Nintendo's next president likes Golf Story, lived in Germany for 11 years, and has a famous dad.
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Nintendo dropped a surprise bombshell yesterday when they announced that 46-year-old Shuntaro Furukawa would be taking over from Tatsumi Kimishima as the company president in June. And for added measure, Furukawa followed it up with an added bonus.
Every year, Nintendo holds a meeting where investors can ask the company's top executives whatever they'd like. And every year, the questions are pretty much priceless.
The last time Nintendo went Hollywood, it was a disaster. But now that the company is offloading the Seattle Mariners, it's ready to get back into showbiz.
Back in 2014, Nintendo announced it would be releasing a new health-based platform sometime between 2015 and 2016. Well, it's 2016, so where is it? Not ready, says Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima. It might never be.
Yesterday, Nintendo unveiled its new mobile app Miitomo. Some folks were underwhelmed! They might be counting Nintendo out. Don't count Nintendo out.
