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R.I.P Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo

article published on 12 July, 2015

In a sad press release tonight, Nintendo has announced that its CEO and president Satoru Iwata has passed away from a bile duct growth. He was just 55. The executive became a director at Nintendo in 2000 and then president in 2002, following Nintendo legend Hiroshi Yamauchi. Previously, he worked as a coder for Nintendo's subsidiary HAL working on games like NES Tournament Golf and ... [ read the full article ]

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Jemborg
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_ 		13. July 2015 @ 02:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Bummer. What a pity. Condolences to his family.

Just when Ninty seemed to be picking up again judging by some of the new titles.

Shallow or not, I believe that video games are art. Albeit a pretty commercial one. There'd be more to having been the CEO of something like Ninty than just money imo.
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xnonsuchx
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_ 		14. July 2015 @ 06:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Some stories say he just had a "growth" while others say he had cancer. Regardless, too young for someone to go...especially someone who seemed so nice! I never owned a Nintendo product (except for buying a Wii to immediately sell it to someone else), but I still respect the good they have done for video games (I can't resist playing DONKEY KONG on MAME every now and then).
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_ 		19. July 2015 @ 06:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sure seems he had a blessed life, work in what he had a passion and love for.
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