This is inapropriate. Lets mourn the man. There will be plenty of time to discuss the fuure of Nintendo. Gaming lost an important figure today.

Don't feel like it's the best time for this thread.

I knew these threads would pop up, to be honest. And it's rather sad. Pertinent points, wondering "what's next", for sure. But it's also kind of sick in a way that some people care more about what Nintendo will do now, than the fact that a great dude, who created great games like Kirby and Mother and Smash, just died at a fairly young age.

He was in no way a bad CEO. In fact, he did far more good than "ill" while running Nintendo. I only hope that whoever takes charge, they do not sacrifice the core identity and "old school" sense that made Nintendo, Nintendo. They can always advance in terms of online, third party, etc. etc.....but what made Nintendo systems and games great, was not being a copy cat...it was that they never lost that "retro" kind of "gaming is supposed to be fun" mentality that made gaming so great back in the 80s and 90s. Many companies and game developers have drifted pretty far away from that these days. Not all, but many.

If Nintendo sacrificed what makes them, THEM, just to try and fulfill some fanboy wishes of "Competing with PS4", or whathaveyou, that would make me, personally, very sad.

But for the TIME being, what matters most, and what should be talked about, is the fact that one of the greatest individuals in the gaming industry died at a tragically young age.

I don't mind making threads like this now, but other people don't. I can see why too. He died only yesterday.

I think this is not the time for a thread like this. I agree with other users above me.

I'm going to apply for his job.

You have ZERO tact.  Go and sit in the corner

Can't you troll later? Nintendo is more than in line with the times. Relationships with third parties needs both sides to work but 3rd parties are unprofessional. It's beyond stupid saying nintendo doesn't think online gaming is a big part of their business. Using bluray would be no different than their current format.

P.S: rip Satoru Iwata.

My hope is only up from here. I unlike many on this thread did not care for what he did with the Wii or WiiU. While there are a few cool things about both consoles overall I feel they are off in no man's land doing things that are unique but really not all that appealing. At least not to me! I think Iwata failed to realize that Nintendo was Disney and could dominate every corner of entertainment from tv, movies, music to the most important of all, gaming! But maybe that is not his fault and more a product of Japanese business culture.

I hope for a Nintendo with a more vibrant online community! I want to see them use modern and relevant technology as compared to their peers. Most of all start to market to not just the Nintendo fan base but the larger gaming community with 3rd party support.

They had three "Representative Directors" within Nintendo - Iwata himself, plus Takeda and Miyamoto. Iwata passed away, so Takeda and Miyamoto are the remaining Representative Directors, and thus, I think, will be taking on duties that would normally be Iwata's, until a new President is selected. Miyamoto and Takeda also had the title of "Senior Managing Director" (as opposed to Iwata's "President").

Takeda's third title is "Chief Director of General Development", while Miyamoto's is "Chief Director of Information Development". So I expect that Takeda will become President, as Takeda's responsibilities are broader than Miyamoto's already (Miyamoto's responsibilities all laid within the software side, whereas Takeda worked with both software and hardware - incidentally, he was a lead designer of the Wii).

I somewhat hope that Takeda's current role is then replaced by someone outside of Japan. I think that Nintendo could use some fresh blood in the shift. Note that by "outside of Japan", I don't necessarily mean "not Japanese". An example of what I mean is Shibata - head of Nintendo of Europe, but Japanese (NoE is primarily a distribution/advertising arm, so I wouldn't expect him to become Chief Director of General Development, of course).

I suspect that what will actually happen is either Shinya Takahashi (currently Chief Director of Planning and Development) or Susumu Tanaka (currently Chief Director of Operation, previously Director of Overseas Business and Deputy Chief Director of Main Operation Unit) will be promoted to Chief Director of General Development, as they seem to be the ones most closely aligned with the role Takeda has been in.

I seriously hope that they don't make the mistake of making Shigeyuki Takahashi the new President. He's the Director of Finance and Chief Director of Administration, and hasn't ever had a job as a developer of any sort. Nintendo doesn't need a non-gaming guy calling the shots at all.