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Satoru Iwata Has Passed Away

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Linkinito

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Came for the respects, didn't expect the feels. :(

Even though if my childhood was in another castle, there's definitely a spark in my gamer's heart that came from him.

RIP, Mr. Iwata.
 
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Chaos17

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I will miss his Iwata ask :(

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Valjean Lafitte

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Cheebo said:
Any banner should be in addition to the rainbow logo not at it's expense.

It is still vital to be celebrating the passing of gay marriage here at gaf, it is still too early and far too significant of a victory for our community to remove. Getting rid of the love banner this early when many around the net still proudly wear the rainbow color celebration of equality would not go well on the OT side.

We can still mourn Iwata and have something of remembrance of him in the banner without still celebrating the wonderful victory this community has recently had.
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Oh for Christ's sake, it's not vital that we celebrate anything. The Love banner has been up for over a week, but this... this just happened.

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Let the goddamn Gaming Age Forum commemorate the loss of one of gaming's greatest and most influential icons.
 
GeNoMe

GeNoMe

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You know, before leaving home this morning to head to work, I thought about bringing along my New3dsXL. You know, to kill some time when i'm on break. I realised when I was already driving that I forgot to bring it with me.

I have never before today thought about bringing a handheld to work.
When I arrived at my workplace, the first thing I was informed of was mr.Iwata's death right after logging on to my workplace. I'm so depressed about this news you guys.
 
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Kimawolf

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It's funny. You think something like the death of a stranger would not affect you. I always roll my eyes at people who cry or act like they knew random celebrity who passed... But I get it now. I genuinely am sad he is gone. Im a hard core pc gamer but always had a soft spot for Nintendo. No matter what you think of his decisions, he always was for the gamer. Causal, hard core, didn't matter, he only wanted every one to have fun. Under him Nintendo literally changed gaming with the Wii and DS.

Time to rest now Mr. Iwata. Go off to Dreamland knowing you have all of our respect.
 
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offshore

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Oh my goodness I've just seen this; I cursed out loud when I saw the headline. Very sad at first, and then I thought about their E3 video, with his puppet staring at the bananas, I started smiling. A testament to his character. RIP to a great man.

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Iokis

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Nicktendo86 said:
The thing is, as others have said, it is going to take months, perhaps years until we can all fully appreciate what Iwata has done in his last few months in order to get Nintendo on the right path as we slowly see the fruits of the seeds he has planted.

If I, or anyone else that I know, were given a prognosis such as the one Iwata had I would use the time I had to enjoy myself. Go travel the world, spend time with family etc. But Iwata spent his time trying to fix the problems in Nintendo and get his company back on the right path. I cannot imagine the selflessness that must have taken.

I'm going to have to stop as I'm choking up again.
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This has been slowly dawning on me as the day went on, I come back into the thread to find you articulated my developing thoughts for me. Thank you.

That and his post-Direct apology and promise to improve, despite knowing he won't be around to see it...

Can't even deal right now
 
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sonto340

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I've never been this affected by a strangers passing. It's comforting to see the lives he's influenced all pay respect. To know that even after he's gone he still lives on in the hearts and minds of so many.
I still just can't even believe it.
Fuck Cancer
RIP Iwata-San.
 
Velcro Fly

Velcro Fly

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the .gif of him waving goodbye and bowing just got me

the entirety of the OP got me but I decided it was ok to let myself cry when I saw that

been holding it back all day and i couldn't anymore
 
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airjoca

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Kimawolf said:
It's funny. You think something like the death of a stranger would not affect you. I always roll my eyes at people who cry or act like they knew random celebrity who passed... But I get it now. I genuinely am sad he is gone. Im a hard core pc gamer but always had a soft spot for Nintendo. No matter what you think of his decisions, he always was for the gamer. Causal, hard core, didn't matter, he only wanted every one to have fun. Under him Nintendo literally changed gaming with the Wii and DS.

