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Iwata era is probably gaming wise my least favorite Nintendo era though, but with the way Microsoft was overspending and overcrowding the traditional console space and the frostier pop culture atmosphere for Nintendo in the early 2000s, I get it. The had to pivot for that time period. Today they enjoy very different demographics as their fan base has aged up massively.

I much prefer the Yamauchi era, and I think the Switch-era is also different, especially Switch 2. There are much younger people running the show now and Miyamoto is basically more involved with getting the movie and theme park stuff done correctly, other old mainstays like Genyo Takeda (former head of the hardware division) are gone entirely and have were not that involved even prior to that.