Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passes away at 55

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stev: Jan 22, 2013; Please be excited.

poo poo news to wake up to. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Nintendo or their products, that was one hell of a respectable man.

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Al-Saqr: Nov 11, 2007; One Day I Will Return To Your Side.

Something I drew:-

# ? Jul 13, 2015 06:59

a.lo: Sep 12, 2009

# ? Jul 13, 2015 07:00

Bad Seafood: Dec 10, 2010; If you must blink, do it now.

Anime Curator posted:

How do you scan these things anyway.

I've never bothered.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 07:23

Mr Confetti: Feb 1, 2013

This is the first celebrity death that's made me want to cry. The industry isn't old enough to be losing one of its giants.

Rest in peace, Iwata-san.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 07:26

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

I'm having some minor surgery done today and I can't get a good nights sleep because I'm so broken up about this. Goddammit.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 07:56

Nuebot: Feb 18, 2013; The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money

I don't like this year. First Terry Pratchett, now Iwata. I am sad.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 08:13

SpaceDrake: Dec 22, 2006; I can't avoid filling a game with awful memes, even if I want to. It's in my bones...!

This is about all the coherency I can manage on this right now:

"I'll miss you."

Pretty much everyone in the industry is devastated right now. Rest in peace, Iwata-san.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 08:34

Blister: Sep 8, 2000; Hair Elf

Entering the mobile market is literally killing nintendo

# ? Jul 13, 2015 08:38

CharlestonJew: Jul 7, 2011; Illegal Hen

goodbye

# ? Jul 13, 2015 08:40

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:08

Shoenin: May 29, 2013; Everynight I wake up Screaming.
(and beating the dragon)

This is not news I wanted to hear coming home from work

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:10

MykonosFan: Sep 9, 2012; Hows my homies training
going? Whaa? Hey! What
are you doing Ronald?

Al-Saqr posted:

Something I drew:-

I love this.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:12

Slur: Mar 6, 2013; It's the Final Countdown.

Al-Saqr posted:

Something I drew:-

This, right here, is powerful.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:22

Josuke Higashikata: Mar 7, 2013

Bye bye Iwata, I don't like any of the games you made, but other people did a lot so that's cool.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:26

.TakaM: Oct 30, 2007

KDJ's tribute to iwata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRD7tIl5vhg

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:42

FirstPlayer: Jan 1, 2007; Beat me up and earn
fifteen respect points

God dammit.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:45

Cabbagepots: Apr 7, 2008; Can't post for 4 years!

loving poo poo. Why couldn't it have been Inafune instead?

This is a dark day.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 09:47

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

Cabbagepots posted:

loving poo poo. Why couldn't it have been Inafune instead?

This is a dark day.

dont you mean why couldnt it have been you

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:05

Cabbagepots: Apr 7, 2008; Can't post for 4 years!

Stairmaster posted:

dont you mean why couldnt it have been you

No, I meant your loving mom bitch

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:09

I. M. Gei: Jun 26, 2005; CHIEFS

BITCH

I had to hear about this from the PYF quotes thread.

RIP Iwata. You were cool. :smith:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:10

Waterslide Industry Lobbyist: Jun 18, 2003; ANYONE WANT SOME BARBECUE?; Lipstick Apathy

RIP Iwata you'll live on in the gooncave in my heart

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:20

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

https://twitter.com/YujiHorii/status/620495404816203776

Iwata programmed the US version of Dragon Quest/Warrior. I had no idea.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:27

I. M. Gei: Jun 26, 2005; CHIEFS

BITCH

Cabbagepots posted:

loving poo poo. Why couldn't it have been Inafune instead?

This is a dark day.

You keep Keiji Inafune far the gently caress out of this. :colbert:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:27

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

.TakaM posted:

KDJ's tribute to iwata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRD7tIl5vhg

I'm actually tearing up here. gently caress :smith:

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:40

Stairmaster: Jun 8, 2012

Cabbagepots posted:

No, I meant your loving mom bitch

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:59

Baku: Aug 20, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

Waterslide Industry Lobbyist posted:

RIP Iwata you'll live on in the gooncave in my heart

Dang, rape does suck.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 10:59

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

For a year, I've been girding myself for the eventual announcement of Miyamoto's passing.

