| Wman1996 said: Iwata had issues but after looking at him as a whole and how he at least gave the nod to Switch before he died, he's my fave Nintendo president. Yes, he takes some responsibility for the Wii U's failure and other issues during his tenure. But when I wanted him out during the Wii U days, I couldn't foresee Switch killing it (NX wasn't even announced yet). |
Iwata had more successes than failures during his tenure. The DS, the first few years of the Wii, the rescuing of the 3DS, the birth of the Switch.
In fact, I'd go as far as to say the Switch completely vindicated Iwata's approach to gaming and Nintendo's "Blue Ocean" shitck entirely.
I still remember during the NX days where everyone thought Nintendo should stop the gimmicks and just make a powerful console that can compete with Sony and Microsoft for "core gamers". And the Switch... Ended up being the exact opposite of that. Yet it still became one the best selling and most beloved systems of all time.
