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It's incredibly hard to believe that one year ago today, former president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, passed away. And yet here we are, a year has passed, and the days continue to fly by.

Satoru Iwata was a businessman, a gamer, and a great man. Say what you will of his business acumen, the man brought so much success, so much passion and so much joy to his company and his consumers.

He was a futurist and an idealist. He set the pathway for Nintendo's future in ways they had never thought to go before. He was brilliant, strategic, and caring.

And he is still missed to this day.

I hope everyone will keep this man in your thoughts today, maybe play a little Balloon Fight or Pokemon Go today in his memory.

Thank you Iwata. For everything you did for us. Rest in peace.

 

[Deleted User]

It's been an entire year since his passing? I feel old.

Anyways, we have a lot to thank Iwata for; debugging Smash Bros. Melee in time for release, compressing data in Pokemon Gold and Silver allowing Kanto to fit in the cartridge, and many other things that are too long to list here. Video gaming wouldn't be the same without him.

 

[Deleted User]

We will always love Iwata!!!

 

[MrJason005]

How time flies.

 

[MReP]

After he passed away, nintendo said "Yolo" and kinda fucked up the system :|

 

[supergamer368]

Wow, it's been a while....