As 2018 wraps up, this week's episode of Nintendo Minute takes time to reflect on the journey Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been on leading up to its recent release. Joining the hosts Kit and Krysta for this special occasion was Nintendo of America's President, Reggie Fils-Aimé.
The 13-minute clip starts out with the first teaser of the game revealing the Inkling and follows on with plenty of other key events prior to the game's release. Along the way, Reggie talks about his love of Ridley and the Metroid series in general, reflects on this year's Smash Invitational, admits Masahiro Sakurai is "such a tease" and makes mention of the legs on Piranha Plant fighter around the 9-minute mark.
He's also still enjoying the recent Joker reveal at this year's Game Awards. The final part of the video is particularly interesting to hear Reggie's insight about the inclusion of this character and how fans initially thought it might be a Persona 5 announcement for Switch. As we all know, this quickly led to rumours about the game making its way across to the Switch.
Take a look at the full video above and tell us which video in the lead up to Ultimate's release was your favourite one.
[source youtu.be]
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“Reggie plays lowest tiered character and no mention of Prime 4” says every troll on the internet. Sorry if I beat you to it.
Reggie Plays Main Related To Series That He Didn't Even Bother Announcing News About At The Gaming Awards
What happened to Kit's head?! I like his shirt though.
I think it is cool though to have a suit that likes his company product....many suits just see it as a product, but Reggie seems to have some interest in Nintendo lore and characters. He isn't a gamer perse since he has a busy job and a life and I'm sure most folks that work in the industry don't game in their free time (at least not once they are older and the allure has worn off) but he is more than just a suit. I know it's popular to hate him because he actually does his job and doesn't spill corporate secrets left and right but he has always seemed like an alright guy to me. (I would love to have half the statues he has in his office.) Plus quite frankly he doesn’t have to do these appearances; I think he understands that as one of the visable faces of Nintendo that it means something for fans to see him and interact with him. The way you see folks take pics with him and are impacted by his presence , you’d think he was a dev. That is really awesome to see.
Krysta, left field hilarious as always. "-Okay bye!"
@hatch LOL I sneak in from time to time.
They should have played the clip of Reggie vs Hungrybox in Smash for Wii U.
My main is Link as always, second is mario, third is Ike, fourth is Cloud.
@Ryu_Niiyama
Yea, same thoughts exactly.
But the one I would love to talk to and all that wouldn't be Reggie, it's Bill. I don't know, he seems like a pretty funny mellow guy, the type of people I like to be around, maybe because I am one myself?
I mean Bill translates for big Nintendo directors, and probably has a vast knowledge of gaming .... Just comes off this way
I, too, enjoy Ridley. Not sure how a week in we’re all already writing off fighters.
@Ryu_Niiyama can you please give me the link to the video in your avatar?
Ah reaction videos: the lowest tier of entertainment on the internet.
@RadioHedgeFund
You reckon?
Love Ridley I feel hes my fave now more than Samus
Who's the pretty asian chick? Is she single?
Kids React to Adults React to Reggie Reacts to Ridley! copyright REACT by Fine Bros Entertainment
@Spectra Ridley is pretty frackin’ awesome. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.
I liked the part where Reggie said he was the world's best Ridley player, in early June 2018.
@ReaderRagfish he’s the president of NOA. He isn’t working on games
How is Kit suddenly fit?!
Reggie should play as Donkey Kong.
That's a pretty boring video.
@Ryu_Niiyama I technically like Reggie overall, but I have a big red alert button for serial BS-ers...... My problem with Reggie isn't that he doesn't spill secrets, it's that he sounds so much like a sleazy carpet bagging politician he should run for senate. Even if otherwise he's decent. Plenty of older actual gamers in the industry though. Yoshida, Spencer, Hryb, of course Iwata, Aonuma (who does it for "research......." ) Doesn't Sakurai often reference other games he's played in his Famitsu columns?
@NEStalgia most on that list wouldn’t match the current identity of a gamer, I’d wager. If folks didn’t ask Reggie questions he couldn’t answer directly, he wouldn’t sound like that. That being said I like his tone and way of speaking. Oftentimes people string together words to obfuscate and to make themselves seem like intellectuals when it feels like they did a quick google search. Reggie is detailed, the majority of his word choice is precise and he has a few little isms but not many. I suppose I am fond of his oratory style. I wish people would spend more time asking him about current trends rather than trying to trap or trick him into giving them a scoop.
He loves to talk and he loves to talk about Nintendo. There is so much about the company culture thet we could learn from him if journalists would focus.
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