“We will make applications, and not just action games, in consideration of what best embodies ‘Nintendo-like’ applications.”
☆ NintendObs Event – Nintendo’s 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Question:
The former President Mr. Iwata passed away last year on July 11, and Mr. Kimishima was appointed president on September 16. Can you explain why two months were needed to choose the next president?
Next, the Nintendo website has the “Iwata Asks” section, which was a very good opportunity to learn about the difficulties experienced by those in game development. I want to ask you to revive this section.
Lastly, I think many people would like to play Nintendo’s action games as smart device applications. But smart devices use touch panels, which may not be suited to action games. Does Nintendo have any plans to launch a physical controller and invest in new titles of quality action games?
Answer:
Kimishima:
To the first question about the two months after the former President passed away, while he was still alive, he gave Mr. Takeda, Mr. Miyamoto, and myself clear instructions to ensure that operations would proceed smoothly. While running the business based on his instructions, we took two months to carefully consider what would be the best organization to put in place, how best to take on new projects, and who would be the right person to be in charge of what.
About the “Iwata Asks” section, I do not have a background in game development, so I would not be able to give very interesting questions. Going forward, we will create opportunities to provide information in a fitting format about the background to our game development and the interesting aspects of it.
Shigeru Miyamoto (Senior Managing Director, Creative Fellow):
The former President Mr. Iwata and I had talked about how the “Iwata Asks” section had fallen into a rut, and we will consider what format will best suit this type of content.
For the last question about smart device applications, Mr. Shinya Takahashi is leading this development and I will let him explain.
Shinya Takahashi (Director, General Manager of Entertainment Planning and Development Division):
Physical controllers for smart device applications are available in the market and it is possible that we may also develop something new by ourselves. On the other hand, I believe Nintendo’s way of thinking is to look at whether action games are really not impossible (without a physical controller for smart device applications) to create and how we can make it happen to create such a game. I think we will make applications, and not just action games, in consideration of what best embodies “Nintendo-like” applications, including applications for everyone from children to seniors.
— The 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Source: Nintendo JP.
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