• Fast Company, Wednesday, May 4, 2022 9:36 PM

In an excerpt from his new book, former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé writes of the console’s U.S. debut—and his fear it would get him fired. The company showcased games it was working on at the large Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2006. “We would have them available for all 60,000 show attendees to play,” according to the excerpt in Fast Company. “This would be a particular challenge because we had a ton of games to show, and our traditional booth size was too small. This was especially true because we needed to have more space between players as some Wii games required swinging our new remote like a tennis racket or baseball bat.”

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