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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passes away at 55
 
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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

 ty for kanto, iwata-san

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Funky Valentine posted:

He was apparently a programming genius, considering he managed to compress Johto in Pokemon GSC so well that there was room for a whole other region.

May God understand, Iwata-dono.
he also programmed pokemon stadium by himself in like a week

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Rookersh posted:

I think Alex from Giantbomb had this right when he said this was really our first "celebrity giant" death.

This industry is young, small, and still growing. And Iwata has been their since it's inception, pushing hard to make it something anybody and everybody could get into.

And now he isn't there anymore. And that's a really hard thing to think about and grasp.
Eh, I think Gunpei Yokoi would also qualify. He died before internet reactions could really be a thing, but he was absolutely as important as Iwata.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

seiferguy posted:

Goddamn. This is terrible.

What is bile duct growth and how can it kill you?
a rare form of liver cancer, basically.

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Lurdiak posted:

He hadn't left the industry, he was basically doing penance until the shame blew over.
Yeah, didn't he make the wonderswan?

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Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

homeless snail posted:

Here's the list of games I'm playing today, cause who cares about what games he EPed

what about pokemon gold/silver

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Jul 22, 2009

 “Even if we come from different sides of the world, speak different languages, even if we eat too many chips or rice balls, even if we have different tastes in games, every one of us here today is identical in the most important way: each one of us has the heart of a gamer.” - Satoru Iwata, Heart of a Gamer

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passes away at 55