RIP Iwata Satoru, Nintendo President

[BurningHammer]

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Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth.

He is one of the Big Two of Nintendo along with Miyamoto Shigeru in the past decade. He was a programmer working on Balloon Fight and Earthbound before moved up to the president of the company in 2000. Game Cube, NDS and 3DS, Wii and Wii U are the products under his tenure.

Iwata playing Balloon Fight on Game Center CX
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63mG4k-VIyY)
RIP

[Batz]

:(

[Millslapped]

RIP Iwata. You're up there with the best of em man.

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[Batz]

RIP Iwata. You're up there with the best of em man.

http://i.imgur.com/Pv6eFxs.jpg
there goes my childhood :(


RIP

[Lebron23]

RIP Mr. Iwata.

[Kungfro]

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He is one of the Big Two of Nintendo along with Miyamoto Shigeru in the past decade. He was a programmer working on Balloon Fight and Earthbound before moved up to the president of the company in 2000. Game Cube, NDS and 3DS, Wii and Wii U are the products under his tenure.

Iwata playing Balloon Fight on Game Center CX
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63mG4k-VIyY)
RIP
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Talk about coming out of nowhere, only 55 years old. Legend of the industry, he'll be missed.

[BurningHammer]

Looking back, is Iwata era of Nintendo a success?

Gamecube was a failure only to rebound back big time with NDS Lite (original NDS was slow at first) and Wii. Then Wii U got crushed by competitors again (for now, because of Splatoon?).

[24-Inch_Chrome]

:(

[Kungfro]

Looking back, is Iwata era of Nintendo a success?

Gamecube was a failure only to rebound back big time with NDS Lite (original NDS was slow at first) and Wii. Then Wii U got crushed by competitors again (for now, because of Splatoon?).
I would say so, the DS and Wii were mammoth successes for them, and I personally consider the DS the best handheld ever made. While the gamecube struggled to compete against the ps2, it still did ok and has a solid library of games. 3DS has also sold very well. I'd really only consider the Wii-U a failure, even though I do enjoy it.

[Crimsonrain777]

may a Smash Bros character be created in his honor and his name be worshipped for all of eternity:(

[BurningHammer]

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Talk about coming out of nowhere, only 55 years old. Legend of the industry, he'll be missed.
http://i.imgur.com/Meyq34v.jpg


I always wanted to try out Iwata's new game, after he said "If I had the time, I would want to make games." Balloon fight was the greatest. I always boast about the fact that I got one of your business cards, "This is the guy who made Balloon fight!" Thank you for you good work.

[Le Shaqtus]

:cry:

[Draz]

RIP. But maybe now the company can change directions and this might be for the better of gaming.. Portable gaming? They need to get into console gaming. The Wii U is trash so was the Wii.

[KingBeasley08]

RIP. This dude is the reason Pok

[BurningHammer]

RIP. But maybe now the company can change directions and this might be for the better of gaming.. Portable gaming? They need to get into console gaming. The Wii U is trash so was the Wii.
Still, Iwata's direction may be right after all.

They knew they couldn't fight against other two giants head on, so instead they tried to; concentrate on portable gaming i.e. Nintendo DS that ended up a big success at the end, and market their console to even wider demographics i.e. Wii that also ended up a big success.

Wii U is a very good console that came out too early and hasn't had good software that can be appealing to hardcore gamers and goes really well with til lately (Splatoon).

[Sonic R]

I know Nintendo is making a killing on damn amiibos! those came out under his watch...

RIP Iwata :(

I think I'll play some Balloon Fight.. it was the second NES game I got after Super Mario/Duck Hunt..

[BurningHammer]

I know Nintendo is making a killing on damn amiibos! those came out under his watch...

RIP Iwata :(

I think I'll play some Balloon Fight.. it was the second NES game I got after Super Mario/Duck Hunt..
Sonic R sighting! :eek:

[Kungfro]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/thank-you-iwata-tributes-pour-in-for-nintendos-lat/1100-6428840/

[Patrick Chewing]

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[West-Side]

Wow, only 55. :(
RIP, thank you for making my childhood so fun.

Your legacy will live on forever.