Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa Comments On Switch 2 Supply, Movie Plans, And More

Japanese publication Kyoto Shimbun has published a new interview with Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa.

In the interview, Furukawa discusses the current state of the Switch 2, as well as the company’s future plans for the console and their upcoming theatrical films. You can read a translation of the highlights below via Nintendo Patents Watch:

• Switch 2 supply has stabilized globally, except Japan needing a bit more time to meet demand.
• Nintendo aims to make Switch 2 a “器の大きな” hardware (= raccommodating, generous, and forgiving) to realize 1st and 3rd party devs’ ideas.
• There are people who pick up their first console when reaching a certain age, and Nintendo wants to make Switch 2 accessible to them.
• Components are procured from suppliers based on Nintendo’s medium to long term business plan. The current memory price has no immediate impact on their financial performance. However “we must monitor the situation closely.”
• When asked about price increases, Furukawa gave a PR savvy reply: “I cannot comment on hypotheticals.”
• Nintendo will further enhance their software offerings from 2026 onwards. He says: “We are developing popular series titles that many fans are waiting for, but also completely new software.”
• He wants to build excitement leading up to the new Super Mario movie.
• More info regarding the Zelda film will be released gradually.
• Their primary focus for movies is not short term profits but character exposure. They’d like to establish a system to release more films beyond these two.
• When asked about anime streaming, Furukawa said that it’d be challenging to reach that point, but followed with an investor friendly hedge: “if we can create works uniquely Nintendo, it’d be good in the future.”
• Nintendo Museum received 500k visitors in the first year since opening, many of them from overseas. They hope to add more features going forward. The lottery system for tickets will continue.
• Furukawa thinks that it’s importation to build a strong financial foundation, so that employees can take time to refine creations until themselves are satisfied, without being pressured by short term business results.

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