Did You Know Gaming is primarily known for sharing facts and easter eggs about video games, but from time to time, it spotlights influential figures within the industry as well. In the above video, the focus is on Reggie Fils-Aimé, who recently announced he was stepping down as the Nintendo of America President and would be replaced by Doug Bowser.
Here's a description of the 15-minute clip:
In this episode, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets, and history of one of gaming's biggest figures, Reggie Fils-Aime. Our look at Reggie covers his history in business including his work at Pizza Hut, all the way up to his work at Nintendo of America launching the Nintendo Switch.
And in case you missed it, here is Reggie's retirement video:
Did you learn anything new about Reggie from Did You Know Gaming? How are you feeling about Reggie retiring now that the news has sunk in? Tell us down in the comments.
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We will miss "My body is Ready" from Mr. Reggie.
Hopefully Doug Bowser can be as silly as Reggie in term of Nintendo Direct presentation.
@Anti-Matter Agreed. Let us both hope that he has the ability to show us how "Nintendo" he is!
Did you know? Reggie’s body has in fact been ready for 11 years, 8 months, and 6 days?
Awe Reg.. we’ll miss u!
He deserves at least 5 comments haha..
Looking forward to seeing if Doug can fill out the shoes of Reggie. I doubt it, for Reggie was something special, but we'll see
I'm normally not much a fan of marketing, but Reggie is a genuinely likeable guy. He was excellent at his job.
He leaves April the 15th it would be nice if he done one last direct even if its a mini and there's nothing new to talk about apart from game dates. But if he doesn't he doesn't we all miss you Reggie.
Whenever the wind whistles through the leaves, I’ll think, “Lowenstein, Lowenstein".
What a thoughtful, well put together video, and a nice trip down memory lane. His speech for Iwata was touching. I’ll miss the big galoot.
I didn’t know he was responsible for the Big Foot Pizza, when I was a kid, renting a game and picking up a pizza was Saturday night bliss.
@SockJones I went to Florida in 93, we got a pizza delivered - the pizza chosen? The Bigfoot...we didn't have them in the UK.
I still can't believe that he doesn't even look like he's in his 60's...love the know the secret of youth for certain people!!!! Anyways, I'll still say that he reminds me too much of Donkey Kong every time I see him, but he is a great guy! Definitely someone that helped nintendo throughout the years! The new guy, I guess give him a chance, because we don't know really that much about him yet, but he'll have some big shoes to fill.
@JLPick That’s the beauty of games. They keep you young.
You will be missed
This is such a great channel. Highly recommended.
Reggie was pretty cool. I do think his departure was "a little quick" though. He may not have wanted to go just yet,....although he worked his rear end off and could have been under too much pressure, either way. He was good for Nintendo because he had the personality for it...Unlike the new NOJ Pres....
Reggie was one of the very few CEOs who seemed to genuinely love and enjoy the company/products they promoted. Nintendo is a games company that focuses on fun, and Reggie never forgot that.
@AlienigenX "My name is Zweig."
The video has a typo, as the man was not born in 1951, but 1961.
Reggie was great on selling the games and being charismatic. But honestly I don’t really care if Doug Bowser is as charismatic or seems as excited as Reggie. Why does every tech bigwig now need to be Steve Jobs? Just do your job and facilitate success. Spare me the TED talky nonsense and platitudes.
On a bit of a sidenote: In the last photo of Iwata shown during the video, he looked so bad. I was a bit shocked by that. He was sadly very ill.
He will live on are souls...
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