Reggie

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé recently hosted a talk at Cornell College of Business, during which he chose to share his knowledge of business and leadership.

However, some of the most interesting nuggets to come out of the lecture were predictably related to Nintendo; Reggie mentioned, for example, that the late Satoru Iwata was initially against bundling Wii Sports with the Wii console. He also revealed that’s he’s rather happy that he no longer has to field questions about Mother 3 coming to the west.

As promised, edited highlights from the lecture have now been posted on Cornell’s YouTube account, and we’ve got a few more pieces of interesting info.

Reggie was asked by a member of the audience what his favourite game was during his time at Nintendo, and his answer may not come as much of a shock: it’s Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Reggie was also asked which character he mains as in Super Smash Bros., and revealed that he likes playing as Zelda and Ridley:

If you’d like to watch more of the talk, head over to Cornell’s YouTube page.