Reggie Fils-Aime, former president of Nintendo of America, has recently interviewed the media Cornell. At the meeting, he shared very interesting details on various current issues related to Nintendo and other issues.
Information focuses on Satoru Iwata, E3, Nintendo Directs, hacks, and more. We leave you with the key data of this meeting:
- Reggie's parents were Haitian immigrants who came to the United States in the 1950s and they had antecedents in complete opposites of Haitian politics
- Iwata's passing made him painfully realize how short life is and thinks you should live your life to the fullest each day
- At one point in his career, Reggie saw that Game Cube wasn't working too well and that's what really made him join Nintendo
- Reggie thinks it was in 2000 when Nintendo decided not focus on graphics
- Believe Animal Crossing is good for kids to learn about mortgages
- Think of updates as a great way to keep people hooked on a game longer
- Is working on a new book which is in the proposal phase after its first proposal was rejected. This book focuses on his principles and part of his life
- Reggie understands that sometimes delays of video games are necessary, as Shigeru Miyamoto has already shared
- Reggie not absolutely anti-unionespecially since her father was also in a union for about 30 years
- Share that in the era of Wii U there were mass cuts and layoffs on Nintendo
- Iwata And he got along very well because they were promoted in the company at the same time, and he points out that Iwata is the brains behind Wii's success.
- Reggie also shares that she loves it the e3 and have been able to participate in your favorite moments of E3 2004, with the expression of kicking butts and the presentation of DS, and of E3 2006, with the presentation of Wii
- Reggie loves the memes that are made of him and is aware of the hype generated by Nintendo Direct
- Reggie thinks it doesn't take a great story to have a great game, like the franchise in The Legend of Zelda, which, according to him, does not have a very complex history
- Super mario world is his favorite Mario game and is followed by Super Mario Odyssey
- You think Nintendo of America had grown enough that Doug Bowser I could take the reins and that's why decided to retire and focus on his next project
- Share that hacks and ROMs They are the main reason for the existence of Super Mario Maker, whose managers are Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto. With this, he points out that Nintendo tries to propose their IP
- He believes that Japanese and Western culture at Nintendo fit together very well and that their IPs have multimedia potential just as has happened with The witcher
- Points to the first movie of Super Mario Bros. as an example of how things can go very wrong and how they have had to wait about 30 years to give the Mario movie another chance
- Reggie is very bad at playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and she shares that her character she usually plays with is Zelda because she floats and recovers easily. He points out that it is difficult for him to follow the characters on stage and that he usually falls into the ravine
What do you think of these details?
