One quote from the latest Bloomberg story (see last post) that I’d like to highlight separately:
[Yamauchi] would be heard telling staff to eschew self-congratulatory behavior, as breakthroughs could easily be followed by failure. That mindset continues to permeate Nintendo’s headquarters
Furukawa himself said the same in a 2022 interview:
Iwata was kind and warm to everyone. When it came to himself and his work, however, he was truly strict. If I, as President now, start speaking arrogantly, I could hear him scolding me from heaven, “don’t you have something more important to do?”
[Originally posted on 2025-09-02 Pacific Time]
