Nintendo’s North American subsidiary is about to have some new leaders. Considered one of them is Satoru Shibata, a longtime veteran of the corporate who will grow to be Nintendo of America’s CEO in just some months. Most gamers most likely don’t know who he’s, however long-time trade watchers and followers in Europe will most likely be at the very least considerably accustomed to the manager due to a powerful library of colourful movies wherein he will be seen dancing, singing, and speaking about his favourite handheld video games.
Right here’s NoA’s new CEO singing “Name Me Possibly” to advertise Nintendo’s Karaoke video games (by way of Tiny Cartridge):
And right here he’s dancing to advertise Yo-Kai Watch:
Right here is Shibata cosplaying to announce Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Lawyer:
The exec had a status for sending Swapnote messages on to followers when he was head of Nintendo Europe:
He introduced separate Nintendo Direct updates to followers all through the early 3DS and Wii U days. On this one he traveled to a warehouse in Germany to point out everybody the place the video games and consoles get packaged and shipped from:
And right here’s the person’s 3DS assortment. He says he’s dangerous at video games and by no means beat Luigi’s Mansion 2, however his favourite approach to chill out earlier than mattress is enjoying Professor Layton. He had 1000’s of Miis saved in it, together with one belonging to the now late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata:
Will fashionable Nintendo let this model of Shibata again out into the wild? In all probability not. The corporate’s totally different now. So is the web. However at the very least now we have these time capsules from the previous. Nintendo’s enterprise technique has at all times been a mixture of ruthless and kooky. Will see if extra of the latter comes again once more within the Swap 2 period. Shibata is joined by Devon Pritchard, who’s taking on Doug Bowser’s function as President of Nintendo of America. You possibly can go watch the most recent Equipment and Krysta podcast for an insider’s perspective on Bowser’s retirement and the brand new of us in cost.
