Sayonara Iwata

President of Nintendo has died.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/40735/satoru-iwata-1959-2015

Cancer is a bitch.

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I was pretty sad when I heard the news breaking out. Even though he died young, he still left quite a legacy. I can't help respect they guy as a programmer and a developer since he worked on a lot of my favorite games.

This year has hit me pretty hard in terms of high profile and family deaths. I didn't really take it in at first when I heard the news last night but I woke up this morning and I've just been kinda sad all day.



Truly I feel like I've lost someone who has helped shape my life because of the games he helped create. Gonna fucking miss the guy.

Fuku BagBitch, this hit me hard...

;-; this is sad

Ugh, me too. Been a Nintendo fan most my life so this news really depresses me.

A CEO of a massive multinational corporation who actually knew about what his company sold, a brilliant programmer who would solve problems for his entire engineering teams in his spare time, a guy who would take ten minutes out to chat to random journalists at E3, who met personally with developers looking to publish through Nintendo. A guy who created an iconic character in Kirby, ensured the legacy of Nintendo's iconic characters in helping to create Super Smash Bros, achieved the greatest revival since Apple with the Wii and DS, and secured its future with plans for mobile and the expansion into collectibles. A guy who, when the 3DS and then the Wii U were struggling, cut his pay in half while refusing to sack staff, saying it would damage the quality of their games. There are parallels with Steve Jobs, but unlike the Apple boss, Iwata actually came up with and personally made the shit his company put out. A true pioneer and man of the people whose like we will not see again.

priceless.

also because there is too much feels, lets ruin it for you.


In all seriousness it's a sad loss, he died way too soon.
I hope someone as (or more) competent takes over.