Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has passed away

A quote from this man: "Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone"

Yes they are, Iwata. Yes they are.

My avatar is minimal for a reason...

Reading all those tweets from people of various game companies makes me want to shed a lot of tears. As a kid, I grew up in the "console wars" when they first started and some of us took it seriously. But at the end of the day, the people who work hard to give us the games we enjoy are just people like us and like in any industry, you can give lots of respect to your peers, even if you are competing in the market.

You, know I haven't actually found a source for that. He did the graphics compression, certainly.

Hell, even Sony paid tribute to him.

Another quote, from E3 2005:

He was just like a father to Reggie. Reggie, along with others such as Miyamoto, Aonuma, Sakurai, and Tezuka, lost one of his own.

Rest in peace, Mr. Iwata. This is way too soon

Ah. Thanks for correcting me.

My condolences to all of his friends and family. The world has lost a great man.

Rest in peace, Mr. Iwata.

-Salutes-

@55, that's not surprising. All these execs likely know each other at least in passing, they all go to the same events and such. And many of them are fans of each others work.

This is the Nintendo song that is going in my head right now

There is actually another Nintendo track in my head

...God damn. I'm not usually one to get sad over things, but I'm just so choked up right now. I didn't always agree with his decisions, I'm sure most of us can say that, but he was still such a fun-loving, inspirational, and friendly guy that you can't help but love and respect him. Rest in peace, Iwata-San, and God bless you.

I'm listening to these ones myself.

This made me smile through tears◊.

It's fake though.

Here is another song in tribute to the man

and one more

Nuts. Awful news.

Sorry to ask this so soon, but who's the next person in line for CEO?

Well shoot, this came right out of the blue. Not much I can really add aside from offering my condolences to his friends, family, fans, and all of Nintendo.

I play this song as a tribute to the many accomplishments he's made as president, as well as the many childhoods he's helped to create.

Thank you, Iwata-san.

x3 In the interim, Miyamoto and someone I don't know named Genyo Takeda seem to be at the top. Source.

Who knows who the official replacement will be.

edited 12th Jul '15 7:42:42 PM by universalperson

Damn, that's way too young. I thought this guy would've been around for at least another two decades.

Rest in peace, Iwata-San. You will be missed.

It would have to be Genyo Takeda, who's been in charge of the general console development and hardware strategy for a while. Miyamoto's been downscaling and isn't really involved in the business end of things anyway, Takeda's probably got the most creative control.

I recall back when it came out that he had bile duct cancer, someone in medicine saying that he was likely doomed because that one in particular has a very low survival rate. Iwata either lied about his progression so that others wouldn't worry, or he himself was taken by surprise.

A tragic loss. There really isn't anyone quite like him in this industry. It never happens any longer that the developer side really goes and takes over the business side, whereas in the dawn of gaming that was the norm. It helped keep Nintendo special in an era when gaming was overtaken by suits.

Wow, this is sudden. Bile duct cancer is what my father passed away from, and it's not a good way to go.

But enough about me. The video game industry has lost one of its greats, a man who has brought all of us so many wonderful memories though his company's games. He will be missed.