Satoru Iwata Once Said Nintendo Should Avoid Endless Sequels and Keep Innovating Its Biggest Franchises

Long before the success of the Nintendo Switch, former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had already outlined why the company should not simply rely on endless sequels to its biggest franchises. In a 2006 interview with MTV News, Iwata explained that repeatedly making sequels without introducing new ideas could make Nintendo appear unwilling to take risks. “If all we were to ever do is just continue to make sequels and not do anything new or different,” Iwata told MTV News, “people…