Hot Take: Furukawa Is FAR Superior To Iwata (in his leadership of Nintendo)

[Manlytears]

Zkuq said:

Manlytears said:

Iwata planted the seeds and collected the fruits of wii.
Iwata planted the seeds of Switch, Furukawa just collected the fruits.

Iwata is the best Ninty president ever, he planted the seeds that gave life to 2 best selling Ninty consoles.

Of course he was also responsible for Wii U, which makes assessing his achievements trickier.

He is the man behind Wii and Switch. Falling with Wii U doesn't change the fact that he produced 2 of Nintendo best selling home consoles. Wii sold more than any Nintendo "pure home consoles". Switch, being a hybrid, managed to surpass Nintendo DS.

Also, one can argue that DS is also Iwata child! yamauchi is, likely, less involved with project since he left in early 2002.