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This is posted in the Current Events "Bearer of Bad News.." thread but figured I post this here just for the sake of mentioning it in the Nintendo Wii forum. As much as I'm an Atari fan first and foremost in the 80's I did play the crap out of the NES although begrudgingly at first.

 

So RIP Iwata-san and to the good times and for the work at bringing Japanese video games across the sea for us to play.

 

http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412

 

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ed: Wonder if Ninty will change anything up.

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I'm sure he didn't always make the stockholders happy but for me Satoru Iwata oversaw Nintendo's transition from fascist global powerhouse to a smaller market hobby company that was focused on putting out fun games. I liked Nintendo so much more once they'd washed their hands of the Playstation/Xbox rat race. Since mid-to-late Gamecube era they have focused on putting out some really fun and unique games.

 

When Iwata was still working as a developer he had a hand in some of my favorite Nintendo games: Earthbound, Pokemons, etc. I just hope the company can continue to carry on in the direction Iwata was leading the company.

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