This one hit’s right in the feels of kid me.
This man was part of creating magic for my childhood and while as an adult i rarely use a handheld or venerate pokemon he kept bringing me things i can still love.
Rest In Peace.
I truly hope whomever is named as his replacement works just as hard to push forward Nintendo’s legacy and guiding light through a landscape of mobile game and micro transaction cash grabs.
Damn this is a sad day for the industry. I had no idea the guy was terminal ill. He damn sure didn’t show it, just goes to show what kind of guy he was. like this dude was probably the only gaming CEO that was an actual gamer and loved this industry and the games he and his people made. If anyone should fill his shoes it should be Sakurai. Just damn, RIP Iwata. Thanks for all the fun games and memories those games made.
Miyamoto doesn’t want the responsibility even though it’s been offered to him a few times. He prefers to be closer to the games IIRC. He’ll probably take up the mantle for as long as he can until there’s someone else that wants the position to step in. Hopefully someone who has Iwata’s will with fresh ideas the move the company forward. And by Iwata’s will I mean someone who doesn’t shit on Nintendo’s legacy and has the balls to stand up for what they want despite millions of arm chair CEO’s around the globe shitting on you each day. Way too soon for this guy…R.I.P.
Things about this company will definitely change in the next few years…He came up with Directs and the Iwataasks interviews…I’m quite curious what the next CEO is going to do.
R.I.P.
It may not seem like it, but filling in for Iwata’s place is going to be tremendous. I wish Nintendo the best.
RIP Satoru Iwata.
He was terminally ill? Was not expecting this at all…
RIP Iwata.
That soap opera gif of him popping out of the coffin will invoke a different sort of emotion now…
Edit: Man… to think he was doing all those directs and being goofy and having a great time with his direct guests while knowing that he was going to die soon. That level of bravery is just… wow.
“Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone.”
-Satoru Iwata
Rest in Peace, we’ll miss you. 
I don’t think the Directs are going to go away. Those are pretty popular, and they’re a great way to deliver information.
Iwata Asks worked because Iwata himself was a game dev, so he would know which questions to ask. If they continue that series, it won’t feel the same, but at least the two top execs they have worked closely with games. If they bring in someone from the outside who doesn’t know anything about games, that series is dead.
Iwata Mii
Miiverse Tribute
was wondering when Pachter was gonna say something
https://twitter.com/michaelpachter/status/620416175218896896
https://twitter.com/michaelpachter/status/620448318070501376
FUCK PACHTER.
Why couldn’t his ass have been the one to go? Spent years adding onto all the criticism Iwata took, and now he wants to give him his props when its too late…
Fuck that guy.
Apparently there’s a lot of Iwata mii’s going around online at the moment…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJxLoFLUkAEq4G0.jpg:large
Edit:
even brawl in the family came out of retirement for a moment
That’s enough to make someone cry yo
Some of these pics…pushing a man to his no tears limit.
interesting interview I didn’t know he was a programmer, designers get all the praise all the time however programmers do all the hard work and make things come to life. I have more respect for programmers than designers honestly
RIP
Go ahead. Cry.
There’s nothing wrong with it. Something very sad has happened. Most of us here have never met Iwata, and I suspect those few of us here who have had contact with him found it very brief indeed, but… he touched all of us in one way or another.
This is very much a ‘tears okay’ event.
