Nintendo Minute Creators Kit And Krysta Reveal Why They Left Nintendo

Last month, Nintendo Minute creators Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis announced they would be leaving Nintendo after many years at the company, shortly after the conclusion of the aforementioned web series.

In an interview with MinnMax, Kit and Krysta shed some light on the reasons why they decided to move on from Nintendo after working with them for more than a decade. As it turns out, their decisions were mainly driven by the closure of Nintendo’s San Francisco office, where the two of them were based. Although they were offered to move up to Nintendo’s Redmond office, they were more comfortable staying in California and moving on from the company.

Q: Why did you both leave, obviously they [Nintendo] closed the San Francisco office, but why are you both choosing to step out here?

Kit: That was the reason, I mean it’s quite simple actually…the office we were in in California is closing down. To the company’s credit, everyone was given the option to make the move up to Redmond. And I think for us that was a point of reflection – it’s time to think about what we’ve done and accomplished and what we might be able to do in the future. No, I think we’re happy here – we’re both from this area, so it’s a new chapter.

Krysta: I would say the office closure was definitely a catalyst into thinking about what could potentially be next… Being somewhere for 13-14 years, you can’t help but think maybe it’s time for a change, maybe it’s time for something different, as much as we both loved working at Nintendo.

When asked about what they planned to do next, Kit and Krysta had this to say:

Kit: We had such an incredible outpouring from the fans when we ended Nintendo Minute and when we left NIntendo, it really opened our eyes to the importance fans placed on Nintendo Minute – which was touching. So I think we’re at a place where we really want to continue to make content together, in you know probably a different way than we were before, so we’re looking at what that could be, and what that could look like and hopefully we have some more to share soon.”

Krysta: I will say the connection and the relationship we were able to build with the community with Nintendo Minute is something that’s very special to us and it couldn’t have been a more touching moment when we saw that outpouring from that community – so that is a relationship we want to maintain with that community. Continue to engage with people that watch Nintendo Minute, that love video games…we really want to continue that relationship… that’s going to be the core of what we’re hoping to do next.

If you’re interested in finding out more, you can check out the full interview below:

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