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| |image=[[File:Satoru Iwata.png|180px]]<br>Photographic portrait of Satoru Iwata | | |full_name=Satoru Iwata |
| | |image=[[File:SatoruIwata.jpg|Photographic portrait of '''Satoru Iwata'''.|120px]] |
| |born=December 6, 1959 | | |born=December 6, 1959 |
| |died=July 11, 2015 (aged 55)
| | |role=Global President |
| |role=Global President, Chief Executive Officer (Nintendo of America) | |
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| {{quote|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}} | | {{quote|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}} |
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| '''{{wp|Satoru Iwata}}''' (岩田 聡) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president of [[Nintendo]], succeeding [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]], and the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage. He contributed to the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and was responsible for its sales. He was also the executive producer of many games and a former employee of [[HAL Laboratory]]. In April 2013, he replaced [[Tatsumi Kimishima]] as {{wp|Chief executive officer|CEO}} of Nintendo of America.<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/191105/Satoru_Iwata_named_Nintendo_of_America_CEO.php Satoru Iwata named Nintendo of America CEO]</ref> He was hospitalized on June 26, 2015 due to poor health<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/17/8996339/satoru-iwata-eulogy-genyo-takeda-nintendo Nintendo releases Genyo Takeda's memorial address for Satoru Iwata] (July 17, 2015). ''Polygon''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/08/satoru_iwata_offered_pokemon_go_feedback_from_his_hospital_bed Satoru Iwata Offered Pokémon GO Feedback From His Hospital Bed] (August 15, 2016). ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> and died on July 11, 2015 of a {{wp|bile duct}} growth after a long battle with {{wp|cancer}} at age 55 at {{wp|Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University#Kyoto University Hospital|Kyoto University Hospital}}.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director(President)] (July 13, 2015). ''Nintendo.jp''. Retrieved July 13, 2015.</ref><ref>Kageyama, Y. (July 13, 2015). [https://apnews.com/article/e88f6ca92d514aa399f2471a13e72883 Nintendo’s Iwata who led through successes, woes dies at 55]. ''AP News''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> Tatsumi Kimishima succeeded him in presidency. | | '''Satoru Iwata''' (December 6, 1959 -) is the fourth president of [[Nintendo]]. He has done much work with the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] and is responsible for its success. He makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, but the most notable appearances were in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania]]'' where he appeared on Wario's TV and in ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'', where he (under the name '''Shop Manager Iwata''') was the owner of a video game store and sold [[18-Volt]] a Game & Watch for [[9-Volt]]. He is also the executive producer of many games. |
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| [[File:WWMMSatoruIwata.png|thumb|left|Iwata's cameo in ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'']]
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| Iwata makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, the most notable of which are in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' and ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''. In the former, he appears on [[Wario]]'s TV in the third intermission of Wario's first story. In the latter, he (under the name '''Shop Manager Iwata''') is the owner of a video game shop and sells a [[Game & Watch]]. [[18-Volt]] wishes to buy the Game & Watch to gift it to [[9-Volt]] and restore their friendship, but the two of them both reach for it at the same time and end up reconciling. Whenever the player wins a [[microgame]] in 9-Volt & 18-Volt's stage, Shop Manager Iwata takes away his [[? Block]] set and chuckles, and if the player loses a microgame, he becomes slightly frustrated and one of the [[Fan Kids in the Shop]] (who serve as the life counters) leaves.
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| 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 (Iwata's {{wp|death anniversary}}) and performing Iwata's signature "{{wp|List of Nintendo Direct presentations|directly to you}}" hand gesture with both Joy-Con controllers on the HOME Menu. If successful, a voice clip of Iwata from a [https://youtu.be/NWbYvzjAst8?t=16 Japanese 2012 presentation] would confirm the input, and an emulator of ''Golf'' with added motion control support would promptly boot up.<ref name=Flog>http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Flog</ref> ''Golf'' has significance as one of the first video games Iwata programmed himself for Nintendo while working at HAL Laboratory.<ref>[http://shmuplations.com/iwata/ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com]</ref> This version of ''Golf'' was overwritten as of the 4.0.0 update, making it unplayable.<ref name=Flog/>
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| Iwata is posthumously credited in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' as "Former President of Nintendo".
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| ==List of games==
| | Satoru Iwata was born in Sapporo, Japan. He expressed interest in the creation of video games early on, and began producing electronic games at his home during his high school years. The several simple number games Iwata produced made use of an electronic calculator he shared with his schoolmates. Following high school, Iwata was admitted to the prestigious Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he majored in computer science. While attending the school, he did freelance work for HAL Laboratory, Inc., a subsidiary of Nintendo, as a programmer. Satoru Iwata is married. |
| Since Satoru Iwata was automatically credited as "Executive Producer" of every Nintendo game released between his promotion to president and his passing, the following list contains only the credits he was given before said promotion.
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| *''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' – Programmer
| | After completing college, Iwata joined [[HAL Laboratory]] in a full-time capacity. He became the company's coordinator of software production in 1983. Some of the video games he helped create while he worked there were Balloon Fight, [[wikibound:EarthBound|EarthBound]], and the [[Kirby]] games. Iwata was eventually promoted to president of HAL in 1993. Nevertheless, both he and HAL sometimes aided in the creation of Nintendo video games. |
| *''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' – Main Program
| | In 2000, Iwata took a position at Nintendo as the head of its corporate planning division. When Hiroshi Yamauchi, the company's president since 1949, retired on May 31, 2002, Iwata succeeded as Nintendo's fourth president and the first unrelated to the Yamauchi family through blood or marriage. He continues to help out at HAL as a consultant. It is said that Iwata still works as an artist there, assisting in creating concept art of Kirby characters for use in the [[wikirby:Kirby series|Kirby series]] of video games. His latest projects are the [[Wii U]] and the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. He comments on the Wii in his section of [[Nintendo Wii|Nintendo's Wii]] website, Iwata Asks. Iwata has also worked on [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]], [[Mario (series)|Mario]], and the [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing series|Animal Crossing series]]. |
| *''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' – Special Thanks; lead debugger (uncredited)
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <center><gallery> |
| Iwata-satoru.jpg|Satoru Iwata and [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] together, holding their [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]]s | | File:Iwata-satoru.jpg|'''Satoru Iwata''' and [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] together, holding their [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]]s. |
| Videogamestore.png|Satoru Iwata's cameo in ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' | | File:WWMMSatoruIwata.png|Satoru's cameo in ''WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania''. |
| 3DS E32010 Trailer Bowserbattle.png|Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from [[Bowser]] in the promotional trailer of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] at {{wp|E3 2010}} | | File:Videogamestore.png|Satoru's cameo in ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''. |
| Satoru-Iwata-holding-a-Wii-U-GamePad.jpg|Satoru Iwata holding a prototype of the [[Wii U]] GamePad
| | File:3DS E32010 Trailer Bowserbattle.png|Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from [[Bowser]] in the promotional trailer of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] at [[wikipedia:Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010|E3 2010]]. |
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| ===Shop Manager Iwata===
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| |Jpn=いわたてんちょう
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| |JpnR=Iwata Tenchō
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| |JpnM=Shop Manager Iwata
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| |Ita=Iwata il caponegozio
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| |ItaM=Iwata the shop manager
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| |Kor=점장 이와타
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| |KorR=Jeomjang Iwata
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| |KorM=Shop Manager Iwata
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| {{NIWA|NWiki=1|Bulbapedia=1|WikiBound=1|SmashWiki=1|WiKirby=1|Inkipedia=1}}
| | *Satoru Iwata is the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage. |
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