Nintendo President Satoru Iwata cites the fact that people were counting them out of the video game industry before they released the DS/Wii and uses that as an example as to why they shouldn't be counted out now with the Wii U performing the way it is.
At the heart of Iwata’s tenure at Nintendo was a philosophy of listening.
In 2015, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata sadly passed away. Dear friend and EarthBound creator Shigesato Itoi compiled his musings as a tribute.
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa recently sat down with Nikkei to discuss his approach to leading the company through the current Switch era, as well as what influences past presidents like Satoru Iwata and Hiroshi Yamauchi had on him.
nothing wrong with him per say but he just feels kinda lifeless compared to Iwata and lacks the tough guy almost Yakuza vibe Yamauchi gave off
This guy is a penny pincher and has no love of gaming. It is obvious in the half assed ports he is pushing. Iwata we miss you.
It only takes one game to spark a frenzy. I've yet to pick up a WiiU but if that X game is half as good as it looks i'm game for it. I'm picking up a 3ds very soon because of bravely defult.
Glad someone within the company is finally using this reasoning.
It won't shut the haters up, but it's gladdening to know that Iwata isn't giving up without a fight, and that he still has faith in the system and a sensible outlook based on Nintendo's history.
It'll take one game to spark the frenzy and another couple to get the momentum flowing.
With all of the great indie stuff coming on top of new experimental spin-offs from third parties using Nintendo characters, on top of the already-verified 2014 line-up, the announcement of an account system, the DS games for E-shop, and the possibility of a "Cheaper games just for playing" type of service down the road, Nintendo's got a lot of loaded guns ready to fire.
And for once, they're not aiming those guns at their own feet.
Fingers crossed, Nintendo.
For the sake of your franchises surviving and staying where they're meant to be, I hope you guys can turn this around quickly. [not that you'd let those games go to other consoles even if you died anyways, though...XD]
Nintendo always seems to be counted out and as time tells they are durable. Be it the wii was pure luck but hey that's what their name signifies. It was a cultural phenomenon. The only basis of thought i could put together on why many people feel they will not see tomorrow is base on the fact that they build their own roads instead of going down the same one every one else uses and so many are afraid of the unknown.
Yes their ideas may seem odd and honestly unnecessary but these creators/developers think in a different way than us, their are people who see words and colors in music , Nintendo sees stuff in a different perspective than the competitors. The ideas may seem extremely hallucinogenic and out of the box but all the great artist/important people in history did stuff different. Praise individuality, don't scold it, for this would be George Orwells 1984 movie incarnated
And now people are thinking you may leave the console business entirely.
Not really a point in time where there should be bragging, with forecasts slashed and all. Time to right the ship and get back to pumping out the quality!
To the people who said the Wii was pure luck, go watch the e3 video where iwata reveals the Wii.
Listen to how confident he was that it would be a gaming revolution. They knew what they were doing. They even called it the revolution.
I think the one game that iwata says will change everything, is a NFC game. They said they'll reveal it at e3. It could definitely be Miyamotos new IP.
Iwata said card collecting video games are extremely popular in Japan, but he'd like to make one with physical cards.
An NFC video game, with physical cards, that is used on a tablet, is an untapped market.
This could be a big hit, in at least Japan. This could be their ace up their sleeve, that justifys the gamepads existence.
Id bet this is the "new type of game" iwata said they are creating, but will only reveal it closer to release, to prevent from being copied.