It’s been a pretty interesting year for Nintendo, and it’s going to close out on an even more interesting note. They’ve announced that Doug Bowser, COO and President of Nintendo of America, will retire from the company effective December 31, 2025. Devon Pritchard will replace him, becoming the company’s first female President.

The Bowser era has been interesting

I’m not the biggest fan of some of his recent comments regarding the Switch 2, but he did have an impact on the Switch era coming in after launch. I do think it went entirely too long, though, and while I’m sure he isn’t wholly to blame for obvious reasons, I feel like he could have at least been the voice in the room. That’s what it felt like was missing from Nintendo of America over the last six years he was President.

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