Still waiting for NX reveal.

Looks more kimishima than iwata tbh, maybe not his idea but he said yes. No nx this November so they need something.

Like it has been said, Kimishima is more focused on the core of any business, making money. The guy's first achievements were working at a bank, not a game company. So he's going to probably squeeze the most out of Nintendo.

Iwata...he's different. He was a visionary and visionaries don't necessarily put money and expectations from the press and core audience ahead of them. He was the embodiment of "Giving you what you thought you didn't want". And sometimes it worked, and other times it didn't. Iwata's plan of business is high risk, high reward or high risk, low reward, it's all or nothing. But with Kimishima he's going to do the sensible thing. Either low risk, low reward or low risk high or medium reward. It's a very stable business practice.

But all in all, NX is still Iwata's last hurrah. His late, great, project. It'll be Kimishima's job to helm Iwata's idea. We'll see Kimishima's real chops after NX.

Can't really say how good he is since I don't really see him making any major decisions as of yet. NX, Pokemon Go, Nintendo games on mobile were all started under Iwata, I believe even things like opening up Nintendo IP to theme parks was also under Iwata.

Yamauchi was Nintendo's best president IMO, he was a pure businessman who was smart enough to delegate to the West and allow NOA to be strong and adaptive. His main mistake was not insisting on CD-ROM for the N64 (IMO I bet Miyamoto played a key role in cartridge-only, which basically gifted Sony the market). This is largely where most of Nintendo's problems stem from, that one (really) bad decision. 

Iwata was a really nice guy who brought a great deal of warmth to Nintendo, but under him Nintendo went way too far into their Japanese cocoon and let the company be run wild by creative fetishes and chasing the next gimmick rather than sound business philosophy. As a result Nintendo had incredible highs but suffered some devastating lows as well.

I think Kimishima is not trying to rock the boat too much. He's going to try and cement himself in the position for 2-3 years, then he will probably be able to greater flex his authority, but I doubt he's coming into this upending pre-existing plans and telling people how to do things. I think he's well aware if he over-reaches, he could be replaced very quickly by someone else, so smarter for him to bide his time and hope the late Mr. Iwata's iniativies (mobile, NX, theme parks, movies) can bear fruit. Then he'll be in a much more comfortable position to consolidate leadership. 

Well we cant really know what exactly are Kimishima decisions and what exactly is part of Iwata plan, when Kimishima became Nintendo president he said they will continue with Iwata plans.
Amiibo, Pokemon GO, mobile games, theamed parks, NX...all that are Iwata plans.

To be honest I don't expect many major decisions from Kimishima. I think he just wants to ge through the next 2-3 years in decent shape and get through the shareholder votes on leadership. He's not going to win many allies within Nintendo if he just starts changing all their plans, if he over-reaches he could find himself being replaced in short order. 

I don't know if the Kimishima era regardless will be that long. He's already 66, I imagine by the time he hits 70, Nintendo is going to have to start grooming a replacement. 

You also can give credit to Iwata for allowing Nintendo to open up to the public after years of being kinda isolated from everyone. The Directs, Iwata Asks, and Iwata making personal appearances in public, which was something Yamauchi never did. Hopefully his plans for the future of Nintendo will bear fruit and give them a better future moving forward. And Iwata did help HAL Laboratory overcome the debts they owed as president of that company so he was more than qualified for the position of presidency of Nintendo, which was something Yamauchi wanted to give him when he was about to retire.

I think Kimishima also understands what Iwata is trying to envision and all. He'll probably stick to being Yamauchi-like in terms of the business side but I think Iwata's plan will do wonders if executed correctly. Kimishima understands how Nintendo works after working with NOA for years so at least this isn't unfamiliar territory for him. It's just unfortunate that Iwata's death came at all, let alone so soon at 55.

From a business perspective, I agree that he is making the right choices, but I need to see what the NX games will look like to have a proper judgement on today's Nintendo.

Right now the a lot of games have been average, forgettable or mediocre. I'm waiting for the NX to be the occasion for them to pick up their game and make Nintendo games like they use to, and they should definetely have a broader appeal, try and do some mature games again, and more new IP, don't put mario on everything.

But right, If I look at recent events, I come to the conclusion that they won't, they'll probably put Retro Studios on something like a new animal crossing, we'll have a lot of mario, kirby, yoshi and really not much new IP or mature games.

But well, it's just the way they are now, I'll wipe my tears with a PS4 pro and Horizon zero Down, Spiderman, and Days Gone.

Pretty much this exactly. Nintendo still have creatives (Miyamoto etc) at the top of the company, and their current trajectory was initiated by Iwata in 2014, but having their overall business headed up by someone with actual business experience is a plus point, given the rut Nintendo have been in commercially. 

I may be mistaken, and currently can't find a source for this, but wasn't there talk of Kimishima being a transitional leader, to see Nintendo through the launch of mobile and NX? That's why Nintendo are currently headed up by a triumvirate of Kimishima (Business Fellow), Miyamoto (Creative Fellow) and Genuya Takeda (Technology Fellow). All three men are nearing retirement age, with Miyamoto the youngest at 63 (Takeda is 67). At the time of his appointment, Kimishima said he was simply focusing on the next 12 months (which we're at the end of, he was appointed September 2015), and that he wouldn't be averse to bringing in a CEO from outside Nintendo in the future. Furthermore, Kimishima was also tasked with developing the future leadership of Nintendo.

It'll be interesting, with a shareholder vote due soon, and the end of Kimishima's first 12 months imminent, if there's another change in leadership. Personally I think any change will wait until after NX is on the market. Whichever way that goes, it would be a better time to hand over to someone new. If NX succeeds and mobile continues to bring in the money, a new CEO can guide Nintendo from a position of strength. If NX fails, new leadership can be brought in to inject fresh ideas. Eurogamer also speculated at the time that Akiro Hino, CEO of Level 5, may be a future candidate (and was potentially Iwata's preferred choice) for the next President of Nintendo: 

Kimishima's temporary appointment, however, does raise the question of who comes next. Whatever structure Nintendo may operate under in the future, it still needs visionary creators and leaders. Unverified scuttlebutt suggests that the younger candidate Iwata had in mind to succeed him was an outsider like Level-5 president Akihiro Hino, who would work alongside him for a time before taking over. As a programmer first and company president second, Hino has personal similarities to Iwata (something the latter picked up on in an 'Iwata Asks'), and since founding Level-5 in 1998 has made it into one of Japan's top developer/publishers - recently saying his goal was to transform it into something like Disney.