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[jrDev]

I thought he was getting better? I'm literally going to start bawling right now, like end of an ERA!!!

No more Nintendo Directs with Iwata...unbelievable, RIP... :-(

 

[ADANIEL1960]

Sincere condolences to Mr Iwata's Family and friends.

He will be sorely missed.

 

[dot]

Aww...that's so sad.

RIP.

 

[batbeg]

My friend just text me this (though he said he thought it was the Mario guy which was even scarier).

I loved Nintendo under Iwata even though many did not. May be rest in peace.

 

[GiantBreadbug]

Holy fucking shit.

Holy shit.

I can't believe this.

I'm very sad. What a beautiful man who had so much love for games.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Dear god....

RIP

 

[Kater]

He will be missed.

 

[deadstar72]

God damn

RIP Mr Iwata

 

[Wishmaster92]

Wow I'm speechless

 

[Cheesy Steve]

Wow... rest in peace.

 

[Atenhaus]

Fuck, this actually has me upset.

RIP

 

[gogogow]

RIP Mr. Iwata.

 

[Noobcraft]

Wii <3 U Iwata.

 

[Mr Blue Sky]

Terrible news. I have a great deal of respect for Iwata, and for someone in charge of a company he always seemed to be having fun doing it. Rest in Peace.

 

[Kacho]

T_T

 

[Luigi87]

Dammit, I just saw this. I'm crushed. I loved Iwata as the CEO. Felt he very much humanized the corporate aspect of the company.

RIP Mr. Iwata.

 

[lkactor13]

Rest in peace you beautiful Nintendo man :'{

 

[Vanillalite]

He was one of the legends

 

[dhonk]

snip

Dont even bring attention to it IMO.

 

[Vaddon]

Holy shit, I can't believe it. Crushing news. RIP.

 

[TheOmegaSpartan]

I cannot even function right now. I was hoping he'd be there to see the industry he helped develop evolve with his continued guidance well into his old age. Life just isn't fair.

The most I can say is rest in peace. I have no more words...

 

[ShinjiPSX01]

he went directly to heaven.

i cant believe it..

 

[786110]

 

[The_R3medy_]

RIP Mr. Iwata. The gaming community is a worse place with you gone.

 

[zakujanai]

Dickheads need to stop fucking with his Wikipedia page

Really sad news and a huge loss to the gaming world.

 

[DedValve]

For the first time I feel what its like to not be able to process this....

 

[4rca]

Thank you for everything. RIP

 

[10k]

Huh!? Is this a cruel joke? Omg! Rest in peace!

 

[Mixolydian]

Oh wow.. Rest in peace. I'm just shocked right now.

Remember the important things in life, folks.

 

[Muku]

I am just... in total shock. I don't even really know what to say. Find this out while cooking dinner and that was a blind side on my FB feed. I don't neccessarily like the direcction as of late, but damn.... Iwata-san will be horribly missed. No more Nintendo Directs with him. I guess it makes sense with him having, obviously, lost so much weight and missing E3 and all, but god damn.

Arrow. Straight through my Nintendo heart. ;_;

RIP Iwata-san.

 

[Ashodin]

FUCK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[twobear]

this is sad. RIP man.

 

[Kenclops]

You were a lovable beautiful man. You will be missed Iwata.

 

[KingBroly]

Kimishima is my guess. He spearheaded Pokemon in the US and oversaw the Wii boom in the west.

He was moved to NCL when Iwata became CEO of NOA. I wonder if he was doing that knowing he was getting sick.

That's an interesting guess, but it'd still only be temporary at best.

I'd rather not think about that right now. This is just...this is the worst.

 

[Anth0ny]

oh my god

unbelievable

 

[Sora_N]

Some of the comments on gamefaqs are pathetic. I truly despise that site.

Yeah I couldn't believe my friend said shit like that too, didn't bother continuing the conversation with him.

 

[JMDSO]

Makes me wonder a little if his health caused some of the lower "approval" numbers from the investors.

 

[Sky Walker]

RIP

 

[ichbinmiah]

Thank you so, so, so, so, much Mr. Iwata.

 

[Nightengale]

RIP Mr. Iwata.

 

[Megasoum]

 

[Rephin]

Oh no. :'(

RIP Mr. Iwata

 

[Sean]

Wow just got told about this and thought it was a sick joke at first.

RIP Iwata. 55 is way too young.

 

[Briarios]

I'm shocked ... I still can't believe this is true.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

RIP

 

[Namikaze]

Wow, RIP Iwata. I really can't believe he's gone

 

[CrazyHorse]

This is really sad news. RIP good man. We will miss you.

One thing I really hate about the gaming media is how they don't give importance to such news. I remember when Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away and the mainstream media outlets gave the news more coverage than the likes of Gamespot. It's sickening how the games media just makes this into lesser news. Today IGN hasn't even made this among the top news. It's lower down on their homepage. It's a disgrace.

These creators are the life and soul of the games and their lives are more important than the games.

 

[-MD-]

Woke up from a nap and this is the first thing I see, wasn't expecting this.

 

[Arc Christelle]

Why the day before my birthday?..... why him?....Damn like Florida Evans.

 

[Polish Folk Hero]

Rest in peace and journey well to paradise.