Reggie Reflects On E3 2018 In The Latest Episode Of The Nintendo Power Podcast

Reggie is just a puppet who darent say anything against the dumb decisions Nintendo make. Everything he says seems very scripted.

@mgnoodle No, believe me. You give Public Relations a few years, it gets easier to improvise all that.

@mgnoodle he’s excellent at his job and he is able to formulate a response that is both professional, mindful and one that is constantly teasing fans. Not sure why he gets bad rep. It’s pretty easy to extract what you need from him.

His body can handle the negative comments.

@brutalpanda it’s not that like I don’t like him. I just think, like most bosses, he towes the corporate line. He’ll say Nintendo listen to their fans but we, and he, knows Nintendo of japan don’t. For example, various online services that people have asked for since the 360 days that Nintendo still don’t have. Like his laughable comments on how the Nintendo solution of voice chat is the best one for gamers. He can’t possibly believe it’s the best solution. no gamer has said it’s what they want or that’s it’s any good. What they/we want is to be able to use a BT headset or plug one directly into the console (at system level, not like Fortnite).

Reggie always manages to get under my skin. He sounds disingenuous and scripted. Even when things get really bad he tries to convince everybody that everything is honky dory, or he manages to convince himself of that. He's really the worst spokes person Nintendo has ever had. And people...this "my body is ready" meme really has to die. It truly isn't funny anymore.

@Vriess Soooo.....like every PR person or higher-ups from every company ever?

@Vriess He doesn't really have a choice, lol. BUt I wish he was more charismatic about HOW he does it.

Wanna listen to it - but it sounds like it might be super cringey.

@Lthoise
Sure, a lot of spokes persons sound scripted, but I don't care about a lot of other companies as much as I care about Nintendo. I don't have any problem listing to Bill Trinen or any of the Japanese representatives and/or devs. It's just Reggie that annoys the living crap out of me. Even more so then everyone from EA combined, and I despise EA with a passion.

@Dang69
Yes, his charisma, or the lack thereof is the biggest problem I guess. I don't believe that he is just reading a script that someone else wrote. I think that he has a big say in what he wants to communicate and how. I know that he has to "sell" Nintendo to the public and I'm not saying he is a bad CEO but it would be better for NOA if he would let someone else do the talking.

@mgnoodle Except we've recently learned Nintendo enabled direct voice chat through games back in April, and Fortnite is proof this is true. So... just because it's not implemented at system level yet doesn't mean they aren't listening.

This podcast is lame

I listen to this regularly and I have to say, although I really enjoy it, it's getting a lot more advertisement-ish.

The segment with ZeRo felt informally refreshing, however! It was pretty laid back, and he definitely gave genuine answers to the interview questions, and nothing he said felt forced.

"he has no choice", saying everyone does the same somehow justifies this behaviour. Nintendo fanboys, always amaze me.

@brutalpanda it's because he comes across as a corporate Muppet by choice. The man speaks in ad copy as a primary language. Phil Spencer, Pete Hines, for that matter bill trinen are professional, speak in corporate manners but still seem human rather than a walking version of a press release as Reggie does. Iwata, yoshida, hirai, ishihara also come across as human first, so it's not just A "Japanese company" thing. It's just a Reggie thing.

I picture his first words as a toddler were "actionable items"

@Vriess he's the only man alive that can make a yellow rodent with electrical super powers seem boring.

@Vriess I actually think a lot of how he is is informed by how Nintendo of Japan wants him to appear.

@NEStalgia idk about that. yeah he sounds professional to the point where he rarely makes a mistake but that doesn't take away from his personality. he's got a sense of humor and that's apparent, he also laughs when he's caught on the PR stuff and I think he's got the strongest presence out of the other guys. the guy's got memes out of things he actually said and did. He also isn't afraid to get silly in skits. Him and Phil are tied for me.

@brutalpanda some of the problem i think it's Reggie's personality ended when iwata died. They were supposedly friendly and i feel like Reggie gained a personality when kimishima read recalled to Japan and iwata took over noa, and that personality vanished when kimishima took over again.