As far as the gaming world is concerned so many interesting things have already happened this year so far including Tatsumi Kimishimastepping down as the President of Nintendo. If that was not shocking enough it’s also been revealed that Satoru Shibata the President of Nintendo Europe is also stepping down from his current position as well. It has been confirmed Satoru Shibata will be joining Nintendo Co. Ltd Board of Directors in the future.

Satoru Shibata stepping down as the President of Nintendo Europe was unexpected and as of right now there has not been much talk about who will end up replacing him in that position within the company. While Nintendo as a company has just undergone some major changes in terms of management 2018 still look like it’s going to be a positive year the company seeing how the SNES Classic and and the Nintendo Switch are still doing great in sales.