Satoru Iwata is dead. Long live Iwata

[TwilaTheSun]

Nintendo recently announced their president, Satoru Iwata, died from complications with a bile duct growth at 55 years on Saturday.

Iwata began his work in HAL Laboratory and is best known for his work on Kirby and Earthbound. He became president of Nintendo in 2002.

Rest in peace Iwata. We will all miss you.

 

[Zympherior]

It's so sad... He recently came out of an operation, but then... Sigh...
It was so sudden...

 

[NintendoFan]

I had actually just read an article about this.

Well... We'll always remember him and still play his games that he made while he was at Nintendo like Earthbound.

 

[BossBlitz88]

He was only a human, just like us...and yet...he's done so many great things for many lives...

Thank you, Mr.Satoru Iwata, you were a great man, and will always be.
We will miss you.
May you legacy live on.....

 

[Geoman]

WE are all going to miss him  :'( :'( :'(

 

[Luigidenne3DSGCN]

This can't be real :'(-Completely sudden and out of the blue. I thought he was fine and so young. What about Nintendo's future? Who will lead? What about us? What are we supposed to do? I'm so confused...Hope he, his personal, and corporate family are okay...

 

[Snowy620]

There's still two directors.

 

[Bowser498]

Insanely sad. No matter how many directors are, we will all miss him. He was President of Nintendo. He had plenty of new ideas for video games... I hope his family is okay..... :-/

 

[NintendoFan]

There's still two directors.

Can you not? An important person just died today, and all you can say is "There's still two directors?"

What is wrong with you? Do you just have zero respect for other people?

 

[Troll]

Official press release from Nintendo: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf

He was 55 which is the real sad part, Nintendo will live on and keep thriving as a business. The fact that he died a decade before retirement and likely has a family is incredibly sad.

What about us? What are we supposed to do?

You can start by not making this about you and realize Nintendo will keep going as a company.

 

[Snowy620]

There's still two directors.

Can you not? An important person just died today, and all you can say is "There's still two directors?"

What is wrong with you? Do you just have zero respect for other people?

yeah man you caught me, I'm a huge piece of shit lol

 

[AbsolPowers]

There's still two directors.

Can you not? An important person just died today, and all you can say is "There's still two directors?"

What is wrong with you? Do you just have zero respect for other people?

What about Nintendo's future? Who will lead? What about us?

The two other directors.

This is what he was responding to.

Anyways

Now, I'm not gonna front and say "I'm distraught" or "Em crying." I am certainly upset that it occurred, but I am more-so shocked he's gone. I have experienced personal death, this isn't personal to me, nor is it really to most everyone especially here. It would be WISE to portray yourself in a respectable way, as it just makes you look selfish. He's gone, NOT forgotten. Please remember that.

 

[TwilaTheSun]

What about us? What are we supposed to do?

You can start by not making this about you

Seriously. Someone just died and people start going on about how it'll affect themselves through something inconsequential.

 

[Luma Party]

He took the company in a great direction with the Wii and DS.
It's too bad he'll never get to see what his work on NX and Quality of Life ends up as.
I'll miss seeing him in the Directs and Digital Events.
It's just sad it happened right when he was bringing the company out of a slump.
R.I.P. Mr. Iwata

Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda have taken over Iwata's duties, with Miyamoto becoming Acting President.

 

[Ecks Dee]

RIP.