Shigeru Miyamoto stated that "Kirby" was chosen partly in honor of American lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case
Good. Reggie was a charismatic leader that pushed against Nintendo Japan to be more consumer friendly. This man did nothing and had zero presence. I wonder what he was even doing there.
Oh no someone with business and management experience takes on a business management role in a business that runs solely to acquire money. Nintendo‘s pricing policies are already maxed for profitability, anyway.
Pritchard (bowsers successor) holds a doctorate of law from Gonzaga and a bachelors in biological sciences from Kansas state...Id speculate that Satoru Shibata will do more of the actual management given his continuing role as managing executive officer and corporate director at Nintendo co Ltd, his previous roles as president of Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Australia, and this new position at NOA concurrent with his NCL duties, but it's really funny if unsurprising to me that Nintendo chose a fucking lawyer as their Chief operations officer.
Not likely at all, this restructuring was made to give NCL more control over NoA, Pritchard is there to run the ship, the new CEO of NoA, Satoru Shibata, is the one you should be looking at.
I'm not sure if they're concerned with Saturo Shibata directly, it's just that under Reggie, Nintendo of America pushed hard for stuff like free Wii Sports and cheaper prices (which worked great, making the Wii a huge success), while the Nintendo Japan was of the opinion that nothing should ever be given away for free.
Under Bowser, Nintendo of America fell in line behind Japan. Culminating in stuff like the welcome tour for the Nintendo Switch 2, something that is just a tech demo of the device you just spent $400+ on, costing $10.
Having Saturo Shibata as CEO, it seems this will get worse, not better, since Nintendo Japan is excerting more control over NoA.
Point of order: Wii Sports was not free. The price of the game was added to the price of the Wii, but since you couldn't get a Wii without Wii Sports, people just assumed that was the base price.
OK, so which of the Koopalings is next in line? My money’s on Ludwig!
Given my general distain for modern Nintendo, I’d have no qualms in using AI to generate a Succession parody using the Koopa Kids, if only I knew how… 😅
35 Comments
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world · 106 pts · 327d
So long gay bowser
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 61 pts · 327d
Next up, Dennis Kirby
everett@lemmy.ml · 37 pts · 327d
You joke, but
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 327d
lol, what a dubious honor. “Are you saying I suck?”
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 326d
More importantly, you suck the most.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 327d
John Kirby (the attorney) died in 2019
disgrunty@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 327d
OozingPositron@feddit.cl · 2 pts · 326d
I wonder if Kirby liked Kirby.
simple@piefed.social · 45 pts · 327d
Good. Reggie was a charismatic leader that pushed against Nintendo Japan to be more consumer friendly. This man did nothing and had zero presence. I wonder what he was even doing there.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 327d
But his name was Bowser! You know.....like the Nintendo character!
Yeah, past the first week of funny headlines I never thought of him again.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 44 pts · 327d
Profitability. That's not reassuring.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 327d
Nope. Not at all.
tahoe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 327d
Unsurprising, but still disappointing
dukemirage@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 327d
Oh no someone with business and management experience takes on a business management role in a business that runs solely to acquire money. Nintendo‘s pricing policies are already maxed for profitability, anyway.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 327d
I think he definitely left his EA mark on the company.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 26 pts · 327d
His... legal name was Bowser?
magic_lobster_party@fedia.io · 14 pts · 327d
Yes
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 326d
Just wait until you hear what they did to Gary Bowser.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 5 pts · 326d
So long, Gary Bowser!
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 326d
...Ah, copy protection circumvention and apparent IP infringement by the parents. Heinous. /s
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 327d
I hope it's Birdo Toad
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 327d
Gannon brain-masters? Ridley deedeedee-king? Elizabeth m.¹ dos?
¹full middle name 'Mew'
molten@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 327d
Welcome to the team John Gannondorf-King-Of-The-Gerudo
reshuffle6655@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 327d
Pritchard (bowsers successor) holds a doctorate of law from Gonzaga and a bachelors in biological sciences from Kansas state...Id speculate that Satoru Shibata will do more of the actual management given his continuing role as managing executive officer and corporate director at Nintendo co Ltd, his previous roles as president of Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Australia, and this new position at NOA concurrent with his NCL duties, but it's really funny if unsurprising to me that Nintendo chose a fucking lawyer as their Chief operations officer.
mesamunefire@piefed.social · 13 pts · 327d
Wow he didn't last too long.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 327d
I guess Mario or Luigi jumped on his head twice already. Bowser knew the gig was up, and got out while he could
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 326d
The next CEO:
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 326d
I was hoping the next CEO would be something like Walt Wario or something.
Pissmidget@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 327d
I'm certain it'll be someone's uncle! Seems everyone has one what works there.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 326d
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 327d
About time! What, did she get stuck in an airduct on the way there?
mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online · 2 pts · 327d
Lanusensei87@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 327d
Not likely at all, this restructuring was made to give NCL more control over NoA, Pritchard is there to run the ship, the new CEO of NoA, Satoru Shibata, is the one you should be looking at.
mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online · 2 pts · 327d
dangrousperson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 327d
I'm not sure if they're concerned with Saturo Shibata directly, it's just that under Reggie, Nintendo of America pushed hard for stuff like free Wii Sports and cheaper prices (which worked great, making the Wii a huge success), while the Nintendo Japan was of the opinion that nothing should ever be given away for free.
Under Bowser, Nintendo of America fell in line behind Japan. Culminating in stuff like the welcome tour for the Nintendo Switch 2, something that is just a tech demo of the device you just spent $400+ on, costing $10.
Having Saturo Shibata as CEO, it seems this will get worse, not better, since Nintendo Japan is excerting more control over NoA.
mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online · 1 pts · 326d
Infrapink@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 327d
Point of order: Wii Sports was not free. The price of the game was added to the price of the Wii, but since you couldn't get a Wii without Wii Sports, people just assumed that was the base price.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 327d
OK, so which of the Koopalings is next in line? My money’s on Ludwig!
Given my general distain for modern Nintendo, I’d have no qualms in using AI to generate a Succession parody using the Koopa Kids, if only I knew how… 😅
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 326d
If they want a CEO with some balls, they'd choose Lemmy.