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Satoru Iwata Has Passed Away
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Robin64
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Aww... Man. Kirby with that healing item
They actually all have a healing item from their respective worlds, and it gets me right in the feels.
ShadowElliot
Banned
Saw this on Twitter. Right in the feels.
Oh man... :'(
Just saw all the tributes in the OP... My eyes are blurry again :'(
He had cancer, he got a surgery and reassured everybody that he was going to be fine.
But today we learned that cancer came back and took him for good...
That guy was working on his death bed until the end.
A true great man, serving the gamers until the end.
And the last thing e heard fro is an apology for E3 for not making gamers happy...
Banjotanooki
Member
:'(
E-Cat
Member
Yeah, pretty horrible.
The Shadow Knight
Member
Aww... Man. Kirby with that healing item
And Link with the heart, Mario with the 1-up and Pikachu with the Max Revive... And the misty eyes are back.
Even in his final days he was concerned with living up to gamers expectation and satisfying us....more passion isnt possible he really loved and cared about Gaming and the Industry.
TheSlySoul
Member
Metroid fans are crazy man.I hope so too. It's just too heartbreaking to think this was the last thing he ever heard from the so called fans
The bad Digital Event did not bother me.
This event bothers me more. I hope he would pass away being retired.
dangeraaron10
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Just a little something I made for the K. Rool thread on Smashboards, but I felt the need to post it here as well:
Living Proof
Member
Aww... Man. Kirby with that healing item
I think they're all holding healing items, or something akin to that.
Eh, it's not like anyone knew he was at death's door.
Signing petitions is lol pathetic tho.
SinCityAssassin
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Velcro Fly
Member
I feel guilt for expressing disappointment about the E3 event now but I was always grateful it seemed like Iwata actually gave a shit about what we thought. It makes you realize there is more to life than video games.
Honey Bunny
Member
Even as someone who parted ways with Nintendo post-DS, I wanted to see him pull NX from his pocket on stage with a smile. Any modern Nintendo hardware reveal without his presence is going to feel strange.
Living Proof
Member
Hm. You should feel like an asshole, but that's about it. People can express disappointment towards their favorite company's biggest media event of the year, and part of that reaction might rely on the fact that most of us know they can do better.
And the vast majority of people were disappointed, but that's it. I never demanded an apology or berated any Nintendo exec on social media, and I'm willing to bet most here didn't either.
_S4MUR4I_
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Simbabbad
Member
Yes, reading about what he had, it makes the latest year sort of painful. Thinking he typed to apologize for people being disappointed at E3 while he knew he would probably pass away soon, and still directed Nintendo... it hurts.
He was the only big video game company CEO who had actually programmed games and took interest in how games were made, and wanted to educate the public about game creation.
His sense of humour in the directs also had to make you feel ties with him, like he was somehow part of your family.
I'll really miss him.
There's more to life than our way of life. When things like this happen, it breaks the illusion we've made of ourselves. We're reminded when we shit talk about events, we're ultimately shit talking living, breathing people.
In this case, one of them was potentially dying as the shit talk was happening...
Yeah, isn't that just the worst part...
I'd be grateful if anyone had the time to ribbon-ify my avatar
Final Verdict
Member
Woah rip :'(
Sum-Mischief
Member
Thanks for the memories ...RIP!
Any banner should be in addition to the rainbow logo not at it's expense.
It is still vital to be celebrating the passing of gay marriage here at gaf, it is still too early and far too significant of a victory for our community to remove. Getting rid of the love banner this early when many around the net still proudly wear the rainbow color celebration of equality would not go well on the OT side.
We can still mourn Iwata and have something of remembrance of him in the banner without still celebrating the wonderful victory this community has recently had.
It is still vital to be celebrating the passing of gay marriage here at gaf, it is still too early and far too significant of a victory for our community to remove. Getting rid of the love banner this early when many around the net still proudly wear the rainbow color celebration of equality would not go well on the OT side.
We can still mourn Iwata and have something of remembrance of him in the banner without still celebrating the wonderful victory this community has recently had.
Fudgepuppy
Banned
My eyes are tearing up at work.
RIP :'(
RIP :'(
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
He was basically terminally ill, but kept working until his death
Itoi always seems to have the right words.
It might be a bit selfish, but this actually makes me a bit worried about the state of Mother 3. If anyone was going to see it translated, it'd be Iwata. But with him gone...I don't know.
Candescence
Member
Whoa, this is some heavy shit. I thought this was some kind of joke at first, but everyone in the gaming community is mourning him. The man was a legend, a unique executive who knew what gaming was really about, and was a brilliant programmer to boot. We may not all agree with his decisions, but we all know the industry is a lesser place without him.
Rest in peace, Iwata-san. My condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Rest in peace, Iwata-san. My condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
This is it. This is what breaks me.
Woke up this morning to get ready for work and saw this news...now I'm in tears and I can't get the balloon trip theme out of my head. Iwata was the kind of president that I always loved for a company that I love who has made the hobby that I love fun for my entire life.
Thank you Iwata, thank you.
Thank you Iwata, thank you.
InfiniteBento
Member
I would also like to request a ribbon. Preferably in the top left corner, if someone is a kind enough soul to do this for me ;^;
Posted on Reddit. It says it all to me.
When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
― Frederick Buechner
When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
― Frederick Buechner
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Deleted member 30609
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Wonderful.
Porcile
Member
The bile duct cancer survival rates are scarily low. I guess he must have known from the beginning, but continued to work in order to make sure Nintendo's immediate future was secure and well defined going forward. If it's any comfort, we will definitely be feeling the legacy of Iwata directly for many years to come. Whether it's through hardware he himself personally had a hand in or the development philosophy he has instilled in Nintendo. That's some legendary stuff right there.
The Libertine
Member
I still can't believe he is gone. I can't remember the last time the death of a public figure, affected me this much. He just seemed like such a genuine, down to Earth guy who cared passionately about what he did and wanted to share that with people. He will be truly missed.
I spent the last few hours just running through the gb(c) pokemon games because in my memories whenever you released or traded away a pokemon the game said goodbye x! or something similar with the pokemon disappearing from the screen. It turned out not to be the case so I just went with what my memories were and did something quick.
Indeed. Over the last year, Iwata put so much into action it's crazy. With all the deals with Universal, DeNA etc., the introduction of Morimoto in Directs, the NX stuff, the QoL stuff, it was incredible that he did this potentially knowing that time was short.
Yeah, I was holding out fine until this one.
Jinjo
Member
Damn, this one got to me quite a bit.
Japanmanx3
Member
Man the updated OP. Gotta duck out the thread again or I'm gonna be crying in front of people all day smh....I got every Iwata Mii in my 3DS. Never letting that go. And I thought P.T. was the hidden treasure that was gonna always be in my possession. Those Mii's will be a little reminder for everyone...
And for the people who savagely tore into Nintendo for E3 or really since his diagnosis from last year...i hope you understand now...
That Itoi statement will haunt me a while man gosh...
And for the people who savagely tore into Nintendo for E3 or really since his diagnosis from last year...i hope you understand now...
That Itoi statement will haunt me a while man gosh...
Why should I, I clearly just stated a fact and some of the comments from here regarding E3 weren't great,
I get that there is a passion here, but some of the comments now looking back were just uncalled for,
sometimes super fans can be the real super assholes.
I just stated facts, that between all the comments here and on social media we made a sick man write an apology.
So don't go editing posts when you clearly implied just the first part. I may have been disappointed, but I didn't write anything regarding it,
as I know Nintendo will have a bright future.
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