Reggie Fils-Aime says seeing Pokemon inventory shortages ensured him not letting it occur once more

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé was as soon as once more current at The New York Recreation Awards and earlier than he introduced the Andrew Yoon Legend Award to The Pokemon Firm he recalled a narrative of when he first started working at Nintendo of America. On the time retail was within the midst of the launch of the long-awaited Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Sapphire. Sadly there simply wasn’t sufficient items to maintain up with the fevered demand. He stated that that have made him make sure that online game software program shortages wouldn’t and shouldn’t occur on his watch on the firm.

“I had simply joined the corporate and [was] there for under a few week after I needed to work with our retail companions as a result of they actually didn’t have sufficient copies of Pokemon Ruby and Pokemon Emerald for the Christmas rush. They have been a bit upset,” Fils-Aimé says (though he most definitely meant Pokemon Sapphire, as Emerald didn’t launch till 2004 in Japan, and mid 2005 within the US). He provides, “And consider me, I by no means let that occur ever once more.”

Regardless of getting off to a considerably tough begin with the franchise, Fils-Aimé continues, “I all the time loved working with The Pokemon Firm, and I really like all of the video games.” He additionally says the “Pokemon Plus controller with the Mew inside,” is “certainly one of my favorites.”

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