E3 2013: Reggie Fils-Aime Interview - Part 1

[@VaatiVidya]

It was interesting to see one of the best interviewers asking the hard questions against one of the best PR guys from Nintendo. Great interview, really

[@Kyztad]

Oh, didnt expect to see Vaati here 8 years and a bunch of soulsborne games later lol

[@Plokijuh1229]

He knew exactly how to answer everything.

[@leftyfourguns]

You can always tell that Reggie wants to chokeslam Geoff. That's why it's fun to watch their interviews

[@stopthrm]

The comment he made about Reggie being sad in his office seemed chippy for sure.

[@Ravioko]

"Where was Reggie?" He was readying his body.

[@The_Ostrich]

Ohh boy, you can tell Reggie absolutely knew already at this point what a shitty console the Wii U was, he was just trying to keep it above water as long as possible.

[@XradicalD]

Man, I have a lot of respect to Reggie, not only now being an icon to nintendo, but also keeps his cool all the time and always having an answer to everything.

[@iKhanKing]

I give Reggie a 7/10. Geoff is asking tough questions that I'm glad he's asking, and Reggie is mostly giving strong straightforward answers, admitting their mistakes, and explaining where they are going from there.

[@maksusername]

I love Reggie Fils-Aime, he's just such a nice person. He always seems so excited to talk about Nintendo stuff.

[@chrislo2007]

Because that Microsoft interview was before the E3 reveal.. so he had no reason to be extremely aggressive without knowing the whole picture. This one with Reggie was after the Nintendo Direct and with all the details announced of Nintendo's plans.

[@archaist]

Geoff gained a lot of points in my books at this year's E3. Every question he asked was something I felt like asking while watching E3. Kudos to him for having the balls to say what everyone was thinking.

[@jakeagawea]

Anybody who feels that they will ever be interviewed in their life, study Reggie. This is how you handle an interviewer who is trying to discretely call your company garbage and try to mock you at the same time.

[@QB.113]

Geoff was really hard-hitting and tough in this interview. He asked some great questions. Well done.

[@MrZissors]

Reggies face says everything. He just smirks when the questions come, because he knows their bodies just cant handle all he gives.

[@EatHardWaves]

Damn, Reggie handled this like a pro.

[@ABXInferno]

"Have I ever been sad?" -Reggie

[@elitebanktyranny]

Nintendo has once again become my favorite gaming company console-wise. They never fail to deliver

[@gothicboulder]

Bro commented this during their worst era

[@DemoMonster7]

Geoff is such a great interviewer. He asks the bare-bones, in your face type of questions that other interviews would be too afraid to ask. Especially the one where he asked Reggie about the lack of third party support and no Battlefield and Madden.

[@TheRealShadowFox]

GameCube was the ONLY console that cost LESS to manufacture than it was originally sold for ($200). And it sold for $200 for the better part of 2 years. And no, GameCube was NOT a distant third- it sold 22 million units, while the Xbox sold 24 million units. GameCube and Xbox were BOTH fighting for a DISTANT second with PS2 well over 100 million sold. You really need to research what you're talking about before you reply.

[@chrislo2007]

A lot of them are though. Reggie himself has stated they try to cater to all gamers(casuals included). Sure you have Metroid, Zelda, Mario(main series). But you also have Mario Kart, Wii Sports, Wii fitness, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, and many others that are casual games.

[@SuperShadow]

reggie has such a way with words.

[@SRCmandan]

I love Reggie! No matter how nintendo is going, It's always great to listen

[@chrisobrien64]

Reggie is so fantastic in interviews. So much class. He's great at being a gentleman while being faced with tough questions.

[@ThatRandomGamerrz]

I'm not upset at all, Reggie replied very well and didn't seem to have much trouble with him. As for the bias thing, that is more of a personal observation, I just found that he has always leaned towards Microsoft and such. Though, he has harped on them before.

[@chimdichekwa]

Reggie interview: grilling, and at times, mocking questions and statements. Miyamoto interview: all smiles. I doubt Reggie has much control over Nintendo's decision-making on games and release dates. He can do nothing more than what the guys in Japan tell him to do, and can reveal nothing more than what they want him to reveal.

[@peperruti]

Reggie is a good guy.

[@ZidaTheBlazing]

Good on Reggie for answering these rough questions well.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

I love how Geoff is really pushing the lack of third-party games. Good interviewer!

[@Naildown55]

"there is only one place where you can play mario, zelda, donkey kong" this is very true, this is the reason i bought ps3 and wii, and it will probably be the reason i buy wii u and ps4

[@stickman2012]

The Regginator made some good comeback responses though.

[@archaist]

Every question he asked is a question I had during the Nintendo E3 conference. It made me really like Geoff. Reggie handled it well, too, he was honest and he gave good answers. Not sure why people are upset about this interview at all.

[@chrislo2007]

Why are you all mad at the interviewer? He asked all the questions that people who may be interested in the Wii U but are hesitant to buy one(for the following reasons that the interviewer addresses) would ask Nintendo. Basically all encompassing "WHY SHOULD I BUY A WII U RIGHT NOW?" Basically there's no good reason to buy one right now in 2013. It takes guts to ask a guy like Reggie these tough questions. I appreciate the guy doing his job.