The time has come for all those heartbreaking "crying Kirby" pictures.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:05

RALF: Mar 15, 2009; Grimey Drawer

At least he got fifteen amazing years of being able to play Final Fantasy IX

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:25

psymonkey: May 22, 2006; This post is full of pretty awesome holes. I like all the holes in this post.

Man.. just been taking in comments and stories from all over the internet today, it's really starting to hit me. I haven't been a modern fan of Nintendo, my last consoles were Gamecube and DS, but man was it everything video games for me before then. And my group of friends still used to play N64/GCN 4 player games regularly up until a few years ago. Earthbound is still in my top 3 favorite RPGs and I love all the Kirby games on the S/NES. Kirby's Dream Course and Avalanche have a particularly special place in my heart. Today when I think of the word "Nintendo," it brings back the happiest memories of my entire life.

This is one of maybe 3 celebrity deaths I've been truly broken up over.

.TakaM posted:

KDJ's tribute to iwata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRD7tIl5vhg

Brought a tear to my eye.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:27

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

Zombies' Downfall posted:

Dang, rape does suck.

I'm pretty sure it says Rare Sux, most likely written on the wall right after playing Star Fox Adventures on that very gamecube.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:31

Arbite: Nov 4, 2009

Here's a great picture by Brawl in the Family's Matthew Taranto.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:37

Dunban: Jul 4, 2012; OH MY GOD GLOVER

.TakaM posted:

KDJ's tribute to iwata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRD7tIl5vhg

That song makes me cry anyway, this just makes it worse god dammit

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:38

limaCAT: Dec 22, 2007; il pistone e male; Slippery Tilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX5_OWObA0

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:45

Argue: Sep 29, 2005; I represent the Philippines

Can someone post a gif of the part of that one Nintendo video where they were demoing the Wii U's video calls, and at the end, Iwata waves goodbye as the screen fades to white?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:49

Keru: Aug 2, 2004; 'n suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us 'n the sky was full of what looked like 'uge bats, all swooping 'n screeching 'n divin' around the ute.

Argue posted:

Can someone post a gif of the part of that one Nintendo video where they were demoing the Wii U's video calls, and at the end, Iwata waves goodbye as the screen fades to white?

This?

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:50

Damone: May 3, 2009

Aww maaaan... I'm legitimately sad now. What a way to start a week. Rest in peace, thanks for everything Mr Satoru Iwata.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 11:57

Sam Faust: Feb 20, 2015

"Aww man, time to get up and start the week. I'm gonna check the Forums before I start studying for that upcoming test I have. Oh! There sure are a lot of posts in the Wii U thread. I wonder if something cool just got announced?"
...
...
...
"God loving drat it.

# ? Jul 13, 2015 12:04

hemale in pain: Jun 5, 2010

lame

# ? Jul 13, 2015 12:12

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Blockhouse: Sep 7, 2014; You Win!

Mother series creator/copywriter/generally great weird guy Shigesato Itoi put this up on his front page

quote:

In any farewells, all you have to say is "See you again".
Friends see each other again.
There's nothing strange about it.
Yes. See you again.

I heard that you are going on a long journey.
It was supposed to be in the far future.
You never said it in words, but wearing your best outfit, you were saying "Sorry for it to be so sudden".

You always looked after somebody instead of yourself.
As such friend, maybe this journey is your first time being selfish.

To be honest, I still don't really believe anything.
I feel like you'll be sending me email to ask for lunch.
Just like always, you can call me and ask "If you have some free time".
Of course, I can always ask you too.

Anyway, "See you again".
You can call me anywhere, anytime, and I'll be calling you too.
There are things I want to discuss, and good ideas I want to tell you.

See you again.
No, we are seeing each other right at this moment.

got that crying thing going on where you're not actively crying but the tears are just constantly leaking out

Blockhouse fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Jul 13, 2015

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