Reggie Fils-Aimé has now officially left the building. After many years of "kickin' ass", "takin' names" and "makin' games", he's finally retired from his role as the president at Nintendo of America. On the plus side, he's decided to open a Twitter account and is already bombarding his followers with lots of interesting Nintendo-related photos.
This time around, he's shared some more pictures of the gifts and souvenirs he received at the last of his retirement events. This follows on from the special painting Geoff Keighley gave him. As you can see above and below, he got some lovely artwork from Retro Studios, a giant Mario Statue and even scored an old Virtual Boy. Here's the full rundown:
"Last of my retirement events was last night. Received some wonderful gifts and souvenirs. Yes, that is a working Virtual Boy. Art from Retro Studios. Notebook for names taken. A plastic ass to kick. A book of notes from employees. And a Mario statue. End of an era."
Reggie Fils-Aimé - Congratulations on your retirement and years of dedicated service. From all your friends at Nintendo and fans around the world.
What do you think he'll post about now that he's finished up with Nintendo? Tell us down in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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Did he happen to unplug the servers for smash as one last retirement prank.
The Reginator for smash please! Lol.
His taunt would be "my body is ready" (pulls his Jacket tight, and his Lazer eyes start to glow)
His final smash would be all former presidents coming together to kick ass lol.
@RickD
It says in the quote it's a plastic ass to kick.
Anyway, something interesting about the artwork. There's a character hidden behind the Mario statue. You can see a robotic hand.
I bet whoever bought the plastic ass was tempted to get one from a sex shop. Retirement can be a long and lonely time...
There is a hidden message in the picture above.
We can see Mario pointing at the blaster of Samus, who is with Reggie and the DK crew. There are four metroids in the image and DKs thumb is slightly hidden, thus highlighting his four fingers. We also see a Virtua Boy and plastic butt to the side of the frame.
This tells us...
Metroid Prime 4 will be Labo VR exclusive that is a Metroid/Donkey Kong cross-over featuring Reggie, their best friend, who is turned evil by the Metroids. Reggie becomes the final boss who uses his laser eyes to remove your butt and save them in his retirement island as trophies!
That mario statue is beautiful.
Hope he enjoys his retirement!
What character is behind the Mario Statue? Beside Diddy, you can see a robot hand.
As some mentioned before there is a character behind mario and appears to be from a new IP. Let's hope this E3 is finally retro time!
Reggie: "Plastic ass? My body is ready for this"
Look at that picture, Retro Studio thinks that Reggie is part of the Kong family.
@PLATINUM7 A Simpsons joke from when Bart was Hall Monitor. One of the contraband items was a "plastic derriere."
@nmanifold Good eye to notice. Could it be a tease from Reggie and Retro?
@N1ntendodo yes that statue is very conveniently placed. Not sure it’s a deliberate tease, but it looks like Reggie is being careful and hiding a character from an upcoming Retro game. Unless someone recognizes that robot arm?
In the first picture, why is there a metal hand to the left of the Mario statue? Is a character from an upcoming Retro Studios game being covered up?
So retro’s new game features a small cartoon robot.
New NL story on this in a few minutes I’m guessing.
And a new article on the robot hand in the picture in 3, 2, 1...
and he should get free tickets for e3 and possibly future e3 shows.
Guess Reggie has time to acquaint himself with the Virtual Boy now.
@RickD Where's your profile picture from? Harrison Ford? Blade Runner? It's really familiar but I just can't quite seem to put my finger on it!...
Artwork and Mario statue are awesome.
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