Reggie Fils-Aime Says Halo is His Favorite Non-Nintendo Video Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 May 2022 / 2,664 Views
The former President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé in an interview with G4TV's Xplay was asked what was his favorite video game not from Nintendo and he quickly answered "Halo."
"I say that because the original Xbox was in my living room before I had a GameCube," he added. "I wasn't an employee of Nintendo. I was on my own video game journey.
"My kids were pushing me, 'we got to get an Xbox. We got to play this game Halo.' And they would end up kicking my ass. I mean...it's not that I'm good at it, but I really enjoyed that game."
Reggie Fils-Aimé is most likely talking about the original Halo - 2001's Halo: Combat Evolved - as he was hired by Nintendo as the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing in December 2003 and Halo 2 launched in November 2004.
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I bet there's a lot of people with Halo in their top spot.
That original Halo trilogy was a cultural phenomenon that took the world over.
Definitely. Halo is, in large part, the reason that I'm still a gamer. I played a ton as a kid, but I had moved away from it in early adulthood. Halo:CE hit when I was 21, and it reminded me of how much fun video games can be.
Was the N44 the slim version..?
Why yes it was. It was 20 bits slimmer...
Even though I was and always will be... A PC gamer, Halo and Fable were the reasons I bought the OG Xbox and those games.
Still own all the original stuff too!
Halo Infinite seems to be a little turnaround for the I.P. at the moment which is great after the stumble that was Halo 5.
Play MCC folks. It's an amazing collection of Halo games.
Halo CE is a pretty awesome game, yeah.
Halo combat evolved is also my favourite non nintendo game, I have a PC, ps5 and switch and have been gaming for over 32 years. Halo had a perfect story, characters gameplay and music.
Halo is a very important and special series.
The guy has good tastes.
I may try the series again. I have only played Halo 1 and 3 but it was so long ago when I wasn't really into FPS games. Things have changed since then.
coming from the guy that doesn't like donkey konga
I am a huge Nintendo fan a I dislike donkey kong, I tried to get into it, it just doesn't strike me as a good platformer, I do love platformers, I absolutely love Ori and Rayman legends and new super mario U
He said Konga, not Kong.
Is that even a game?
Donkey Konga is a rhythm game with two sequels.
Not sure if serious?
When Bungie made halo it became instant legendary status,
But... 343 however... Hahaha
I think part of the problem with newer Halo games is that the first 3 set an incredibly high standard. You just can't make every game land in the GOAT conversation. Games that are very good as opposed to great aren't normally disappointments. But, when your game is compared to Halo: CE, you are almost certainly going to fall short of the mark.
343 has made some very good Halo games. But, Bungie's shoes are tough to fill.
