Tidbits from an interview with Nintendo's president trickled out earlier today, and now we have another wave of details. You can see Nintendo's president discuss a number of subjects below.
Switch success
- has surpassed Nintendo’s expectations
- the portability aspect has been accepted by consumers
- Nintendo wants to raise its sales forecast to over 20 million units this year
- if the goals for FY2017 are reached, then Kimishima thinks Nintendo can change the business flow
Smartphone games
- Nintendo's mobile efforts still haven't become a pillar of profit
- Nintendo wants a scale where they have some degree of existence by releasing about two to three titles per year
Movies
- Nintendo is thinking about the method of delivering movies in a broad way
- Nintendo intends to take good care of its content
- Nintendo won’t simply give out the license, as they want to be involved in production
Super Nintendo World
- construction in Universal Studios Japan is going to begin
Quality of Life device
- a sleep measuring device was announced a few years ago
- Nintendo releases products when they’re complete, look interesting, and make people want to buy them
- the division in charge of that is still developing the product
China
- Nintendo has wanted to expand there and have tried for several years
- the authorities have their own thoughts on software, so Nintendo has to carefully consider how to go about selling games
- for smartphone games, it’s a matter of receiving support from a Chinese company that would distribute them there
Keyword for the new year
- Kimishima said “originality”
- this way of thinking is considered the most important by Nintendo
- Nintendo will always pursue products that will surprise people in a different way than other companies
- Nintendo wants to continue creating things that people in a broad range of ages – starting from children – find to be interesting
from GoNintendo
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