Tag: Satoru Iwata

Al Luijendijk, editor for this very website, contacted me earlier today wanting to do something for Iwata’s passing. Not to take advantage of it – but to honor a man who directly and indirectly affected all of our lives here at Zelda Informer. Iwata has been involved as an executive producer on many Zelda titles, but what that role necessarily entailed has always remained a mystery – he certainly wasn’t on the ground floor creating the game…

With the sad and unexpected news of Satoru Iwata’s passing many are feeling an immense amount of sadness and loss. Most within the gaming community are taking to Twitter to express their thoughts about a man that touched so many lives in so many ways. Plenty of fans will remember him as the President of Nintendo, but he was much more. He was a man who had a true passion and love for gaming and he inspired much in the…

Satoru Iwata, CEO of Nintendo of Japan and Nintendo of America, as well as President of the Board of Directors, passed away on July 11th, 2015 due to a bile duct growth. Iwata had previously missed scheduled meetings and other work related events due to health concerns, most of which we were understood publicly to now be in the past. That may have been too much of an optimistic viewpoint given his untimely death…

This is a sad day for all in the gaming community for we have just heard that Satoru Iwata, the President and CEO of Nintendo has passed away from a bile duct growth. Nintendo has released a notification of his death from a prolonged bought with cancer. Iwata-san became Director at Nintendo in 2000 and took over as President in 2002, becoming the first President unrelated to the Yamauchi family. This was a very important man for gamers everywhere and…

Last week we shared with you quite a bit of news that came out of Nintendo’s financial results briefing. At the end of that briefing their was an Investor Q & A session where Satoru Iwata, President and CEO of Nintendo gave some insights on  the possibilities for the NX. Although the full Q & A has been posted, currently it is all in Japanese. The full session should be officially updated in English shortly, but for now we have…

Nintendo held their Financial Results Briefing yesterday, and it proved to be a day filled with more than just numbers. Although we learned that Nintendo has returned to earning a profit, we also learned of a new partnership with Universal Parks & Resorts. No real details were given about the partnership, except that it has begun, and now I am sure we will all begin to wait impatiently for more information. At the briefing, Satoru Iwata talked about a few…

TGIF! It’s time to celebrate the end of a long work week with Zelda Informer’s Photoshop Contest. This week we’re going to climb straight to the top of the corporate ladder and look at Zelda in the most business-like way possible. It may sound too serious, but it might be a good idea to restore our professionalism after the outrageousness that was last week’s contest: Loftwing Evolution…

Satoru Iwata has finally commented on the Netflix Zelda TV Series rumors. While he has nothing to announce at this time, suggesting they are indeed planning some sort of TV Show for something at Nintendo, he did want to point out that the initial news about the Zelda Netflix TV Show was based on incorrect information. However, the way it is stated suggests that the TV Show may very much be a reality, just not in the way described. It is possible that what was reported was one of merely several different ideas pitched to Nintendo. We have no way of knowing…

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has stated that the rumors regarding Netflix’ adaptation of The Legend of Zelda is based on inaccurate information. In a recent interview that Time Magazine had with the Nintendo executive he mentioned a variety of things including the news on Nintendo developing on handheld devices, the free-to-play market, the Amiibos and other toys and a big reveal: the rumors that started a month and a half ago on the website of the Wall Street Journal that…

Our weekly podcast keeps chugging along, with special guest PaperBoxHouse. We sit down to talk about the recently released Mario Party 10, the new trailer for the movie Pixels, and the recent string of interviews with top Nintendo executives. Your host as always for this week is Adam (who can’t pronounce anything properly), and your cast of lovable adventurers includes: Jake (wants a Gold Mario Amiibo), Caleb (triggered as usual), and special guest for this week Alfred/PaperBoxHouse (he’s still holding out for Super Mario Galaxy 3). Tune in to hear our weekly news roundup, as well as Adam’s secret Kingdom Hearts/Metal Gear Solid fan fiction…