Perrin Kaplan and George Harrison leave Nintendo

Now that the June deadline date for Nintendo of America staff has reared its head, the fallout from Nintendo’s Sales and Marketing move has been leaked. According to our sources, approximately 90% of the Nintendo of America Sales and Marketing Staff has decided not to make the move to either San Francisco or New York, thereby taking a severance and leaving the company.

Three key executives will be leaving Nintendo of America, including Senior Director of Public Relations Beth Llewelyn; Vice President, Marking and Corporate Affairs Perrin Kaplan; and Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communications George Harrison. When these three will actually depart the company is unknown at this time, however, we’re betting on the fact that they’ll stay with Nintendo of America until the upcoming E3 show is over.

Currently, this basically wipes out the majority of Nintendo of America’s key marketing executives. The only two major executives remaining at Nintendo of America include Chairman and CEO Tatsumi Kimishima and President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. However, whether or not they will be packing a U-Haul and trekking to San Francisco or New York is unknown at this time.

Game Informer Online has interviewed all three of these executives countless times in the past years, and we wish them well in their future endeavors.

We have contacted our reps at Nintendo to get “official” word, and are still waiting to hear back with a statement.

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I' m not overly familiar with Beth Llewelyn, but Perrin Kaplan and George Harrison have been key figures for a long while now so it makes you wonder what' s going on behind the scenes and whether it' s as simple as not wanting to move cities.

Either way this isn' t good news for their NA marketing department.

A shame really I liked Perrin Kaplan, a good fit for Nintendo.

Moving cities the cause...I don' t know. Guess we' ll have to wait and see what Nintendo has to say on this.

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I wonder. I mean, on the one hand, I think it' s more understandable for people who are middle-aged and maybe have kids in a particular area and don' t want to uproot their families. Also, they probably get a sweet severance package at the height of their success. On the other hand, that' s a lot of executives to lose at once, isn' t it? Maybe there are untold dramatic factors.

Holy hell, 90%?

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Maybe there are untold dramatic factors.

I' m thinking it' s probably some complex love triangle between the three.

Probably better than what actually happened. Dumb dumb move on Nintendo' s part. They' re almost certainly going to take a hit from this one.

They still have Reggie, he' ll save the day!!!

Go Reggie! Go Reggie! Go Reggie!

Still he had a good run with The Beatles?

Seriously though maybe the relocation package wasn' t worthwhile, it does seem strange that 90% are not moving, maybe they have been offered positions elsewhere to help an ailing electronics firm boost business in the US?