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Add me to the list of people who had no idea he was this sick - or how much he'd accomplished before becoming Nintendo's president. His death is a genuine loss for everyone who grew up loving video games.
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:I can't imagine how the stress must have been affecting Iwata in the last few weeks. Just awful stuff. The internet killed Iwata.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Time for Reggie to take his rightful place on the throne. Announces merger with Yum! to distribute pizzas, marios, mountain dews, and taco bells to the willing masses.
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You could tell Iwata loved his job and the company. He oversaw and pulled Nintendo out of its first slump in their history of making games.
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Anime Curator posted:I bet people still want Federation Force cancelled. "A president has to take things really seriously, even if it doesn't seem like it. It's understandable if you lose weight from stress...but I get fatter instead. Nobody thinks I'm taking it seriously." - Iwata talkin' to Samus over the phone.
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Optimus Subprime posted:Announces merger with Yum! to distribute pizzas, marios, mountain dews, and taco bells to the willing masses. Worked for Activision.
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Jul 13, 2015 02:19
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Not even Platinum could work out a troll about this.
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Jul 13, 2015 02:21
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You know it's serious when even Kamiya is being a polite guy
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Jul 13, 2015 02:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgk8YbNlALk This for me was one of the main highlights of this year's E3 in the best way. Just so whimsical and weird and it's the freaking muppets how can you not like the muppets? This and the Nintendo World Championships 2015. I wonder how many games I played that Iwata worked on and I had no idea. I knew the first Smash Bros. was one.
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Jul 13, 2015 02:24
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I typed and deleted like a dozen different things I wanted to say here. Rest in peace, Mr. Iwata.
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Jul 13, 2015 02:24
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Goku @Goku 6m6 minutes ago Just got word from King Kai. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has just passed through the Other World Check-In Station. #RIP
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Goku @Goku 6m6 minutes ago Does this mean we can wish him back? 
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The mother series is bittersweet as poo poo.
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Jul 13, 2015 02:27
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Sad. Everyone, hug your family and friends and tell them you care.
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I can't believe I was laughing at his puppet just a month ago. I had no idea he was in such bad health...
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Man, I was already heartbroken scrolling through Twitter and then I saw Kamiya's frowny face tweet and it gutted me. Iwata always felt like one of the more noble guys in the industry
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Geez I never thought I would be devastated by the loss of a CEO.  RIP Iwata-san.
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I had no idea he had cancer, yikes. He definitely left a legacy that will be hard to follow.
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Scyantific posted:Geez I never thought I would be devastated by the loss of a CEO. Everyone always said not to worry if the day came that he was ever voted out at an investor's meeting or if they ever forced him to resign to save face; that like many of the higher positioned people in the games industry who have trouble befall them he'd get a golden parachute and get to live out the rest of his days in some giant mansion like a bunch of western industry higher ups have. He never even got to enjoy the notion of retirement though. He spent his entire career with his focus working for the company, for better or for worse.
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He should be the star of the next Luigi's Mansion.
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gently caress this gay direct earth
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its nice to see my gif in the OP but im going to post it again im very sad about this. iwata was super important to nintendo and HAL in a lot of ways and this is really unexpected. i hope his family is doing okay and i will miss seeing him in internet videos, he seemed very nice and cool
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Geoff Keighley just shared a story about Iwata on Twitter: "I first met Satoru Iwata at TGS in 2005 when I interviewed him for G4. He spoke in Japanese and showed off the Nintendo Wii controller. So at the end of the interview, after the cameras were off, he turned to me and started speaking in English. 'Geoff, I really liked out interview. I can tell you are a gamer so I wanted to show you something.' He turned the controller sideways. He held it like an NES controller with D-pad and the A B buttons. He smiled, I think to hint at Virtual Console. I'll always remember that. I felt a great connection with him then, he wanted gamers to know that Nintendo would always think of us. He was such an honorable man." EDIT: "His smile said so much. He was and is one of us. He loved game, and wanted to make the world a better place with them. And he did."
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Ugggh, whenever I think of how happy or whimsical Nintendo is, I think of Iwata. It really felt like he set the tone of that company. Even in the Directs, which are just commercials, I always ended up with a dumb smile on my face at some point. RIP. I guess I should finally get farther than an hour into Earthbound.
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Whizbang posted:He should be the star of the next Luigi's Mansion. He's taking luck to heaven now.
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http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Satoru_Iwata Here's a list of the games Iwata had a hand in throughout his career at HAL and Nintendo.
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Jiro posted:http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Satoru_Iwata
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Please rename Games to The Satoru Iwata Appreciation Station. Require all new threads to be about Balloon Fight. This will be a huge improvement. TIA.
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Someone on /v/ of all places pointed out that the puppet show was probably a way to have Iwata without people seeing him as he dealt with loving terminal cancer
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Jul 13, 2015 02:51
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Here's the list of games I'm playing today, cause who cares about what games he EPed
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Dezinus posted:I guess I should finally get farther than an hour into Earthbound. Giygas is hosed up though. Especially the backstory on the design for it.
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Programmer turned designer turned corporate visionary, and great at every role he took, with grace and a smile that seemed to say how much he loved his job. Even if he wasn't responsible for the careful crafting of little electronic packages designed to bring joy and wonder, not just fun, to people all over, I think he'd be missed. These are some huge shoes to fill, and 55 is too drat young. Thanks for everything, Iwata.
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I always liked where Nintendo was because of him, he was polite, well meaning and generally just good spirited. It served as a great contrast to all the other ugliness that gaming can be, I only hope that those aspects of him will be carried though Nintendo as it goes forward without him.
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