Kimishima retires as President of Nintendo

[TheLegendaryWolf]

Luke888 said:

TheLegendaryWolf said:
Personally I think Yoshiaki Koizumi would've been a better option, but Shuntaro Furukawa seems qualified enough and having younger blood heading the company is going to be interesting to see in the near future.

I think the initial idea was to have either Koizumi or Takahashi becoming the new president but, looking back at Iwata, they thought it was better to have the first being the company's image (he's in almost every Direct now), the latter leading the software development and a third person as the President who handles the marketing/economical aspects  

I just thought it would've been cool to see a president that can be involved in Nintendo Directs, development, and running the company again like Iwata, but yeah It makes sense as both Koizumi and Takahashi got promoted as well. Furukawa knows English so perhaps he'll be more involved with the gaming audience than Kimishima, who did a decent job steering the ship for the last 3 years.