{"id":59172,"date":"2025-01-28T18:58:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/soulja-boy-reveals-the-real-reason-why-reggie-fils-aime-retired-from-nintendo-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:58:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:58:34","slug":"soulja-boy-reveals-the-real-reason-why-reggie-fils-aime-retired-from-nintendo-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/soulja-boy-reveals-the-real-reason-why-reggie-fils-aime-retired-from-nintendo-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Soulja Boy reveals the real reason why Reggie Fils-Aime retired from Nintendo &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soulja Boy reveals the real reason why Reggie Fils-Aime retired from Nintendo The Breakfast Club, YouTube \/ GoNintendoAmerican rapper Soulja Boy feels that he knows the real reason behind former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime\u2019s retirement \u2013 and it might have to do with his phony gaming consoles. Soulja Boy retweeted Nintendo\u2019s video discussing Fils-Aime\u2019s retirement on February 22, with a caption that hinted at his potential involvement in the change. \u201cI made him retire,\u201d Soulja said of the development, including the \ud83e\udd37\u2642\ufe0f emoji in his post for good measure. I made him retire :shrug::skin-tone-5:\u2642\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/ibQiCfIHjZ \u2014 Soulja Boy \u201cDraco\u201d (@souljaboy) February 22, 2019 Soulja\u2019s tweet was likely made in reference to his controversial console line, which was removed from his online store due to supposed legal action from Nintendo in late December of 2018. However, that didn\u2019t stop his efforts; the rapper later introduced yet another series of consoles that imitated Sony\u2019s products, which were also removed after a short period of time \u2013 as was his entire website. https:\/\/www.dexerto.com\/entertainment\/soulja-boy-returns-to-the-gaming-biz-with-another-knock-off-console-282630Soulja went on to create a new website with an equally new console, which was smaller (and significantly cheaper) than his previous systems. Read More: Elon Musk finally hosts PewDiePie\u2019s \u2018Meme Review\u2019 in last-ditch effort to fend off T-Series &#8211; Soulja\u2019s console initiative garnered ample controversy, due to his systems being ROM-hacked, knockoff consoles available for purchase through sites like AliExpress and Amazon for a much lower price point. Fils-Aime\u2019s retirement came as a surprise to many fans of the company \u2013 especially considering the fact that Nintendo of America\u2019s next president is literally named \u2018Doug Bowser.\u2019 Soulja has since set his sights on potentially boxing controversial YouTuber Jake Paul in a $20 million dollar match \u2013 although no concrete details have yet been released for their bout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soulja Boy reveals the real reason why Reggie Fils-Aime retired from Nintendo The Breakfast Club, YouTube \/ GoNintendoAmerican rapper Soulja Boy feels that he knows the real reason behind former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime\u2019s retirement \u2013 and it might have to do with his phony gaming consoles. Soulja Boy retweeted Nintendo\u2019s video discussing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}