Soundwave on 01 April 2014
I'm almost starting to wonder if Nintendo purposely pushed Mario Kart 8 back from April into a late May release to make Iwata look better for the share holders meeting in June.
Because he will probably try to tout initial Mario Kart 8 sales figures as a reason why shareholders should not vote against him. Every year the shareholders get to vote on their confidence in Iwata, last year was the first year it fell to 77% after him being above 90% every year. This year it looks poised to drop even further.
If the vote goes below 60%, Iwata would be in real danger of being removed or having to resign to save face.
