| spemanig said: While I mostly agree, I do think its worth mentioning how radically different a direction Nintendo took after Iwata became president, despite being hand picked by the previous president. While I do think that Iwata already hand picked his successor, I'm not so sure that necessarily means that Nintendo isn't in for a serious change. That's definitely not what happened last time. What I wonder is if this new President will also double as CEO of NOA like Iwata. I hope not. Though I'd probably rather that than Reggie become CEO. |
Pretty sure I heard a while back that Yamauchi was in on the whole DS and Wii shift. Either that he had started the projects or that Iwata was still consulting him. Either way the differences between their philosophies likely stemmed from Iwata's background as a developer and from necessity.
In the same way, Nintendo is definitely in for a serious change. But Iwata already got that ball rolling. NX and licensing deals like the Universal park are his babies. Someone else will adopt them, they may be raised differently, but they will still have his genes.
