Posts tagged reggie-fils-aime 
Reggie Fils-Aime doesn't think much of Zynga, but he's intrigued by free-to-play gaming
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is notorious for his ability to say very little with a whole lot of words, but he doesn't bother mincing words when it comes to his feelings on social gaming giant Zynga. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital blog, Fils-Aime ...
Fils-Aime discusses 3DS DLC, says Wii and Wii U will coexist
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime clarified the upcoming 3DS firmware update allowing "add-on content," in an interview with Games.com. "In terms of what the next system update will allow, it will allow developers to sell add-on content, and whether that's for a physical game or a ...
Nintendo and West Coast Customs bring Mario Karts to life
Normally, Mario's Kart is just a bit of virtual video game magic, confined to a world where turtle shells fly and banana peels litter racetracks. But Nintendo has joined forces with auto shop West Coast Customs to produce two real life Mario Karts, currently on display at the Los Angeles Auto ...
Reggie: NOA 'watching' Xenoblade performance in Europe
Nintendo of America, the last we heard, had "no plans" to localize Xenoblade or any of the other titles for which "Operation Rainfall" is campaigning. But plans, or lack thereof, can always change in the face of enough money. NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime told IGN that the company would be ...
Reggie: Wii U's online functionality will be 'flexible' to publishers
If you're looking for Nintendo's Wii U to have a unified online network ... don't. While concrete plans for the system's online functionality have yet to be fully detailed, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime made it sound like it'll be left entirely up to individual publishers in an ...
Fils-Aime: Consumers' two biggest problems with the 3DS have been fixed
In an interview with Kotaku during E3, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime discussed how the company is addressing consumers' concerns about its stereoscopic handheld gaming system, the 3DS. Citing "consumer information," Fils-Aime said shoppers' biggest hang-up was that the 3DS' ...
Reggie demos Skyward Sword on Jimmy Fallon, says Wii U coming after April 2012
Continuing his week of video game-themed coverage, Jimmy Fallon played host to Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime last night. Check out the video below to see The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword in action, and to hear Reggie talk up the Wii U, which will apparently launch "in 2012, after April." ...
Wii U third-party sizzle reel composed of 360/PS3/PC footage
When Nintendo showed off a reel of major third-party games currently in development for its newly announced console, the Wii U, the footage wasn't actually playing on Wii U hardware. Nintendo of America prez Reggie Fils-Aime casually admitted as much in a post-presser interview with GameTrailers, ...
Reggie Fils-Aime talks Nintendo's 3DS supply strategy
Remember how finding a Wii after its launch was more difficult than finding ... um, a thing, like -- you know what? There actually isn't an analogy that's applicable, here. It was the hardest thing to find, ever. That was a rough period to be sure, but Nintendo of America president Reggie ...
Rovio's Vesterbacka defends mobile games, calls out Nintendo's '$49 pieces of plastic'
"A lot of people in the games industry, they think the 'real' games are on consoles. You're only a 'real' games company if you do a big budget game. But we don't have that inferiority complex," Rovio head Peter Vesterbacka told MCV in a recent interview. Vesterbacka was defending against ...
