Nintendo welcomes two new marketing execs

by Justin McElroy { Jan 14th 2008 at 12:30PM }

It's a fact that, thanks to a relocation, Nintendo's been losing marketing execs like a colander with with marketing exec-shaped holes in it. But honestly, when customers are leaping on your products and mauling them, grizzly bear like, as soon as they hit the shelves, what purpose does your marketing team really serve anyway?

Regardless, Big N announced today that they've brought on two new additions to their marketing staff. Bill Van Zyll will be the new director and general manager of Latin America, while Denise Kaigler will serve as vice president of Marketing & Corporate Affairs, taking over for the departing Perrin Kaplan. We would imagine both will be reporting to the Maytag repairman for all their training needs.

Tags: marketing, nintendo

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FidliousWong @ Jan 14th 2008 12:35PM

Was the first qualification "must be uglier than the pumpkin headed Regginator?"

Zertoss @ Jan 14th 2008 12:38PM

That's silly. Reggie is as handsome as a barrel-tossing gorilla gets!

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 14th 2008 12:41PM

Reggie has more sex appeal than Phil Harrison.

=)

FidliousWong @ Jan 14th 2008 12:44PM

Fernando, that's like asking if you would rather fuck a dead trout or a dead moose. Sure, one wins but both are scenarios no right thinking person puts themselves to.

Fernando Rocker @ Jan 14th 2008 12:47PM

I guess you are right =S

deaftly @ Jan 14th 2008 12:56PM

Fernando, you know you want a mustache ride from Peter Moore

Worst Review Ever @ Jan 14th 2008 1:03PM

There's a clear victor between a dead trout and a dead moose?

samfish @ Jan 14th 2008 2:07PM

Well, the moose would probably stay warm for a little while. The trout would be like a cold fish.

FidliousWong @ Jan 14th 2008 3:51PM

Nah, with the moose you could at least somewhat pretend at a human experience whereas with the dead trout, you can't do that. In fact, it'd be more akin to a masturbation sleeve...

huh?

GRANTED @ Jan 14th 2008 4:27PM

A: the one with fewer pointy bones is generally preferable.

Moofree @ Jan 14th 2008 12:46PM

Instead of the nintendo logo, that image needs a "We would like to play" caption.

Jevanzz @ Jan 14th 2008 12:54PM

Damn, she's fugly.

lvl99ultrathug @ Jan 14th 2008 1:10PM

I'll reserve my judgment until I see the 200 or so pixels that were cropped from the bottom of her pic. She does have manjaw though.

And the guy looks like Squeak "Little Bitch" Scolari.

TWiNKiE @ Jan 14th 2008 4:03PM

Fugly? How 'bout downright scary?

No joke, when I saw that chick, I started to shiver..... for my life.

Korova @ Jan 15th 2008 9:09AM

Really, was that the ONLY picture they could find?

Although if you compare some TV anchor men and women, women have way too much pressure on their looks. Can you imagine if 60 minutes was all women?

Obie @ Jan 14th 2008 1:03PM

Man, if you just got this job, you'd be smilin' too!
Ka ching!

GRANTED @ Jan 14th 2008 1:07PM

she smiled so hard her face broke

arrrgh @ Jan 14th 2008 1:09PM

HAHAHAHAHA man i just spat zoodles all over the place

fco. @ Jan 14th 2008 1:34PM

"Bill Van Zyll will be the new director and general manager of Latin America"

May this mean they'll be taking Latin America more seriously?
(fun fact: did you know that, in order to use the Wii Shop channel, I must first configure my Wii as if I lived in the U.S.?)

Undead Priest @ Jan 14th 2008 1:34PM

She does have a Reggie-like chin. Just less shiny.

But I hope she does a better job than Perrin did.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Jan 14th 2008 1:36PM

For as much false crap as Perrin made up, it shouldn't be hard to do a better job.

FidliousWong @ Jan 14th 2008 2:02PM

Frankly, I consider it modern miracle Perrin lasted as long as she did. I mean, fucks sake, she couldn't get facts straight in the era before Virtual Boy. This new fangled technology blew her retarded little mind.

Ignatius @ Jan 14th 2008 1:38PM

The guy on the right looks like he was posing for his high school freshmen picture.

Gangsta Smurf @ Jan 14th 2008 1:41PM

Good thing Nintendo prefers Innovation > Looks...

Marty @ Jan 14th 2008 1:41PM

That woman has a... er... really big face.

Curmeo @ Jan 14th 2008 2:16PM

they're almost as ugly as Wii graphics

Worst Review Ever @ Jan 14th 2008 2:56PM

It's like she has 2 jaws duct-taped together. Zing!

embassy @ Jan 14th 2008 4:37PM

i have this feeling shes at least 28% less ugly when shes not smiiling.

oh, and who let McLovin apply for the latin marketing position?

Flak Beard @ Jan 14th 2008 6:58PM

Why the new farmhands? I thought the sheep were doing a good job herding themselves.

ManekiNeko @ Jan 14th 2008 7:14PM

You know, the sad thing is that you can't comment on the appearance of company spokesmen on AOL's other blogs. So many ugly PR flacks on Engadget... so many missed opportunities!

But yeah, that chick on the left looks like the unfortunate love child of George Foreman and Shannon Doherty. "The eye doesn't line up with the other one because it's trying to ESCAPE!"

Fatass of Kickassness @ Jan 14th 2008 9:30PM

Bill Van Zyll is the coolest name ever.

yoshironoeru @ Jan 14th 2008 9:39PM

that lady looks like KIRBY!!!

Superstar90 @ Jan 14th 2008 9:48PM

They aren't actually ugly. The Wii just can;t handle their good graphics faces.

drun @ Jan 14th 2008 10:16PM

marketing execs keep leaving 'cause they got nothing to do.

soul4sale @ Jan 14th 2008 11:52PM

Question: Who gives a flaming barrel of horse shit about who Nintendo hired to feed you press releases and give you no-comment comments?

The only people who give a good goddamn who answers their press inquiries at Nintendo are you...not the readers. Please, fellatiate the press hacks elsewhere. This is a family blog.