[@NeonGlowification]

I love how Nintendo doesn't even bother to intimidate other 2 companies. I'm a PS fanboy, but this is just me givin straight up respect for Nintendo. :)

[@rlopezblue13]

5:16 - 5:18 LOL We love you Reggie!

[@ayoopdog]

Geoff is awesome. He asks questions no one dares to ask. And Nintendo has a lot of questions to answer to.

[@TheReal7Bit]

This is the first interview this year with geoff where I thought geoff was actually interested and actually cared, which is why he was more aggressive. Great interview.

[@BenjaminEllett]

Geoff isn't being an asshole he's being a journalist, he's asking the hard questions to people that should provide them. Geoff is great at his job and to be honest he's the most IN YOUR FACE interviewer the games industry has right now.

[@MrSlowpez10]

Reggie just always seems to have the perfect answer. This guy has a way with words. Probably seduced plenty of women back in the day.

[@KHAce]

I'm mostly worried about that, the only reason I didn't bring it up was because..... it's pretty common knowledge by now.

[@GamezGuy85]

People who keep saying this Wii U will kill Nintendo, as a company Nintendo is much healthier than Sony or Microsoft and by that I mean Sony's playstaion division and Microsofts Xbox division cant hold a candle to the amount of cash nintendo has. They could utterly fail with a few consoles straight and have tons of cash to throw at something new. If Microsoft or Playstation does horrible for a couple consoles (maybe even one) it could potentially end them. Classic example of being able to buy themselves out of a problem haha. And FYI I am a Playstation guy all the way but I grew up with, and respect Nintendo is a HUGE way.

[@JamesTheEpicGamer]

I'll say that I'm really happy wiiu is growing now because it actually is getting really great games. The video game industry is like a monopoly board. Sony has green and yellow properties and others scattered around the board, same with xbox, and Nintendo has boardwalk and park place with hotels. Sony and Xbox do great in the majority and has great third party games that sell well during the entire year for the most part and Nintendo get somewhat screwed over for a little but when their boardwalk hits (smash bros, Mario,Zelda,etc.) it hits hard and it will be great for them. I know I picked up a wii u just after seeing the new zelda that is supposed to come out in 2015.

[@HKarlsson]

+JTEG And the new Zelda is coming...?.. In 2017!

[@chrislo2007]

Because the Microsoft interview was before E3 over a week ago. He didn't know everything about the One yet. This one with Reggie was after Nintendo Direct so he knew all the details and was able to ask all the questions not addressed with the reveal.

[@Sparkman91]

Rare footage of Geoff actually being a journalist and asking the tough questions!

[@GeorgeTheRapper2]

Geoff did ask the CEO of Activision if COD is coming to Wii U and his exact response was "we have no comments at this time, stay tuned"

[@CCTV9]

Dewrito Pope is angry

[@OtakuKota]

"My name is reggie, I'm about kicking ass, I'm about taking names. -Reggie.

[@phoenixiz007]

Some of the best years of my life were spend with my snes. Gone are those times. Nintendo needs to realize thar we grew up.

[@onelonelypickle]

Reggie Fils-Aime: No matter what he does in life from now on, he'll always be best known as a man whose body was, one day long ago, ready for something.

[@AdeyAdey]

That look Reggie gives him when Geoff mentions Madden and Call of Duty is priceless.

[@SORA247100]

5:24 Lol

[@wkavre]

it's not the fact that he was being that way to reggie, it's the fact that he was only being that way to reggie.

[@sonickhable]

intresting, if nintendo keeps going like this i will definitly buy a wii u

[@basicoptimalmouse]

He called the Wii U the Wii New. Reggie confirms it himself.

[@AirDyran]

My body is ready.

[@JOJO2k12]

Correction; Madden and 2k DID come to wii u

[@PotbellyPunch]

also the way reggie says "dankey kong" is pretty great.

[@Sabreshield]

I'm glad we agreed.

[@chatchat102]

Goddamn, Reggie's smooth as fuck here. I love that little bit about "While you were summarizing everything, you forgot about Kart." Just like, damn.

[@The94Venom]

My eyes literally popped out of my head in front of such argumentation.

[@l9601021]

Best interviewer ever

[@Beatles4office]

I just wished Nintendo put all these demos on the E shop instead of at Bestbuy

[@Flackon]

Let Dorito guy do something resembling a journalistic interview for once, man. Hitting Reggie with the hard questions is good.

[@OxP2]

look up "E3 My Body is Ready"

[@breadordecide]

Take a shot every time reggie says "the fact of the matter is."

[@Laekith]

You did the right choise, by far there are more awesome games from 3DS. The new Fire Emblem, Ocarina of Time 3D, the upcoming Zelda game, Pokémon X & Y and all the 3D remakes such as the Cave Story one. You can also play DS games with it. You should get a WiiU when Pikmin 3 or Wind Waker HD come out :D

[@mrnintendo15]

I don't know much about Katsuhiro Harada, but based on some pictures I've seen of him, it seems to be part of his character. It is acceptable to wear sunglasses if it is sort of a character trait of the interviewer.

