“Nintendo was effectively singularly owned by one family: Yamauchi. When Yamauchi retired, he picked Iwata to succeed him. While much has been made of Iwata’s developer/businessman hybrid abilities, the more important reason was that Iwata was young. Iwata was 42ish when he became Nintendo President. Do you people realize that? Do you hear anyone saying that?”

The NEW! President of Nintendo

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REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2013 – Nintendo Co., Ltd. (NCL) today announced a planned promotion for Tatsumi Kimishima, current chairman and CEO of Nintendo of America (NOA) and a director of its pare…