Laruent Fischer will be filling in the role formerly held by Jim Merrick.
When Jim Merrick announced that he'd be coming back to Nintendo of America from its European counterpart (before leaving the company altogether), Nintendo didn't say who'd be taking over for the marketing maestro. According to 1Up, Laurent Fischer is up for the job.
Formerly the marketing director for France, he had this to say:
"Nintendo is moving into a very exciting and innovative time as we expand the definition of gaming and broaden the population of video games players. I am looking forward to the new challenge of working for Nintendo at a European level in this particularly significant period."
PGC would like to congratulate Mr. Fischer on his promotion and wishes him all the best.