MinnMax Interview - Behind The Scenes Of Nintendo Minute With Kit And Krysta (Patreon)

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.

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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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