Editing Satoru Iwata

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'''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 [[Nintendo GameCube|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 {{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 died on July 11, 2015 of a bile duct growth after a long battle with cancer.<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> Tatsumi Kimishima succeeded him in presidency.

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 in the third intermission of Wario's first story, 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 [[Fan Kids in the Shop|kid]] 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 {{wp|death anniversary}} - and performing his iconic "{{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/>

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 only covers the credits he was given before said promotion.

*''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' - Programmer

*''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' - Main Program

*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' - Special Thanks; lead debugger (uncredited)

Videogamestore.png|Satoru's cameo in ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''

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