Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away Aged 55

[Eclipse Dragon]

Oh no, 55 is way too young.

RIP

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Oh man, that's sad. I wonder what this will do for the future of Nintendo now though....

I fear the guy who will take this place may fall into the trap that a lot of Japanese developers are doing right now especially from what I've been hearing from some of the higher-ups there.

I hope you enjoy micro-transactions, day one DLC and crappy pay to win iPhone games

Luckily for me, I don't play Nintendo content at all, but it'd be an absolute shame to see his legacy be destroyed through his absence.

It won't; fact of the matter is that Iwata's philosophy was pretty much universal in Nintendo so there's no chance of that happening. They have better things to do.

 

[Micah Weil]

We gamers have truly lost a legend.
Rest well, you glorious man.

 

[EMWISE94]

This is not something I wanted to wake up to... and at 55 too? waaaaay too soon... *sigh*
Of all the companies I always knew would produce pure fun, Nintendo was one of them, and this was the man behind the wheel of such driven passion.

Today there's one less great person in the world.
and one less set of iconic eyebrows

 

[Jeteye]

Wow. This is just sad. We will all miss you Mr.Iwata.

 

[NeutralDrow]

That's...that's not the first news I wanted to hear coming back from Comic Con.

Last embrace of the Mother welcome you home, sensei.

snip

That song helped some. Thanks.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I have Kirby Super Star (Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe) to thank you. RIP Satoru Iwata.

 

[Epicspoon]

He's in Heavens hands now.

 

[marioandsonic]

Wait, what?! WHAT?!

Two years ago it was Hiroshi Yamauchi, and now Iwata? God damn...

RIP Mr. Iwata.

Who's going to take his place now?

EDIT:

 

[Godzillarich(aka tf2godz)]

Hey guys want to see something heartwarming

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Hey guys, you want to be pissed off.

 

[Sight Unseen]

Hey guys want to see something heartwarming

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Hey guys, you want to be pissed off.

Oh Polygon... keep on being horrible journalists and horrible game "enthusiasts"

RIP Mr. Iwata, you will not be forgotten (except by Polygon, but they don't count, they're too busy talking about politics in the Philippines)

EDIT: Turns out that polygon tweet was faked, so sorry Polygon for assuming you were incompetent enough to make that mistake.

 

[BX3]

Hey guys, you want to be pissed off.

"Pissed off?"

On the contrary. I've been down in the dumps since I heard about this news and seeing this tweet (and Jeremy's response to it) was a pick-me-up. Keep on shining, Polygon, you collectively functionally retarded diamond. Keep on shining.

 

[Urgh76]

Spoiler: And even from the normally brazen Kamiya

The love for Iwata is real and deserved. Here's hoping his legacy continues onward for an extremely long amount of time.

Prease undastandu

 

[Malbourne]

A rare thing, a CEO who actually felt like a person enjoying the work he did. Pokemon Crystal was the first game I played that was actually mine (I mooched off of a lot of my friends growing up). After reading a bit more on his career history, apparently I have him to thank for compressing the data of the Gold and Silver games enough to give me the chance to go to Kanto after finishing with Johto. I must've put hundreds of hours in that game and leveled my party to 100. He's given me a great deal of creative inspiration growing up, and now I'd feel bad if it went to waste.

Thanks, Iwata.

 

[xaszatm]

You know, it suddenly makes sense why Balloon Fight was one of the games playable at the Nintendo World Championships. This is really devastating to me. RIP Iwata.

 

[Starik20X6]

Sleep wellI Mr. Iwata. Your passion, vision and leadership will not be forgotten.

 

[Steve Waltz]

Hey guys, you want to be pissed off.

LMFAO! That didn?t piss me off as much as it made me laugh like never before. And they WONDER why some of us support gamergate! An iconic leader of the video game industry dies and Polygon is so freaking retarded that they put a picture of the wrong person! These are the retards Gamergate is fighting against! Moronic ?journalists? pretending to represent gamers, meanwhile knowing less about video games than my parents.

 

[Dango]

Damn. Just damn.

What a guy.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

(An image that should not exist, the creation of which is more disrespectful that if it were real)

Hey, that's fake.

I'm sad to see him go. Nintendo won't be the same without him.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

55 is way too young. Such a sad event and a great loss for gaming. If you'll excuse me I think I'm going to go cry in a corner for a bit.