Unpopular opinion, but... I didn't like iwata as president. Kimishima superceded his "legacy" by 10 fold in my opinion.

He was a great programmer though.

 

[Jayro]

He was a great programmer though.

Very true, I'll give him that. He knew how to code.

 

[sarkwalvein]

He was a great programmer though.

I think he was yet a better PR.
And TBH, not sure what Kimishima did, but to follow the already established strategy.

 

[WiiUBricker]

Kimishima thought he was too old. There is no more to it.

More importantly for Europeans, Satoru Shibata is stepping down as NoE’s president for another role.