Former Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aimé has revealed his misgivings on the launch of Game Boy Micro – a project he said his company was “forced” to launch despite its concept being a “nonstarter”.
Writing in his newly-published Disrupting the Game memoir, Fils-Aimé said he was surprised to hear of plans for Game Boy Micro relatively late in its development, and despite Nintendo having moved on to focus on Game Boy Advance’s successor, Nintendo DS.
“From my perspective, the concept of Game Boy Micro was a nonstarter,” Fils-Aimé wrote.
The “lesson” here was that Nintendo of America leadership needed a closer relationship with other executives in the company, and better sharing of information, Fils-Aimé concluded.