[@mrnintendo15]

It's not necessarily a lack of 3rd party support on the wii u, but rather a lack of next-gen multiplat games. I could go on a big rant about the state of gaming journalism today, but that wouldn't be fun. All I'll say is that true journalistic integrity amongst video game journalists today is uncommon.

[@Mattmattymattymatt]

never gets old

[@Ironmaiden654]

The Regginator and the Dorito Pope. A match made in heaven

[@FierinMahLazor]

the thing is that nintendo is at a spot where they need to increase the install base of the wii u. in other words they need to play it safe. there's no reason to think that they won't move on. especially considering many of their "milked" franchises appear once every console.

[@ColbertAwesome]

Happy 55 Birthday reggie

[@AbleAnderson]

There you go. Address the points I made. Nice argument you put back at me, you're very intelligent.

[@GeorgeTheRapper2]

"Donkey Kong was the surprised" Its been SEVEN months since E3 and Donkey Kong STILL isn't out! (Note: I'm aware Smash and Kart aren't out but Donkey Kong was schedule to release in November).

[@RogerWazup007]

I wish there was an interview between them this year. Geoff: Only two games?! Reggie: Well, uh, you see... [something PR-sounding like "we're focusing on what gamers want to see the most"]

[@buhlayke]

If they released a new Metroid and F-Zero, I'd be sold

[@ShiivGaming]

I think if not by the holiday season, then by the time Smash Bros 4 comes out the WiiU will be back on track.

[@QuJee]

Yeah and he was quite polite to them

[@FierinMahLazor]

yeah SSB4 having Megaman, villager, Wii fit trainer, Mario 3d being 3dland based, moonolithsoft's x, and mario kart having zero-g wasn't at all a surprise and completely expected by EVERYONE.

[@jalojoes]

Reggie was ready to suplex the Doritos pope the whole interview lmao

[@DarkTooth69]

damn he really put reggie in a difficult position with some of these questions

[@HueyTheDoctor]

It seemed like Reggie's body wasn't completely ready in this interview.

[@GreatJobStudio]

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[@Fa11inFlare]

I wanna be just like Reggie when I grow up.

[@quindyn]

I still want a WiiU for these games

[@BossAttack]

No game company wants to answer any hard questions, they just want to do their usual PR and be done. Geoff consistently asks the hard questions to things we all want to know. Even in the Sony interview where he mostly praised Sony he made sure Jack answered the question about requiring a PS+ subscription. As far as product placement and the VGA's go Geoff has no control over the advertising so I don't see why someone would blame him for it.

[@DemoMonster7]

But I do think I should've worded things differently in my comment. But yes, I do think Geoff is a great interviewer. He asks REAL questions that other people haven't done in other interviews i've seen.

[@ProbableEffect]

He is the most likeable person ever,

[@Josh123914]

To his credit, he does handle the doritos guy very professionally.

[@TEHEPICWAFFLEXD]

we're pretty awesome once we go 2 school

[@SRCmandan]

They're waiting for an install base.

[@FierinMahLazor]

the problem with third parties is that they make ports of 3+ year old games, expect them to sell like pancakes, and base their entire support of the console on those sales.

[@GrandSirThebus]

Reggie's counterpoints were ready.

[@mariofan110]

0:56 Geoff: "Does that mean no E3 press conferences moving forward for Nintendo?" Reggie: "No." Well with the announcement of E3 being permanently cancelled, now there's no way it can happen. Not to say I'd be hopeful regardless, because Nintendo never did it again.

[@jefbef1798]

I Pre-ordered Pikmin 3 and Super Luigi U (hard copy). Only 3 weeks of waiting left :-)

[@grimmviral]

Christ, you're that guy who made the Madness stuff. Word.

[@wkavre]

watch the second part. it's a little more apparent in that one.

[@360spider06]

yea it was harsh but he was asking the right questions though its the questions on every ones mind honestly im glad he asked them so now i feel safe in nintendo because they werent talkin a lot before.

[@peanutsncream21]

5:26 "Hahaha. No."

[@mrnintendo15]

I don't know what "people" you're talking about, but you're wrong. People still love those game franchises, and they sell tremendously well. Lots of grown up nintendo fans still love those games, (I know I will when I'm older) and they continue to get great reviews.

[@xboxmodder02]

The only times nintendo had good 3rd party support was on the NES , Game Boy (all versions) and the SNES.Most developers didnt want to know the N64 because it was hard to program and it took cartridges.Where everyone else by that time moved on to CD.

[@sylinmino]

Reggie is a damn good interviewee.

[@QuJee]

as soon as the games get out, their sales will be equal or better. Lets face it, every gamer has a PC, a Nintendo console and either one of Sony's consoles or of microshaft. As you said, they are their own league, and considering that its in the console market, thats a merit point for them.