NINTENDO Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata Has Passed Away

[BumperJumper]

Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth.

RIP Iwata-san

 

[khasho]

This is a sad news for gamers all over...I thought he was getting better...RIP

 

[USUF]

RIP Iwata-san

/NotEnoughCharacters

 

[Mephisto]

Satoru Iwata has touched millions of souls with his work. There are very few people who are blessed with this opportunity and even fewer who utilize it to full extent... Satoru Iwata was one of those people.

 

[Gizmo]

R.i.p......

 

[CerebralTiger]

Saddest day in the history of the gaming industry

 

[GloriousChicken]

...wow... wtf.. that is sad,,,

 

[manigamer]

well this is very tragic...

first thing i saw on yahoo news was he passed away at 55 this morning when i woke up...

RIP satoru iwata

 

[venom]

Horrible news to start your day with.

RIP Iwata San.

 

[Arkonov]

I thought his bile-duct operation was successful and that it was getting better?
damn, this is depressing. rip.

 

[Arkonov]

double post for no raisin

 

[TrueCoolGuy]

A real legend of the gaming world has passed away, at age 55 no less. Should have lived for 55 more years for the amount of happiness this guy was responsible for.

What the gaming industry would be without him. He deserves some sort of tribute

 

[Ranger Taffles]

Condolences to everyone related to him. It's such an unfortunate loss for Nintendo and players worldwide. Very sad.

 

[BumperJumper]

A legend in gaming. May his legacy liveo on.

P.S It is shocking to hear that he knew that he had just 15% chance of survival and yet he continued to do all the interviews, directs and presentations throughout the year. :salute:

 

[NaNoW]

wow...didnt knew he was suffering from this.
RIP Iwata:sorry:

 

[Yasir Nadeem]

Rip Iwata-san, That's Very Sad

 

[Cerberus]

Bile growth was removed, what caused the death
RIP

 

[HYD3R]

RIP father of Nintendo in the holy month of Ramadan

 

[desprado]

I thought his bile-duct operation was successful and that it was getting better?
damn, this is depressing. rip.

His cancer was on very early stage and survival rate is not more than 2 year after treatment.

 

[CerebralTiger]

Earthbound creator's farewell to Satoru Iwata

“No matter the farewell, I think the most appropriate thing to say is “we”ll meet again.” We are friends so we”ll see each other again. There is nothing strange about saying it. Yeah. We’ll meet again.

Even if you didn’t have the chance to put into words how sudden it was going to be, how far you’d be traveling, or how you went much earlier than expected, I know you went wearing your best.

You always put yourself second to others no matter what, helping anyone who needed it whenever they needed it. You were that kind of friend. Although you may have been a little selfish for the first time ever by taking this journey.

The truth is though that I still don’t believe any of it. I feel like I am going to receive a message from you inviting me out to eat at any moment. I wouldn’t mind if you were to ask me like always if I had some free time. Even still, I’d ask you as well.

Still, “we’ll meet again.” It would be great to hear from you whenever and wherever; I’ll being calling to you too. I’ll call if I have something to discuss or I want to tell you a great new idea I’ve had.

We’ll meet again.

Then again, you’re here with me now.”

KameDaniRyuu 亀ダニ流 — Shigesato Itoi’s Farewell to Satoru Iwata



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