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The Latest Breaking News from Nintendo of America

Fans Think Rosalina’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie Role Will Confirm A Long-Standing Theory About Brie Larson’s Character

Could casting reveal Princess Peach’s biggest secret yet?

Cinemablend

Despite fans' initial cries to "drop the price," Switch 2 "hardware was appropriately priced," actually, thinks former Nintendo icon Reggie Fils-Aimé

He calls that the Mario Kart bundle "very smart" as it "took the edge off" its $80 price

GamesRadar

After 15 years at Nintendo of America, former president Reggie Fils-Aimé didn't get sent a free Switch 2 from the company so he experienced the launch "like a fan" instead

He's looking forward to Metroid Prime 4

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Nintendo will "never position" itself as a direct PlayStation competitor regardless of the Switch 2's third-party games, former Nintendo of America president says: "It's not in their DNA"

But he "absolutely" thinks there's a player base there for those AAA third-party games to come to Switch 2

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Xbox “has not yet fully embraced Switch 2” according to ex-Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé, who’s surprised Microsoft hasn’t “easily” ported more games

Xbox seems to be taking PlayStation more seriously than Nintendo

GamesRadar

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer Is Here, And I'm All About Rosalina And That Villainous Introduction

Where no non-mustachioed man has gone before.

Cinemablend

'Pokemon Pokopia' Release Date Set for March 5, Coming Exclusively to the Switch 2

Pokemon Pokopia's release schedule is set, and the game is expected to bring its cozy life-sim experience to the Switch 2 this March 5.

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Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé says the console wars are over because Xbox needs "support from Sony for Microsoft’s software to reach the largest audience"

"The years of direct competition are done"

GamesRadar

Nintendo Switch 2's underwhelming opening lineup had former president Reggie Fils-Aimé stumped: "I scratched my head a bit"

But he admits he "underestimated" the "compelling" enhanced Switch 1 content

GamesRadar

You’re going to owe Tom Nook more money after these new Nintendo Switch 2 announcements

Tom Nook wants his money, and he’s going to get it. Nintendo of America announced that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a free Ver.3.0 update on January 15! Now, all of us remember the hit Nintendo Switch game that kept people company back in 2020. Animal Crossing: New Horizons…

The Mary Sue

Former Nintendo of America lead says leaving to help set up Sega of America is "probably the biggest mistake I ever made"

From the NES to the Master System

GamesRadar

Sales exec who helped launch the NES says Donkey Kong Jr. Math is "the worst game we released" and Nintendo "thought it'd be great for kids' education, but we couldn't give it away"

"I think that was one game that slipped through"

GamesRadar

Nintendo's iconic NES Zapper could have been called something else if "a third" of a housewife focus group hadn't walked out of a Duck Hunt preview: "No guns are coming in my house"

"About a third of the women got up and walked out"

GamesRadar

End of an era as Bowser (no not that one) retires from Nintendo

Where's Wario when you need him?

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Nintendo of America COO Doug Bowser retires, new head announced

Doug Bowser will retire as Nintendo of America president at the end of 2025, with Devon Pritchard stepping into the role and Satoru Shibata joining as CEO.

The Independent UK

Nintendo bids farewell to Bowser

‘Leading Nintendo of America has been the honor of a lifetime,’ says Doug Bowser

TechRadar

Bowser (no, not that one) will retire from Nintendo at the end of the year

Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser will retire at the end of the year.

GamesRadar

After 6 years at the top of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser is retiring to make room for the company's first female president, Devon Pritchard: "It's time for the next generation of leadership"

"Devon's track record speaks for itself"

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Doug Bowser retiring as Nintendo of America’s President

He's been in leadership positions in NOA for a decade.

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Nintendo legend Satoru Iwata "burst out in laughter" when he heard Animal Crossing would be translated to English: "I don't know how you're going to do this"

Former Nintendo of America localization manager Leslie Swan admits, "it's true, just everything in that game was so specific to Japan"

GamesRadar

Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto spent an entire New Super Mario Bros. Wii test demo just sliding around with the Penguin power-up, former Nintendo marketing leads recall: "That's all he was doing"

"He definitely experiences games in a much different way"

Creative Bloq

I can't believe we nearly got a NSFW Pikachu design

I'm glad Nintendo didn't get its way.

PC Gamer

'I won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live': Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu 'huge breasts' when Pokémon first came to the US, and no, it wasn't a mistranslation

I have an idea to redesign Pikachu! Well, actually, two ideas. Big ones.

GamesRadar

As Switch price increases go live, former Nintendo marketing manager says it could be "really good news" for the Switch 2 and that Nintendo "found a way to stay winning, no matter how much it stinks for all of us"

"A new customer today buying a Nintendo Switch 2 is a lot more valuable than a new customer buying an old Nintendo Switch"

GamesRadar

Nintendo of America suggested giving Pikachu "huge breasts" during localization according to The Pokemon Company's CEO, who "won't show those illustrations to anyone as long as I live"

"Pikachu was changed into a character shaped like a kind of a tabby cat"

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