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RUMOR - Iwata planning major shake-up with developers, Miyamoto moving away from EAD
The following is supposedly a plan put forth by Iwata...
- By December 2012, Iwata hopes to put in place a restructure of R&D
- this revolves around the new Kyoto R&D building
- building should house over 1200 developers
- Nintendo has continued to expand R&D operations in its Tokyo sector
- several veteran developers from Square, SEGA, Koei, Epoch, and Konami can easily transition to join the EAD Tokyo development section
- Shigeru Miyamoto is expected to leave the EAD Division most likely by December 2012
- Miyamoto has vocalized his intent of stepping aside as General Manager of EAD
- he may create a third development sector where he would work with younger developers
- Miyamoto would focus on smaller resources, and work faster to develop games
2013 Expected Iwata Changes
+ Major shift in Kyoto development sources involving 3 R&D buildings
+ Shigeru Miyamoto stepping down as EAD General Manager
+ Takash Tezuka becoming new EAD General Manager
+ New Groups / New Producers announced for EAD Kyoto / SPD Kyoto
+ EAD Tokyo Expansion / Masahiro Sakurai Possibly Joining EAD Tokyo
+ New Division lead by Miyamoto with younger staff focused on smaller scale games
+ Miyamoto's Departure Inspiring New IPs for the EAD Kyoto Division
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- By December 2012, Iwata hopes to put in place a restructure of R&D
- this revolves around the new Kyoto R&D building
- building should house over 1200 developers
- Nintendo has continued to expand R&D operations in its Tokyo sector
- several veteran developers from Square, SEGA, Koei, Epoch, and Konami can easily transition to join the EAD Tokyo development section
- Shigeru Miyamoto is expected to leave the EAD Division most likely by December 2012
- Miyamoto has vocalized his intent of stepping aside as General Manager of EAD
- he may create a third development sector where he would work with younger developers
- Miyamoto would focus on smaller resources, and work faster to develop games
2013 Expected Iwata Changes
+ Major shift in Kyoto development sources involving 3 R&D buildings
+ Shigeru Miyamoto stepping down as EAD General Manager
+ Takash Tezuka becoming new EAD General Manager
+ New Groups / New Producers announced for EAD Kyoto / SPD Kyoto
+ EAD Tokyo Expansion / Masahiro Sakurai Possibly Joining EAD Tokyo
+ New Division lead by Miyamoto with younger staff focused on smaller scale games
+ Miyamoto's Departure Inspiring New IPs for the EAD Kyoto Division
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