Satoru Iwata

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“On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.”
—Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡) was the fourth president of Nintendo, and the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage. He contributed to the GameCube and was responsible for its sales. He was also the executive producer of many games and a previous employee of HAL Laboratory. In April 2013, he replaced Tatsumi Kimishima as CEO of Nintendo of America.[1] He died on July 11, 2015 of a bile duct growth after a long battle with cancer.[2] Tatsumi Kimishima succeeded him in presidency.

Satoru Iwata cameo in WarioWare.
Iwata's cameo in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

He makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, but the most notable appearances are in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, where he appears on Wario's TV, and in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, where he (under the name Shop Manager Iwata) is the owner of a video game store and sold 18-Volt a Game & Watch for 9-Volt. Whenever the player wins a microgame in 9-Volt and 18-Volt's set, he takes away his ? Block set and chuckles, and if the player loses a microgame, he becomes slightly frustrated and a customer leaves the store (which are the life counters).

A copy of 1984's Golf was embedded in the Nintendo Switch firmware. Activating it required the internal system clock to be set to July 11 - Satoru Iwata's death anniversary - and performing his iconic "directly to you" hand gesture with both Joy-Con controllers on the HOME Menu. If successful, a voice clip of Iwata from a Japanese 2012 presentation would confirm the input, and an emulator of Golf with added motion control support would promptly boot up.[3] Golf has significance as one of the first video games Iwata programmed himself for Nintendo while working at HAL Laboratory.[4] This version of Golf was overwritten as of the 4.0.0 update, making it unplayable.[3]

List of games

Since Satoru Iwata was automatically credited as "Executive Producer" on every Nintendo game released between his promotion to president and his passing, the following list cover only credits given before said promotion.

Gallery

  • Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto together, holding their Wii Remotes

    Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto together, holding their Wii Remotes

  • Satoru's cameo in WarioWare: Smooth Moves

    Satoru's cameo in WarioWare: Smooth Moves

  • Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from Bowser in the promotional trailer of the Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010

    Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from Bowser in the promotional trailer of the Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010

  • Satoru Iwata holding a prototype of the Wii U GamePad

    Satoru Iwata holding a prototype of the Wii U GamePad

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Italian Iwata il caponegozio (WarioWare: Smooth Moves)
 Iwata the shop manager

References

Satoru Iwata coverage on other NIWA wikis:
The English Wikipedia logo, for use on the Wikipedia template. Wikipedia has an article on Satoru Iwata.
  1. ^ Satoru Iwata named Nintendo of America CEO
  2. ^ Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director(President) (July 13, 2015). Nintendo.jp. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  3. ^ a b http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Flog
  4. ^ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com
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WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Main characters Wario • Mona • Kat & Ana • Young Cricket • Master Mantis • Jimmy T. • Ashley • Red • Dribble & Spitz • Penny • 9-Volt • 18-Volt • Jimmy P. • Tiny Wario • Orbulon • Dr. Crygor • Mike
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Single-player minigames Tortoise & Hare • Balloon Trip • Can Shooter • Block Star • Tower Tennis • Pyoro S
Multi-player minigames Lifeline • Survival • Balloon • Bomb • Bungee Buddies • Star Nose • Darts
Locations Diamond City • Wario's House • Temple of Form • Diamond Dojo • Park Street • Club Sugar • Ashley's Mansion • Diamond Taxi • Tomorrow Hill • Alien Mitzi's Spaceship • Diamond Academy • 9-Volt's House • Interstate 310 • Toy Express • Club Spice • Pearl Square • Sound Studio • Variety Towers
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