I don't see why not. His hardware design was proven to be super successful so it wouldn't make much sense to diverge from what was working. I think he was great at what he did too personally. He was more open to embrace modern trends when designing the Switch and break traditional Nintendo habits when designing hardware and you could easily tell by the Switch's design.
Koizumi decided to embrace using a relatively new universal charging port USB-C with the Switch as opposed to using a proprietary charging port like Nintendo's older teams done in the past, which I think was a great move. Also decided to use a capacitive multi touch, touch screen for the Switch instead of the outdated resistive touch screen Nintendo was still using with the 3DS and Wii U. Plus, the overall design of the Switch looked modern and sleek similar compared to the Wii U & 3DS which had outdated designs. Koizumi also went against the Nintendo tradition of creating their own custom chip and decided to use a pre-existing system on a chip that had tech similar to PCs at the time to make getting 3rd party support easier, which was a great move. I think he's the right person for the job overall.
Last edited by javi741 - on 17 September 2024
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