岩田さん、ありがとうございました

It was a sad day for gamers, Satoru Iwata President and CEO of Nintendo passed away on July 11, 2015. I was pretty shocked when I found out, It was so sudden.

In his memory I posted a drawing in Miiverse


So what were his achievements in life:

  • Worked under HAL Laboratory and programmed games like Balloon Fight, Mother, and Kirby.
  • Assisted in the founding of Creatures Inc.
  • Assisted in the development of Pokemon Gold and Silver for the Gameboy Color, he also created a set of compression tools for the same game.
  • Aided in the creation of Pokemon Stadium for the N64 by reading the original coding in Pokemon Red and Green and reworking it.
  • He is the first President of Nintendo outside the Yamauchi family.
  • Wanted to make games appeal to everyone, which lead to the creation of the Nintendo DS and the Wii,
  • Nintendo made a partnership with DENA to make mobile games under his leadership.

I'm sure there is a lot more I did not mention up there, that's how great of a man he is.

Here is a special edition of Game Center CX in where Iwata-san was a special guest:


Iwata-san garnered respect from gamers and his competitors. He was loved by everyone. Your presentations of Nintendo Direct will never be forgotten no matter how stiff the presentation was, it was always entertaining, We will never forget the fist fight presentation for Smash Brothers you did with Reggie, and your muppet version will always be in our hearts.

On behalf of the Green Hill Pilgrims, we salute you! 岩田さん、ありがとうございました!

Now what will be the future of Nintendo? Who will take over? Shigeru Miyamoto? There are a lot of people out there that could fill his position, but there is only one Satoru Iwata.

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