Reggie Fils-Aime retired as Nintendo of America president in early 2019, and since then he's become prolific on Twitter and taken up a board position with GameStop. He's also started a seven-part podcast series, Talking Games with Reggie and Harold, alongside journalist Harold Goldberg. It's available on Soundcloud, or you can also listen to it on Apple Podcasts and other podcatcher services, like Pocket Casts and Stitcher--just search for "New York Videogame Critics Circle".
In the first episode, Fils-Aime shares some anecdotes about his time with Nintendo, and what it was like becoming the frontman for the company's western operations. He also says that he almost messed up his own hiring by demanding to speak with then-president Satoru Iwata during his interview process. Iwata would become a good friend of his, but Fils-Aime was not meant to speak with him during these proceedings, as Iwata would not be his direct superior.
Fils-Aime reveals the reason why he needed to speak with Iwata--because of his doubts about the company. "I needed to feel comfortable with where the company was going," he says. Nintendo was struggling at the time with the GameCube, which was pacing far behind the PlayStation 2. "While the handheld business was dominated by the Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo was driving that part of the business, on the home console side things were challenging," he recalls.
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