For Reggie Fils-Aimé, it's not game over after heading up Nintendo's US video game business

Even before he leveled up to Nintendo's top U.S. job, Reggie Fils-Aimé knew how to make strategic moves. While interviewing in 2003 to join Nintendo and head its U.S. sales and marketing efforts, Fils-Aimé asked to meet with Satoru Iwata, who had recently been made Nintendo president. Fils-Aimé got the meeting and the job, but years later learned it was "a massive breach of protocol." The request almost "precluded me from even getting the job offer," Fils-Aimé told USA TODAY, "But I knew enough about the company that for me to be successful, I needed to have a strong relationship with Mr. Iwata. This conversation (they had) was supposed to be about 30 minutes and ended up being much longer than that. And as they say, the rest is history."