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A moment of silence for Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata

by AJT Santos

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Via Instagram

Mr. Satoru Iwata is no longer with us.

The man behind the phenomenal success of the Nintendo Wii and DS passed away last Saturday due to a bile duct growth according to an official statement released by the video game giant.

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Well-loved by gamers all over the world for his memorable industry appearances and a public personality as bright and colorful as the games he helped develop, Satoru Iwata started his career in the video game industry right after graduating from university as a programmer at HAL Laboratory where he worked on now-classic titles such as Balloon Fight, Earthbound, Kirby, and the Pokemon series.

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He officially started working at Nintendo in 2000 and succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi as the company’s fourth president; the first one unrelated to the company’s founding family through blood or marriage, something that’s almost unheard of in the strict culture of Japanese corporations.

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Via Cnn.com

So tonight before you go to bed, turn on your Wii, DS, or any of their iterations, and dedicate a few minutes of play time to the man whose passion for video games will forever resonate in the minds and hearts of gamers the world over.

Sayonara, Iwata-san.

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Via Eurogamer.net
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