Tatsumi Kimishima is the new president of Nintendo

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Soundwave said:

 

Doesn't sound like much is changing:

http://variety.com/2015/biz/asia/nintendo-appoints-tatsumi-kimishima-as-president-1201592883/

“The basic direction and strategy won’t change,” Kimishima said. Takeda and Miyamoto will be in charge of software development, while “I control administration,” Kimishima said.

Sounds like he will handle more of the business stuff, but not really company philosophy or direction. 

He will be the manager that Nintendo needs now, someone how doesn't get in the way of the game and hardware developements (that's what Miyamoto and Takeda wil probably do) but keeps an eye on how the company works and how to manage it. After all he is the Managing Director and current head of Nintendo's Human Resources so he will have no problem doing just that.

Let's not forget that he will be in charge of Nintendo during the release of NX and, as Wii U proved, that's a crucial moment where Nintendo has a lot to gain but a lot more to lose. Nintendo needs someone who doesn't messes it up, not someone with "new and bright" ideas to try.

Besides, his experience living and working in the US could come into play with the marketing campaigns and with their relations with the western third parties.