The following details come from a new Wall Street Journal article...

Mr. Kimishima sees his successor as someone good at building consensus among all employees rather than relying on a few ''geniuses''
had been eyeing Mr. Furukawa for years as a future CEO
Mr. Furukawa on Nintendo: ''should focus on things that only we can provide. Otherwise Nintendo would lose a reason to exist''
Mr. Furukawa has often briefed investors and analysts about the company's financial results
while he hasn't developed game consoles and software himself, people who know him said he is an enthusiastic game player
Mr. Furukawa said a recent favorite is ''Golf Story,'' a role-playing sports adventure game developed by a small studio in Australia ''I have to ask him many numbers-related questions, but there have been so many times in the past when I ended up spending so much time chatting about games.'' - Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace Research Institute
Mr. Kimishima said he would remain at Nintendo as an adviser and assist the new CEO along with Shigeru Miyamoto
Mr. Kimishima said it was getting difficult for him to fly around due to his age
better-than-expected sales momentum of the Switch console made him decide it was time to pass the baton
Mr. Furukawa said he hoped to bring the Switch to a wider audience and pointed to Nintendo Labo
also said he wants to turn smartphone games into a revenue pillar for ...