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|caption = Satoru Iwata with the 3DS | |||
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|position = former President and CEO of Nintendo Co. Ltd. | |||
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'''Satoru Iwata''' was the fourth president of [[Nintendo]], having taken over the job from the third president [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] in May of 2002. Since his rise to Presidency of Nintendo, he was credited with the success of many of Nintendo's latest creations and the games for them including the [[Nintendo Wii|Wii]], the [[Nintendo DS|DS]], the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]], and the [[Nintendo Wii U|Wii U]]. | |||
Iwata was | |||
While working as a video game designer he worked on games such as Super Mario Sunshine, Star Fox Adventures, Metroid Prime, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Animal Crossing and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''. The series he is most recognized for | ==Biography== | ||
Iwata was born December 6, 1959 in the Hokkaido province of Japan. At a young age he expressed an interest in creating video games, which he took throughout high school and then to the Tokyo Institute of Technology where he studied Computer Science. During this time he worked part-time with [[Wikipedia:HAL Laboratory|HAL Laboratory, Inc.]] eventually working there full-time in 1982. | |||
While working as a video game designer he worked on games such as ''Super Mario Sunshine'', ''Star Fox Adventures'', ''Metroid Prime'', ''Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem'', ''Animal Crossing'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]''. The series he is most recognized for, however, is the creation of the ''Kirby'' series. In 1992, he became president of HAL Laboratories and brought the company back after, having fallen into the red before his presidency. | |||
After that he went to Nintendo in 2000, to become the head of Nintendo's Corporate Planning Division, where he worked on all of Nintendo's global affairs. Finally in 2002, he took over the job of Nintendo's president from Hiroshi Yamauchi, becoming the fourth president in the company's history. | After that he went to Nintendo in 2000, to become the head of Nintendo's Corporate Planning Division, where he worked on all of Nintendo's global affairs. Finally in 2002, he took over the job of Nintendo's president from Hiroshi Yamauchi, becoming the fourth president in the company's history. | ||
=Trivia= | In 2014, Iwata was unable to attend [[E3]] due to health problems.{{Unsourced}} A bile duct growth led to his death on July 11th, 2015 at age 55.{{Ref|https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf}} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*[[Satoru Iwata]] was the first president of [[Nintendo]] to not be a family member of the previous three presidents by blood or marriage. | |||
=Gallery= | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Satoru Iwata.jpg|Picture of Satoru Iwata | File:Satoru Iwata.jpg|Picture of Satoru Iwata | ||
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|2003 | |||
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'' | |||
|Executive Producer | |||
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|2004 | |||
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|Four Swords Adventures]]'' | |||
|Executive Producer | |||
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|2004 | |||
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap|The Minish Cap]]'' | |||
|Executive Producer | |||
|- | |||
|2006 | |||
|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'' | |||
|Executive Producer | |||
|} | |||
{{References}} | |||
==Resources== | |||
* [https://niwanetwork.org/wiki/index.php/Satoru_Iwata Satoru Iwata from Nintendo Wiki] | |||
* [https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/07/16/profile-satoru-iwata 2004 IGN profile of Satoru Iwata] | |||
{{Cat|Game Staff}} | {{Cat|Game Staff}} |