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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2015-07-13 00:45
Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/12/8940053/nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-is-dead
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Splatulated wrote on 2015-07-13 00:49
RIP x.x
he worked on Balloon Fight, EarthBound, and the Kirby games.
he basically reprogrammed Earthbound from scratch by himself because the programming team did a bad job/lost their direction. I think the quote went something like, "you can try debugging for two years, or you can let me recreate it in one month, your call," or something similar to that effect. I think he also created a few NES games by himself, along with compressing gold/siver by himself in order to fit the kanto region on the cart. He's a freaking crazy programmer
^ from gamefaqs
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Raishii wrote on 2015-07-13 00:51
I'm gonna miss him. Q ~ Q
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thunderbro wrote on 2015-07-13 00:56
Well, this seemed sudden. I had no idea he was even having health problems.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-07-13 02:57
Website won't load for me. :sigh:
RIP Nintendo boss. Hopefully Nintendo can pick up and carry on his legacy.
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Splatulated wrote on 2015-07-13 03:15
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Yanm wrote on 2015-07-13 07:08
I can't right now. . .so many tears. . .so many tears :T_T:.
RIP one of my childhood heroes. . .
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Splatulated wrote on 2015-07-13 10:39
playing earth bound music in memory/respect
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2015-07-13 11:51
And there goes one of the great gaming developers to have ever lived. Rest in Peace President Satoru. May the heavens always look upon your smiling face with reverence and grace. You will be sorely missed by fans all over the world.
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Splatulated wrote on 2015-07-13 17:56
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Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2015-07-13 18:18
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A nice timeline of his life with a list of all his accomplishments
http://www.polygon.com/features/2015/7/13/8940557/satoru-iwata-accomplishments-timeline-biography-life
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2015-07-13 19:20
Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1281662:
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:cryno: Wah... that actually made me cry...
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Elleanior wrote on 2015-07-13 19:56
2015 is going to be remembered as "that year that all our heroes died".
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Yoorah wrote on 2015-07-14 00:41
Haven't been a fan of Nintendo lately but this is really sad to hear. So sudden. :(
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Code2008 wrote on 2015-07-14 03:30
For those curious, there was a rainbow over Nintendo JP in Kyoto early this morning.
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Looks like he decided to take Rainbow Road to heaven...
The best song I felt could fit for his farewell...
[Video: https://youtu.be/eVKj3u8JUm0]