CrimsonCavalier
Fuzzy Pickles
It has been over a week now, and I think we've all been able to digest the news that rocked the gaming world. However, as sad as it is, life has to move on, and that includes life at Nintendo. After all, those left behind still have a business to run.
All of the news point to Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda as taking over, at least temporarily, but some sources claim that Miyamoto is unlikely to be the next actual president of Nintendo. Rather, they point to Takeda as a more likely candidate, though that isn't for sure either.
Takeda, for those of you who may not know, was one of the biggest critics of the graphical arms-race, of which Nintendo is no longer part. If it is true that he is to take over the company, I believe we are going to see some of the same things we have been seeing with Nintendo for the last decade.
However, some people may not be happy about this. Personally, I think it's fine that Nintendo do not wish to directly engage with Sony and MS in creating the absolutely most state-of-the-art graphically powerful hardware, but I do not agree with his stance on graphics as a whole.
He likened the Wii to a hybrid car, while the PS3 and 360 were sports or performance vehicles. Frankly, that worries me. I don't want a hybrid. I don't want a sports car either. I wonder if Nintendo will continue with Iwata's plans, or if the next president will take the company in a different direction.
As a whole, what do you expect of Nintendo in the rest of this year, and for the rest of this generation?
All of the news point to Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda as taking over, at least temporarily, but some sources claim that Miyamoto is unlikely to be the next actual president of Nintendo. Rather, they point to Takeda as a more likely candidate, though that isn't for sure either.
Takeda, for those of you who may not know, was one of the biggest critics of the graphical arms-race, of which Nintendo is no longer part. If it is true that he is to take over the company, I believe we are going to see some of the same things we have been seeing with Nintendo for the last decade.
However, some people may not be happy about this. Personally, I think it's fine that Nintendo do not wish to directly engage with Sony and MS in creating the absolutely most state-of-the-art graphically powerful hardware, but I do not agree with his stance on graphics as a whole.
He likened the Wii to a hybrid car, while the PS3 and 360 were sports or performance vehicles. Frankly, that worries me. I don't want a hybrid. I don't want a sports car either. I wonder if Nintendo will continue with Iwata's plans, or if the next president will take the company in a different direction.
As a whole, what do you expect of Nintendo in the rest of this year, and for the rest of this generation?