After two months, Nintendo has appointed Tatsumi Kimishima, age 65, as president of Nintendo of Japan.



Kimishima previously worked as president of Nintendo of America from January 2002 through May 2006, before that working as the chief financial officer at The Pokémon Company and president of Pokémon USA. He also has 27 years of experience working at the North American branch of Sanwa Bank of Japan.

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I wish him the best of luck. Iwata is a tough act to follow, at least on stage, but here's hoping he can improve the business side of the company and get some good marketing going.

Good luck, good sir. I don't think anyone is going to even come close to matching Iwata's popularity for a good few decades, but those credentials he's waving around are no joke so I'm expecting Nintendo is in good hands.

I'm gonna never forget Mr. Iwata but I hope he can manage to keep Nintendo in good shape... especially without pulling icky stuff other publishers might do.