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Case in point, Nintendo of America's comments at the Switch reveal were last, after Japan and Europe talked. When Iwata and Fils-Aime were succeeding with the

Case in point, Nintendo of America's comments at the Switch reveal were last, after Japan and Europe talked. When Iwata and Fils-Aime were succeeding with the Wii, Nintendo of America was front-and-center in every reveal. Now that the Wii U flopped, and Iwata died, Nintendo is hip-deep in Japanese patriotism, just shy of outright xenophobia. The overarching impression I got from the reveal was one of "The Americans are no longer ruining our Japanese company. We're back at the helm now".

jazoom 10y ago
You're right, the US should be first in everything and focusing on your home country (Japan) first is wrong.
- anonbanker 10y ago
  Let's analyze the strawman you've brought up. We have a history of Satoru Iwata teaming up with Nintendo of America, to the point of letting them influence design decisions on the hardware they release (look at Prototype Nintendo DS systems at E3 vs. Release). The name "Wii" was a play on the english word "We". Reggie Fils-Aime had his fingerprint on every product marketed between the DS and the 3DS, evident especially in the embrace of "Blue Ocean" strategies from hardware, to software, to marketing (which is why they hired him from Viacom). The US was first in everything, A time that had the highest sales since the original Famicom/NES. It is merely sticking one's head in the sand to not notice and acknowledge the change in direction this new console is leading.
  - jazoom 10y ago
    I don't deny changes. I do think Nintendo is well within their right to focus on their home country first and I believe they had their reasons for doing it.
cookiecaper 10y ago
Hmm, I'm not sure that I would say NOA got a bum deal in the Switch presentation. Miyamoto and Aonuma were both present with Reggie in New York. That they'd send their two biggest internal figures there does say that Nintendo does care somewhat about the US market, just not enough to redesign their devices to sell well in it. Insomuch as that happens, it seems to be accidental. ;)

jazoom 10y ago

You're right, the US should be first in everything and focusing on your home country (Japan) first is wrong.

anonbanker 10y ago
Let's analyze the strawman you've brought up. We have a history of Satoru Iwata teaming up with Nintendo of America, to the point of letting them influence design decisions on the hardware they release (look at Prototype Nintendo DS systems at E3 vs. Release). The name "Wii" was a play on the english word "We". Reggie Fils-Aime had his fingerprint on every product marketed between the DS and the 3DS, evident especially in the embrace of "Blue Ocean" strategies from hardware, to software, to marketing (which is why they hired him from Viacom). The US was first in everything, A time that had the highest sales since the original Famicom/NES. It is merely sticking one's head in the sand to not notice and acknowledge the change in direction this new console is leading.
- jazoom 10y ago
  I don't deny changes. I do think Nintendo is well within their right to focus on their home country first and I believe they had their reasons for doing it.

cookiecaper 10y ago

Hmm, I'm not sure that I would say NOA got a bum deal in the Switch presentation. Miyamoto and Aonuma were both present with Reggie in New York. That they'd send their two biggest internal figures there does say that Nintendo does care somewhat about the US market, just not enough to redesign their devices to sell well in it. Insomuch as that happens, it seems to be accidental. ;)