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'''Tatsumi Kimishima''' (君島 達己) is the fifth and current president of [[Nintendo]], being appointed to presidency in September 2015 after [[Satoru Iwata]]'s death in office in July 2015.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> Before his role as president of Nintendo, he was [[bulbapedia:The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]]'s Chief Financial advisor and head of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006, as well as a managing director at Nintendo, at the human resources division. Kimishima has also worked for 27 years at the Sanwa Bank of Japan, prior to working for Nintendo. | '''Tatsumi Kimishima''' (君島 達己) is the fifth and current president of [[Nintendo]], being appointed to presidency in September 2015 after [[Satoru Iwata]]'s death in office in July 2015.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> Before his role as president of Nintendo, he was [[bulbapedia:The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]]'s Chief Financial advisor and head of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006, as well as a managing director at Nintendo, at the human resources division. Kimishima has also worked for 27 years at the Sanwa Bank of Japan, prior to working for Nintendo. | ||
According to the Japanese newspaper ''Nikkei'', Kimishima had predicted that the [[Wii U]] console would not be successful, primarily because it was too similar to the [[Wii]]<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref>; however, he denied that in an | According to the Japanese newspaper ''Nikkei'', Kimishima had predicted that the [[Wii U]] console would not be successful, primarily because it was too similar to the [[Wii]]<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref>; however, he denied that in an investor meeting.<ref>http://www.reinodocogumelo.com/2016/07/kimishima-assume-responsabilidade-por.html</ref> He has plans to continue in Iwata's direction and is still focused on Nintendo's efforts to enter the mobile market.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 17:26, September 10, 2016
Tatsumi Kimishima (君島 達己) is the fifth and current president of Nintendo, being appointed to presidency in September 2015 after Satoru Iwata's death in office in July 2015.[1] Before his role as president of Nintendo, he was Pokémon USA's Chief Financial advisor and head of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006, as well as a managing director at Nintendo, at the human resources division. Kimishima has also worked for 27 years at the Sanwa Bank of Japan, prior to working for Nintendo.
According to the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, Kimishima had predicted that the Wii U console would not be successful, primarily because it was too similar to the Wii[1]; however, he denied that in an investor meeting.[2] He has plans to continue in Iwata's direction and is still focused on Nintendo's efforts to enter the mobile market.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hussain, Tamoor Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii. (September 15, 2015) Gamespot. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
- ^ http://www.reinodocogumelo.com/2016/07/kimishima-assume-responsabilidade-por.html
