Nintendo’s new president Furukawa: “develop the company to its fullest”, “say what needs to be said”
Nintendo announced today that its current president Tatsumi Kimishima would be succeeded by Shuntaro Furukawa in June. Bloomberg was able to get a few statements from Furukawa at the press conference in Osaka where the news was announced. He had the following to say about his plans as president:
“We will develop the company to its fullest. I will balance Nintendo’s traditions: originality and flexibility.”
Furukawa also said the following about his approach to running a company whose creations he himself grew up with:
“I grew up playing the Famicom and come from that generation. Now as a member of management with Super Mario’s creator Shigeru Miyamoto, I have a lot of respect for him. On the other hand, with this new job that can’t just be it, so I expect to say what needs to be said to run the company.”
