| Wyrdness said: Hard disagree because again the are factors you're overlooking such as WiiU was the jump to HD development for Nintendo which alongside having two platforms to support forced that situation as well as the figuring out of the blue ocean market, you're giving the current leadership credit for following groundwork that he laid down for them while having to come up with the solutions to problems that even the biggest competitor in gaming threw in the towel over. Following an instruction manual well doesn't make you better than the person who wrote it by default, the current leadership would need to make several impactful calls of their own like Iwata did before even being considered in his league only Yokoi and Yamauchi compare to him in that regard. |
I don’t think it was Iwata who had planned a resurrection of Metroid Prime, 2D Metroid, Mario Wonder, Emio, etc. You’re treating him as some messianic figure when during his tenure it was nothing but troubled waters outside the first few years of Wii. Meanwhile Furukawa has led Nintendo Switch 2 to the highest of highs in the industry’s history amidst stagflation of all things!
Again, yes, it was a smart call to combine studios, but when the games you call for are Nintendogs 2, NSMBU/2, Pilotwings 3D, DKCReturns 2, Mario Party 9/10, etc. and you sanitize all your brands to be as commercially recognizable (but without much soul) as possible, that’s not what I’d call a successful leader. Iwata is when Nintendo went from TTYD to SPMario, Smash Melee to Smash Brawl, Pikmin 1+2 to no Pikmin for an entire generation, etc.
Last edited by firebush03 - on 17 May 2026
