Tatsumi Kimishima advised against WiiU and predicted it would fail

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illdill1987 said:
If he meant it was like the Wii as in it is a Generation behind what it should be then I am glad he is the new president and hope Nintendo is once again on the cutting edge of technology with their next system.

What ever the NX is the design decisions for it probably are already made under Iwata. Kimishima's job is to manage the corporate side of things it sounds like, not to radically alter business directions.