Nintendo hat den Nachfolger von Satoru Iwata vorgestellt:
Seine bisherige Laufbahn sieht folgendermaßen aus:
Apr.1973 Joined The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.(currently The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.)
Oct. 1998 Appointed as General Manager of Shinbashi Branch of The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.
Dec. 2000 Appointed as Representative Director of The Pokémon Company
Jan. 2002 Appointed as Director of Nintendo of America Inc. (to present)
Jun.2002 Appointed as Director of the Company (to present)
May 2006 Appointed as Director and Chairman (CEO) of Nintendo of America Inc.
Jun. 2013 Appointed as Managing Director (to present) General Manager, Corporate Analysis & Administration Division (to present) and General Manager, General Affairs Division (to present)
Jun . 2014 In charge of Human Resources Division (to present)
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150914e.pdf
Während seiner Zeit als Director von Nintendo of America war er auch an einigen nennenswerten Gamecube spielen beteilitgt.
Mario Party 5, Mario Party 6, Mario Party 7,Mario Party 8 Mario, Golf Advanced Tour, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Metroid Prime. Kimishima has also been given special thanks on video games he has been involved in which includes various Wario and Metroid games
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatsumi_Kimishima
Ein paar Auszüge von Nikkei Magazine:
https://twitter.com/serkantoto/statu...47745529536512
1) The Nikkei quotes new Nintendo boss Kimishima as saying there won’t be changes in the basic strategy set up by former president Iwata.
https://twitter.com/serkantoto/statu...48727743279104
2) Kimishima says the challenge is now to identify new projects+cultivate the right human resources to reach Nintendo-like profits again.
https://twitter.com/serkantoto/statu...48850967773184
3) The Nikkei also quotes Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda as saying the aim is to establish a future-proof group leadership system inside Nintendo.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php…1&postcount=331
Tatsumi wird also wahrscheinlich nur ein paar Jahre der Präsident von Nintendo sein, immerhin ist Tatsumi auch schon 65 Jahre alt. Ziel wird wohl sein, die Pläne von Iwata eine gewisse Zeit zu verfolgen. Während dessen bereitet Nintendo intern ein Team auf, welches die Rollen von Iwata & Co übernehmen werden, so hatte es damals auch schon Hiroshiy Yamauchi mit Iwata gemacht. Bevor er abgedankt ist, hat er Iwata einige Zeit zuvor auf die Rolle des Präsidenten von Nintendo vorbereitet.
weitere Infos:
*) The Nikkei quotes new Nintendo boss Kimishima as saying there won’t be changes in the basic strategy set up by former president Iwata.
*) Kimishima says the challenge is now to identify new projects+cultivate the right human resources to reach Nintendo-like profits again.
*) The Nikkei also quotes Nintendo’s Genyo Takeda as saying the aim is to establish a future-proof group leadership system inside Nintendo.
*) In an interview with the Nikkei today, new Nintendo president Kimishima says Iwata didn’t give him instructions how to run the company.
*) He says he is selected for 1 year and doesn’t know what will come next. Says he is not against company outsiders to lead Nintendo one day.
*) Kimishima also confirms that Nintendo’s smartphone and IP-related plans won’t change. Says the task is now to develop new businesses.
*) In yet another Nikkei article (last I summarize/translate), new Nintendo boss Kimishima’s personality is described as “soft+friendly”.
*) According to the Nikkei, Kimishima predicted Wii U’s failure when it was introduced by warning it’s too similar to the original Wii.
*) Despite his business background, he is quoted as saying it’s wrong to lead a gaming company on numbers alone.
*) The Nikkei claims Kimishima wasn’t Iwata’s favorite choice. Nintendo was 1st looking for somebody younger but didn’t have the personnel.
*) The article also suggests the troika was a rushed decision because the holiday season, where Nintendo makes 50%+ of sales, is near.
*) Accordingly, Kimishima is quoted as saying one task for him will beto develop the next group leadership structure for Nintendo.
TL;DR Tatsumi Kimishima ist eine Art "Übergangslösung", der für ca. ein Jahr die Wege von Big N leiten wird um die Ziele von Satoru Iwata zu vervollständigen. Wer oder was nach ihm kommt ist also ungewiss.
Persönlich finde ich sieht er sehr viel strenger und ein klein wenig unsympathischer aus als Iwata. Ich kann mir aber vorstellen, dass der Mann gute Arbeit leisten wird.