Nintendo of Japan president Satoru Iwata passed away at 55
Satoru Iwata, longtime company president of Nintendo has passed away on Sunday.
He was the president of Nintendo for 13 years, the company had huge success with Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii during this period.
He joined the company in ’80s and took part in programming for franchises Kirby, Balloon Fight and Earthbound. He loved interaction with the fans with “Nintendo Direct” and “Iwata Asks” series.
Mr. Iwata made us remember what is important about video games. They are meant to be fun. Not boring, not repetitive, not full of violence, only fun. As a previous programmer and always a gamer, Mr. Iwata was someone we could relate to. I only wish more game company presidents could learn from him.
I will always remember Mr. Iwata with his quote which pretty much explains his views about gaming: “Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone.”
RIP
I will miss him
PLEASE UNDERSTAND
first 😀
Someone dies yet all you care about is people seeing your the first to comment on here?!?! Shame on you! To make it worse you put a laughing face and… YOUR NOT EVEN FIRST!
Haha….dude thts really a rip off on him…..lmao
Well, this generation is quite *** up. There are quite a lot of kids who visit this site, and they don’t seem to acknowledge the extent of respect for the dead. Why would they.. These ***h0le kids are the type with short attention spans, and the likes of which continue to pester the talk forum full of “haxx the p$4% le m8s”
*you’re…
You 8 the b8, m8.
Also *you’re, lol.
lolz, hehe nice style of writing………….i meant rip off on the guy who commented ” first 😀 “, and again….nice style of writing The Z
😀 😀 😀
Get the *** out of here you ***
strife commit a mistake but this mistake is not good excuse for you to insulting him
A big respect to this guy! RIP Iwata-san, a big thank you to all of my childhood memories! :’)
Sad that a great visionary is now gone for all times… *silently puts a green mushroom down*
god blessing him
Love the guy but not the company. I admire the way he ripped people of with cheap and nasty hardware. I love earthbound and the franchises he was evolved with. It is sad to see once a great man fade into the mist.
Will his death lead to Nintendo’s downfall? If so capcom may release another monster hunter for Sony.
Well, you never played a 3DS then.
And no, it will not lead to its downfall and they will never get Monster Hunter again.
as if Capcom is Nintendo subsidiary.
No need to play such underpowered junk
not only cheap and nasty hardware, amiibo too is cheap cash grab.
Graphic wh0re detected!
It was his time to eat his own creation……the purple mushroom :p
Shut up you fvc.king idiot. A man dies and you make ret.arded jokes? Shame on you.
BTW I told him to not watch murder p@rn…………. Hehe 😀
:(:(:(:(:(!
But do you still love Yifan Lu?
yes it is that guy from that article :))
*** REPREP!? “Nintendo of Japan president Satoru Iwata dead at 55”!?!?!?
Do you not realize what is wrong with how you worded that??? Change it before you get any more attention, like with that idiot from Polygon who wrote the same thing!
I apologize for my mistake. Sorry for not noticing it before.
It’s okay. As long as you get what was wrong lol. Now delete my comment! Quick, before someone else reads it!
What was wrong with it? It means the same thing
This man rescue many times the company of bankruptcy. I hope a new leader ceo for secure the future of the facilities
It’s so sad that Iwata died and someone like Motomu Toriyama (who actively tried to destroy Final Fantasy franchise for more than 10 years) is still alive. Take Toriyama and give Iwata back!
No thanks
WAY too young. 🙁
RIP
did he have a terminal illness? i ask b/c doesn’t japan have like the highest life expectancies?
bile duct growth according to Nintendo’s official report.
Don’t know what the writer means by these games are “not boring, not repetitive” lol most Nintendo games are repetitive and boring, especially Mario games. I’ll admit that some games were good and fun though. RIP Iwata, sad that he died but maybe good for the company
It all depends.
He will be missed. May he rest in peace 🙂
allah rahmat elasin
Not glad he’s dead, but I’m glad he’s gone. I hate what he turned Nintendo into. The 3DS and Wii U are probably the shittiest consoles I’ve ever owned.
I own a PS Vita,but “Nintendo” will always be in my Kingdom Hearts chain of memories,Satoru Iwata R.I.P :'(
Sono d’accordo
Please hack the PSVITA. The time has come. Sony, the party will be over soon.
Satoru Iwata was a great guy.In my opinion one of the best game developers.
I will miss him
Guess eshop will have a price drop for abit
*** that’s all you care about?
I wasted money on the wii u
Its a dust collecter