FartWaffles 1,857 Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412 Nintendo has just issued a short statement announcing that president Satoru Iwata has passed away at the age of 55. The statement reads: Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth. Iwata was forced to skip last years E3 due to his poor health, and shortly afterwards underwent surgery to remove the bile duct growth. A few months later, in the wake of concerns over his health, he said via Twitter Im progressing well. A talented programmer, Iwata first joined Nintendos HAL Laboratory in the 1980s, where he worked on games like Balloon Fight and EarthBound. He became a Director of the company in 2000, and in 2002 was appointed as only the fourth President of Nintendo when he succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi. In his time as President, Iwata oversaw some of the strongest (Wii, DS) and weakest (GameCube, Wii U) periods in Nintendos history as a video game company. In recent times, he developed almost cult status as the host of the Nintendo Direct programs. An immensely popular figure both within the industry and with Nintendo fans, he will be sorely missed. Rest in Peace, Mr. Iwata. Edited July 13, 2015 by FartWaffles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theMileHighGuy 656 Posted July 13, 2015 my man needed that that was terrible I'm sorry RIP though, he was a true pioneer. We wouldn't have the video game industry that we do without him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vin+ 3,121 Posted July 13, 2015 R.I.P. Gonna be really interesting to see the direction Nintendo takes now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FartWaffles 1,857 Posted July 13, 2015 R.I.P. Gonna be really interesting to see the direction Nintendo takes now. Yeah definitely. Iwata was the head of some good times, and some not-so-good times for Nintendo, but he was an innovative and outside the box thinker that will be very hard to be replaced. R.I.P. Iwata. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigBen07 285 Posted July 13, 2015 RIP Mr. Iwata. Your contributions will not be forgotten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay 2,003 Posted July 13, 2015 Didn't know a whole lot about this man but I do know 55 is way too young to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Turry 755 Posted July 13, 2015 People knock the GC all they want but it was solid system which had some really good games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theMileHighGuy 656 Posted July 14, 2015 I don't understand it, I think the Game Cube was Nintendo's best system after the SNES. Loads of great 4 player games kept us entertained through college. You could also grab the handle and beat someone to death with it if need be. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bucman 891 Posted July 14, 2015 RIP. I hope Nintendo takes a new approach with its next consoles. They need to branch out more. They could destroy the other consoles if they actually landed a similar game list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted July 14, 2015 RIP. I hope Nintendo takes a new approach with its next consoles. They need to branch out more. They could destroy the other consoles if they actually landed a similar game list. I want them to just do what they do b est... And right now they don't have those blockbuster non-Nintendo IPs but they also don't have as many of their own IPs as they should.Give me lots of new Zeldas. Give me some Star Fox. Bring me some epic RPGs ... Give me Pokemon on console. Give me Earthbound. Give me Metroid!!! Hell, you can exploit Mario until the end of time -- give me another Yoshi's story somehow. You're frickin Nintendo. Look ho wlong it took them to start up a new Harvest Moon project, FFS. It was really awesome playing on Smash the other day though, practically everyone changed their gamertag to RIP* IWATA which was really cool, I thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FartWaffles 1,857 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) And right now they don't have those blockbuster non-Nintendo IPs but they also don't have as many of their own IPs as they should.Give me lots of new Zeldas. Give me some Star Fox. Bring me some epic RPGs ... Give me Pokemon on console. Give me Earthbound. Give me Metroid!!! Hell, you can exploit Mario until the end of time -- give me another Yoshi's story somehow. You're frickin Nintendo. Look ho wlong it took them to start up a new Harvest Moon project, FFS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(2016_video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_Zero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Emblem_Fates https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Woolly_World https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_Federation_Force As far as Earthbound goes, at best you can pray for an English release of Mother 3, but it's highly unlikely. You're better off downloading the fan translated rom that's out there. Shigesato Itoi has stated many times that he has no desire to ever make another Mother/Earthbound game. Edited July 15, 2015 by FartWaffles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Favre4Ever+ 4,476 Posted July 15, 2015 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(2016_video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Fox_Zero https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Emblem_Fates https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshi%27s_Woolly_World https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_Federation_Force As far as Earthbound goes, at best you can pray for an English release of Mother 3, but it's highly unlikely. You're better off downloading the fan translated rom that's out there. Shigesato Itoi has stated many times that he has no desire to ever make another Mother/Earthbound game. It's a problem that those titles are just coming out now, when Nintendo has been struggling in the console market for years. The Wii U is a really solid console, but nobody takes it seriously because it's lacked titles that people really want to play. The big title out recently is Splatoon... I mean, think about that for a second. Splatoon is your blockbuster title (again, in the moment) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted July 15, 2015 Splatoon rapes every Call of Duty in the market right now so that's not really a black mark. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
