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The Fantasy E3 Nintendo press conference that could have been…
So apparently some people thought the Nintendo E3 press conference blew chunks. There were games worthy of being played by core gamers coming out for Nintendo systems this year, that’s undeniable, but for some reason Nintendo chose not to feature a majority of them during its time on center stage. In that vein, Wired took a crack, It’s A Wonderful Life-style, at creating the E3 Nintend...
Wii Fit motivates other Wii titles into Japan’s top ten
Are you one of the doubters? When you saw Wii Fit debut earlier this year, did you scoff and sneer like 95% of the “enthusiast press?” News today from Japan goes a long way towards making people like you the left out in the cold variety, as Wii Fit has not only sold decently, it also boosted the sales of other Wii games that many people were ready to right off as disappointments in the...
Reggie Fils-Aime, the anti-Wii bundler
Nintendo of America president Reggie FIls-Aime and I share a nuber of redeeming traits. We both are able to turn coal into diamonds using nothing but brute strength and our fists, for example (related note: Merry Xmas, babe!). We can also affect weather patterns worldwide using nothing but the white hot intensity of our personalities, which burn with the combined heat of a thousand suns. Oh, and w...
Reggie: The competition is trapped in a box
Leave it Reggie to say what everyone I was already thinking months ago. Today, GameDaily quotes Reggie Fils-Aime, the current godfather of all things Nintendo in the ever important American market, and he spewed a mouthful once again. Basically, Reggie told BMO Capital Markets today that, “The challenge that our competitors have is significant. They’ve gone down the path with building ...
Wii a fad? Not so fast, says Fils-Aime
I promise you I am not Reggie Fils-Aime blogging as a Nintendo fanman, nor am I channeling the great Reggie when I write posts like this one today. Put simply, over the weekend Reggie attacked the Nintendo attackers who say the Wii is a fad the proceeded to praise Halo and BioShock as tour de forces in the industry. He also said LittleBigPlanet is being released on the wrong system (too true, Regg...
Fils-Aime wins Brandweek’s “marketer of the year” award
We often joke about Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime’s no holds barred quotes and conference keynote bravado, and we really shouldn’t since he can apparently fly and shoot lasers from his eyes. But on a more serious note, he really does appear to believe in his products and that they will, ultimately, extinguish conventional thinking about video games. For that Brandweek ...
O Reggie, Reggie, wherefore where art thy “September Surprise?”
Far be it from me to tell a high powered, high paid, ass kicking executive how to do his job, but I will anyway. Reggie, where the heck is my Nintendo September Surprise? I forgot to change my desk calendar, so it still *appears* to be September, but deep in my gut I know it’s really October 8. On this fine Columbus Day here in the Americas I am feeling, in a word or five, let down and rippe...
How to say Reggie’s last name: “Fee-Suh-May”
Straight from the source.
Nintendo: Wii shortages will last until 2008
For all of the success the Wii has wrought for Nintendo, there is one area where the machine (and Nintendo’s strategy) has been woefully inadequate: production. And it’s going to stay that way. Today, I found an interview at GameIndusty.biz with Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime that all but confirms there will be massive Wii shortages this holiday season. Lest there be any remaining...
Breaking News: Jack and Reggie to wed on Wii anniversary
Only 10 months after the release of Wii, Jack finally proposed. When Reggie tried to respond with a joyful profession of love for his new fiancé, Jack stopped him and said, “You had me at DS.” The happy couple will recite their vows on the 19th of November, the one year anniversary of Wii going on sale. The Fanman and The Prez are registered at the Nintendo World Store. Congratulation...
Reggie promises streaming flow of Wii; WiiFit now $99
Nintendo of America’s Reggie Fils-Aime is promising a Wii inventory stream of Flomax proportions this winter to coincide with the holiday season. With every analyst and industry watcher predicting that this holiday will be a megaton event for the entire video games industry in terms of sales, I hope he’s right. System sellers like Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy are sure to st...
Monday Thoughts: The Reggilution/The Miyamoto-verse.
There was a question posed this weekend on Infendo radio of who has had more of an impact on Nintendo, Reggie or Miyamoto. My initial answer was that since being hired in 2003 Reggie has been the driving force for the rebirth of Nintendo and is the reason I am here so for me Reggie is the impact player at Nintendo. So a day goes by and I am watching my girlfriend play Super Paper Mario. I ask her ...