Please excuse the unusually formatted picture. It's the only way I could comically portray the following tragic news. Perrin Kaplan, George Harrison, and Beth Llewelyn have all decided to leave Nintendo of America due to NoA's decision to move their respective departments, Sales and Marketing, to San Francisco and New York. No official statement has been issued by Nintendo, nor is a date given for when they will be out of Nintendo's loop for good.

Let's end this post with some memorable quotes from each departing party!


Perrin Kaplan: "The Wii will be region-free."
George Harrison: "(San Francisco is) nice. I've been down there many times. The weather's great, I've just got to figure out where to locate."
Beth Llewelyn: "Ahh!  You’re going to ask me to do math!  I’m gonna have to figure that one out."

I wonder if Harrison had a change of heart since the Media Summit, or if he was always planning on leaving?

Link: gameinformer.com