Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passes away.
It's a sad news today, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata passes away at an age of 55. the company has informed the media today, stating:
Nintendo Co.Ltd deeply regrets to announce that president Iwata passed away On July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth.
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Seriously, Iwata is a gaming Legend, he was first appointed as the director of Nintendo in June 2000, and then he was promoted to President of Nintendo in 2002, soon after the resignation of Hiroshi Yamauchi, Well Journey of Iwata with Nintendo was for a span of 13 years, and that's a great number.
He took responsibilities as CEO of Nintendo America in 2013, prior to anything he was a Good man.
Before taking Nintendo's Job, He started his programming work at HAL laboratory as a programmer and designer, he worked on many popular game series which include Kirby, Earthbound, Smash Bros and Balloon fight.
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Last year at E3, he was not seen presenting anything, due to illness. Later it was revealed that it was Bile Duct Growth and was successfully removed, he intimated his fans via Twitter that, "I am progressing well now."
Coming to E3 2015, Iwata was not seen this year too, since he was focusing on Nintendo's promotions.
He admired the world with his two greatest inventions of all time, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii, both of which substantially widened the video game market.
However, In recent years due to the sluggish performance of Nintendo Wii, the company has a major loss and this was all taken up by Iwata, He payed his 50 percent payslip as an apology to the Company for the Sluggish performance of Nintendo Wii.
Iwata's Ideology was a Bullseye to the company, he accumulated Iwata Asks column, In which he would Interview key member of various upcoming games, so as to provide and increase level of anxiety over games to audience.
Latter-Day Nintendo video series, provided millions of video gamers around the world to speak directly with Iwata.
His major saying was:
On My Business Card, I am a Corporate President. In My Mind, I am a Game Developer. But In My Heart, I am a Gamer.
Just few week ago, An Investor questioned Iwata in a shareholder's meeting, "Is their any way to make more off from characteres like Mario, Donkey Kong and Link, by selling their images to shoe or apparel Manufacturers?"
Iwata replied: "Only a handful of characters can last for one, two or three decades.
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Iwata's death is a great loss to gaming world, especially Nintendo Squadron has much with Satoru Iwata.
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