Nintendo Just Hired a Guy Named Bowser

<p>Psychologist Sigmund Freud claimed not to believe in coincidences&comma; but sometimes there are times when the universe begs to disagree&period; Today&&num;8217&semi;s news just might be one of those times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In what may be the coincidences of coincidences&comma; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s announced that it&&num;8217&semi;s hired Electronic Arts&&num;8217&semi;s Doug Bowser as its Vice President of Sales&period; An EA veteran of over seven years&comma; Bowser spent his time working in global planning and sales forecasting&period; His new role at Nintendo will have him overseeing the company&&num;8217&semi;s North American retail sales as well as being involved with marketing for the Nintendo World Store in New York City&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We present to you the Bowser in question below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;83331" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-83331" style&equals;"width&colon; 406px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04231422&sol;Doug-Bowser&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-83331" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04231422&sol;Doug-Bowser&period;png" alt&equals;"Doug-Bowser" width&equals;"406" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-83331" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">New Nintendo VP of sales&comma; Doug Bowser&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now&comma; we present you with that other Bowser&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04231355&sol;Bowser-HD&period;png"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-83333 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;04231355&sol;Bowser-HD&period;png" alt&equals;"Bowser HD" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"274" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo may be many things&comma; but now it&&num;8217&semi;s probably the only gaming company to hire anyone of its own characters&&num;8217&semi; namesake&period; We do not yet know which Bowser is the better golfer&comma; racer&comma; or tennis player&comma; sadly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What&&num;8217&semi;s next&quest; CEO Nathan Drake at Sony&quest; COO Tidus Zanarkand at Square Enix&quest; The sky &lpar;and the dictionary&&num;8217&semi;s&rpar; the limit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;news&sol;home&sol;20150520005475&sol;en&sol;Nintendo-America-Hires-Bowser-VP-Sales&num;&period;VVycqkjIbyl">BusinessWire<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;