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Exclusive: Nintendo's Laurent Fischer "regrets" geeks and otaku remark

Nintendo Europe's senior marketing director, Laurent Fischer, has issued a statement to videogaming247 saying he regrets saying that only "geeks and otaku" care about the issue of Wii storage, and never meant to cause offence.

"I have huge respect for those who, like me, share a common passion for Nintendo and want to make it clear that I would never use and I didn't use this terminology in such a context or way to cause offence," he said.

"I regret that this misunderstanding has created such offence and disappointment within the community.”

Fischer caused uproar last weekend after making the comment, and even raised the ire of David Jaffe overnight. You don't want to raise the ire of David Jaffe.

And that's the end of that.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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