A recent post on Business Journal states that Satoru Iwata and Nintendo are not in agreement with the future of the company. Iwata is sticking to his ideals by not expanding out to smartphones and the internet, but Nintendo executives are apparently pushing to branch out as other successful companies have. Nintendo managers and executives are even discussing ways to resign the current Nintendo President and CEO. Remember, this is just a rumor so take it with a grain of salt.

The rough translation reads as follows:

Among management, there’s a shared recognition that “Iwata is the culprit”. That is, in the company, there is a strong desire to make popular games such as “Super Mario” etc. for smartphones, but Iwata is vetoing this very strongly. Iwata, continually repeating that “Nintendo’s strength is in unified development of game hardware and software”, stubbornly rejects the “net”, and fixates over “game consoles”, possibly because of his pride as a former developer. With the death last fall of the long-reigning company founder Hiroshi Yamauchi, there is nobody left who can defy Iwata. There are frequent rumors that part of the management is scheming to get rid of Iwata.

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Source: Business Insider (via NeoGAF)