Shuntaro Furukawa Archives

Shigeru Miyamoto shows up to support the release of Ubisoft's Starlink.

Nintendo’s brain trust including Miyamoto answers questions about game development

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 9, 2024
7 min

Nintendo’s top executives answered questions about the Japanese company’s latest financials this week, including responses from president Shuntaro Furukawa and gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto....

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Nintendo president confirms Switch successor will be backward-compatible

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 6, 2024
2 min

Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that the company’s upcoming Switch successor will be backward compatible. But he did so without saying anything about what...

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2 min

Nintendo president: Switch and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sales broke records

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 1, 2019
3 min

Shuntaro Furukawa, president of Nintendo, said during the company’s earnings call that Nintendo’s sales of Switch hardware and games during the holidays were “extremely...

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Incoming Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa and his predecessor, Tatsumi Kimishima in 2018.

Nintendo’s new president hopes silver bullet will blast iOS and Android game sales into Switch territory

Posted byby GamesBeat
May 2, 2018
3 min

Nintendo’s leaders have won plaudits — and some criticism — for thinking differently about games than its competitors, so it’s perhaps no surprise that...

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