Nintendo’s full comments on Iwata Asks
Nintendo delivered a little bit of a mixed message about the future of Iwata Asks during its Annual Meeting of Shareholders last week. Genyo Takeda mentioned that the series will return once Satoru Iwata returns from his health issues, while Shigeru Miyamoto said the lack of interviews is because the company “came up with the idea that Nintendo should try to attract a more broad audience through a wider range of methods.”
In any case, here are the full comments about the situation:
Takeda:
Since your question derives from the health status of Mr. Iwata, I would like to add some comments about his current status. We appreciate that everyone is concerned about his health condition. Unfortunately, he had no choice but to miss this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, but in fact we have already started to communicate via email to discuss, for example, business decisions. Since he announced his absence from the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to our shareholders on June 24, we have received many sympathy messages from all over the world via social media and other means. This is all I can tell you right now, and I know that he himself very much appreciates everyone’s concern for his welfare. After Mr. Iwata comes back, I believe that we will be able to provide new “Iwata Asks” interview articles.
Miyamoto:
Thank you for reading “Iwata Asks.” Actually, Mr. Iwata’s physical condition has nothing to do with the reduced update frequency of these articles. Since over half a year ago, we have been discussing our methods of disseminating information to understand to what extent “Iwata Asks” has been able to deliver our information directly to our consumers. As a result, we came up with the idea that Nintendo should try to attract a more broad audience through a wider range of methods. That is the reason why Mr. Iwata has not been updating “Iwata Asks” as frequently. As Mr. Yamato said, we are aiming for broader communication with consumers in ways that are more diverse from now on.
