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'''Tatsumi Kimishima''' (君島 達己) is the fifth and current president of [[Nintendo]], being appointed to presidency in September 2015 after [[Satoru Iwata]]'s death in office in July 2015.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> Before his role as president of Nintendo, he was [[bulbapedia:The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]]'s Chief Financial advisor and head of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006, as well as a managing director at Nintendo, at the human resources division. Kimishima has also worked for 27 years at the Sanwa Bank of Japan, prior to working for Nintendo. | '''Tatsumi Kimishima''' (君島 達己) is the fifth and current president of [[Nintendo]], being appointed to presidency in September 2015 after [[Satoru Iwata]]'s death in office in July 2015.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> Before his role as president of Nintendo, he was [[bulbapedia:The Pokémon Company International|Pokémon USA]]'s Chief Financial advisor and head of Nintendo of America from 2002 to 2006, as well as a managing director at Nintendo, at the human resources division. Kimishima has also worked for 27 years at the Sanwa Bank of Japan, prior to working for Nintendo. | ||
According to the Japanese newspaper ''Nikkei'', Kimishima had predicted that the [[Wii U]] console would not be successful, primarily because it was too similar to the [[Wii]]<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref>; however, he denied that in an | According to the Japanese newspaper ''Nikkei'', Kimishima had predicted that the [[Wii U]] console would not be successful, primarily because it was too similar to the [[Wii]]<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref>; however, he denied that in an investor meeting.<ref>http://www.reinodocogumelo.com/2016/07/kimishima-assume-responsabilidade-por.html</ref> He has plans to continue in Iwata's direction and is still focused on Nintendo's efforts to enter the mobile market.<ref name ="Wii U">Hussain, Tamoor [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-president-warned-wii-u-was-too-simil/1100-6430584/ Nintendo's New President Warned Wii U Was Too Similar to Wii]. (September 15, 2015) ''Gamespot.'' Retrieved September 16, 2015.</ref> | ||
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