Several years ago, a famous musician and designer Kanye West contacted the company directly Nintendo with a proposal to develop a joint game. Within one of the exhibitions E3 the popular performer even managed to arrange a meeting with his father Super Mario Shigeru Miyamoto, and later continued negotiations with the then president Nintendo of America Reggie Fiss-Eme…
I recently told about an interesting fact Fiss-Emereminiscing about meeting with Kanye West on the internet podcast Talking Games with Reggie and Harold… Former top manager Nintendo explained that despite interesting prospects to work with a musician, the company simply did not have the time and resources for such a collaboration…
At the time of his meeting with Nintendo, West was experimenting with a game idea, needed recommendations, feedback and partnerships. That’s why he came to E3.
“I told him, ‘Kanye, you don’t want to work with us because we take games very seriously, we are tough, we are focused on delivering the best game content. Nintendo is not the partner you need. “And he looks at me and says:” Reggie, I’m looking for a partner like you! “
“At that moment we had a lot of projects at work, a lot of things, and there was simply no place and time for Kanye. Because of this, we had to very politely decline his offer.”
However, it seemed to Nintendo employees that West was passionate about his idea and was serious. His wife was also in the hall at the time of the conversation. Kim Kardashian…
In 2016 West announced a game for mobile platforms Only one, which he dedicated to his mother Donda West, who died in 2007, but it never came out. Reggie did not specify whether the musician came to Nintendo with an idea for this project or another.
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