Nintendo's Miyamoto is looking to hand over the reigns to a younger developer who can take his stead.
  • Otakulad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I mean, the man is 71 years old, is probably very wealthy, and wants to have fun. Let the man retire.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      “What super mario needs is LOOT BOXES!!! Yes, you jump and hit the question box, and now you can pay for a fire flower. If not, you get a coin!”

    • experbia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

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  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It would be nice if he handed it down to somebody who wasn’t such a jackass about emulators and leaks, but Nintendo is notoriously abusively litigious, like worse than Disney, so I’m not going to get my hopes up.

    • Chozo@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      It’s not that sort of hand-down. Miyamoto isn’t in charge of Nintendo as a whole; he just heads some of the creative departments. The legal/business end of things are still going to be largely under Furukawa.

      • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        The legal/business end of things are still going to be largely under Furukawa.

        Oh, so this guy?

        Yup, he def looks like a no fun asshole

        • Chozo@fedia.io
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          5 months ago

          LOL, he definitely gives off “hall monitor” energy. But for what it’s worth, he is 20 years younger than Miyamoto, so maybe he’s still in the cards.

      • ChapulinColorado@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Why is no one buying Mario Universe x Star Wars: return of the Palpatine clones? Better mark up Disney plus and park passes to keep investors happy for the next 6 weeks, our longest term plan yet.

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I wonder if hes ever looking to retire, or if he’ll continue working till he cant anymore?

    • Grangle1@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s waiting to find that younger person he feels he could pass his position to so that he can finally step down and retire, but he’s looking for JUST the right person.

      • Grangle1@lemm.eeEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Five young recruits find the five golden Switch cartridges.

        Recruit 1 is walloped by a big tie-wearing gorilla after eating its entire banana hoard.

        Recruit 2 grows too big after eating a prototype actual Super Mushroom and turns into a Toad.

        Recruit 3 is rejected after touching the Triforce and being sucked into the Evil Realm.

        Recruit 4 loses an IRL series of WarioWare games played in a giant replica TV.

        Recruit 5 is hired after returning the free Switch 2 prototype they were given despite initially being rejected for painting graffiti on the wall with Splatoon paint.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I’m already on AMCs website, trying to preorder my ticket, and emailing customer service about why they haven’t started accepting preorders to a movie that hasn’t even been conceptualized yet.

        • Iapar@feddit.deEnglish
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          5 months ago

          You have to buy amiibos to have a chance of finding one. Everybody knows that.