Behind The Scenes Of Nintendo Minute With Kit And Krysta - MinnMax Interview
722Update: After this interview, Kit and Krysta announced they are launching their own Patreon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AelNmSTJ5O4
MinnMax's Ben Hanson interviews Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang about working at Nintendo for over a decade in the public relations and original content department and how the creation of the regular YouTube series Nintendo Minute changed their lives. They talk about working closely with legendary Nintendo developers, the challenges of preserving Nintendo's history, the origins of the Nintendo Direct, lessons from Reggie Fils-Aimé, and more. Help support MinnMax by subscribing to our YouTube channel or by unlocking the podcast version of this interview and more over on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax
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To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:10 - Kit and Krysta’s post-Nintendo life
00:04:08- Working with Nintendo’s legendary developers
00:10:51 - Insight on Shigeru Miyamoto
00:15:28 - Creating Nintendo Minute
00:21:46 - Visiting Nintendo’s headquarters
00:27:10 - Preserving Nintendo’s history
00:30:41 - Launching Breath of the Wild
00:33:25 - The “Nintendo NX”
00:37:27 - The origins of the Nintendo Direct
00:41:47 - Behind the scenes of Nintendo Minute
00:46:05 - How stressful was the job?
00:47:06 - Why they left Nintendo, plans for the future
00:50:30 - Lessons from Reggie Fils-Aimé
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