Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has passed away

[TheHeroOfTime]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf

RIP


Maybe his management of the company wasn't the better, but nobody deserves die by that disease.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

but nobody deserves die by that disease.

Clearly you're not familiar with corporate policy.

 

[LESS T_T]

CEO of Nintendo, and lead programmer and producer of EarthBound.

Rest in peace.

 

[Duraframe300]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf

RIP


Maybe his management of the company wasn't the better, but nobody deserves die by that disease.

Dying too young

Also Iwata is still responsible for tons of cool stuff.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Animal Crossing, Kirby, LoZ, Earthbound.

He did a lot of good in his lifetime.

 

[Luka-boy]

I will forever remember this:

 

[Jick Magger]

Rest in peace boo boo

 

[Unkillable Cat]

I'll forever have tons of sympathy for Nintendo. They saved the industry

I'm sorry...what?

Please elaborate.

 

[Mr. Pink]

I'll forever have tons of sympathy for Nintendo. They saved the industry

I'm sorry...what?

Please elaborate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash

Probably this.

 

[Bigg Boss]

I'll forever have tons of sympathy for Nintendo. They saved the industry

I'm sorry...what?

Please elaborate.

After the Atari game crash.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Bile duct growth? From all the disaffected Nintendo fans?

 

[Black]

I'll forever have tons of sympathy for Nintendo. They saved the industry

I'm sorry...what?

Please elaborate.

After the Atari game crash.

PCs were chugging happily doing their own things.

Anyway, read that Iwata was a very good programmer, always a shame to see them go especially when dozens of incompetent fucks live.

 

[Ludo Lense]

Damn...55? No matter what you think of Nintendo now, Satoru Iwata was responsible for many well done and creative projects.

"The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it." -Mary Bateson

 

[LESS T_T]

Also Iwata Asks was a brilliant series. I doubt any other CEOs, or even journalists, could do this kind of interviews with this rich insights and passion.

 

[Deleted member 11480]

 

[Black]

Anyway, for nostalgia- http://www.gamingcx.com/

 

[Whisky]

Damn, I remember when Mother 3 was in development and he liked working with Itoi so much that he went right back to programming just for it. Sad.

Whenever Itoi dies, I think I'll be sick.

 

[Dreed]

Rest in peace

 

[omega21]

Hang on, where did he port PKMN Stadium's code from?

Loved that shit so much.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Fuck this gay world.

Bujini yasunde kudasai (RIP), you wonderful bloke.

 

[Lemming42]

 

[sser]

Well that sucks.

 

[Icewater]

I didn't know much about him before but from what I've seen recently he seemed like a really cool, talented guy.

RIP Satoru Iwata

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

i grew up with the sinclair zx81 and atari 2600 and commodore so subsequently missed nintendo by a generation

but still

seems like this guy inspired and affected quite a few people so in that sense this is an affecting death

commiserations and respects

 

[Perkel]

Yeah, the crash. Home console business was totally ruined, we don't know what would happen if no other consoles came to the rescue, some people believe videogames would never stop being made anyway, others actually believe nowadays we'd see games as a cheesy thing of the past just like billions of other things. The fact is, the NES happened and it pulled the industry back to being viable again.

aka "let's post muhamerican legend so murican Nintendocucks can fap to it"

That crash only happened in US. Both Europe and especially Japan which was at that time powerhouse were doing fine. Europe had PC master race japan had healthy console and PC market.

People also were still working on games in US. They just earned less or were on different platforms (like PC)