Time to rest now Mr. Iwata. Go off to Dreamland knowing you have all of our respect.
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The worse "strangers death" I've experienced so far was Robin Williams. It was literally like if a family member or close friend had passed away. I felt sad for days.
 
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Boy Wander

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EdwardTeach said:
The Gay marriage celebration is a totally US centric thing. Gay marriage was already possible on many other parts of the world. Therefore while I didn't resent the rainbow logo and thought it was a nice touch, it has no real relevance to me or anyone else outside of the US (and obviously has no real relation to gaming). On an international gaming forum some form of celebration of Iwata should now take precedence.
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The best thing anyone can do right now with regard to this thread is to keep posts centred on personal messages of remembrance and condolence. I'm sure mods will make a decision and that can then be debated. I really think this thread is not the right place.
 
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Madrugador

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Valjean Lafitte said:
Oh for Christ's sake, it's not vital that we celebrate anything. The Love banner has been up for over a week, but this... this just happened.

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Let the goddamn Gaming Age Forum commemorate the loss of one of gaming's greatest and most influential icons.
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Love that banner, it's the least we can do for Mr. Iwata.
 
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PtM

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Too soon. I hope his successor upholds his legacy. I've glanced over an obituary and got to see how he recently had lost weight, but man, too soon.
 
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dglavimans

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I don't see the need for discussion on which is more important. Celebrating gay rights or the death of Mr Iwata... WTF GAF, stay classy :/

That said, i'm really sad to learn this. Always enjoyed the directs and Iwata didn't seem like a CEO to me but one who truly loved all the gamers and I felt like he was a gamer itself. I hope his legacy will continue forward with Nintendo, rip.

For me personall I really liked the 3DS presentation at E3 from him, I didn't see the revolution unveilling live but the moment the 3DS was shown like that.. I always remembered that moment :) Gives me chills
 
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Grief.exe

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EdwardTeach said:
The Gay marriage celebration is a totally US centric thing. Gay marriage was already possible on many other parts of the world. Therefore while I didn't resent the rainbow logo and thought it was a nice touch, it has no real relevance to me or anyone else outside of the US (and obviously has no real relation to gaming). On an international gaming forum some form of celebration of Iwata should now take precedence.
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Gay marriage was already legal in the majority of US States. The ruling simply made it unconstitutional to ban it.
 
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HiredN00bs

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My heart sunk when I received an SMS from the Bungie Twitter account with a quote from Mr. Iwata.

I remember there were rumors of him being in poor health but I though that had passed.

He was, in my opinion, one of the most genuine figures in the industry. The fact that he continued his work while he knew he was dying is something only someone with an intense love and passion for their career would do.

I haven't been pleased with Nintendo for some time, because while I feel they make incredibly special and beautiful games, they lack the social and technical features that have become standards, stuff that doesn't really demand creativity, but savvy engineers and programmers. I could be pretty dismissive, bitter, and mocking in my comments, mostly towards people that blindly defended or always made lavish excuses for Nintendo, but I always admired Mr. Iwata. He breathed video games.
 
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oni-link

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It's so easy to get caught up in the sadness of his passing, but he was a man who in only 55 years of life managed to engineer such a huge amount of joy for so many people

He can be immensely proud of his life and his achievements, as a programmer and as a CEO
 
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Skii

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Wow, just saw the news now. It feels surreal. You never really expect someone who is essentially the face of Nintendo to pass away at such a young age. He did change the gaming industry which is the greatest legacy any gamer can ever leave.
 
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doraemoe

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I still cannot believe it, if it is not the DS, I won't go back from PC to console at all, and of course I will not get 3DS, Wii and Wii U latter. Nintendo games are such a different experience after all these years PC gamming. If it is not him, I won't have all those happy memories, nor to say by playing Nintendo games I met lots of new friends. Not saying I'm agree with everything he did at Nintendo, but he certainly made Nintendo a unique company. Among sometimes cruel and unfriendly gaming industry, while many companies only care about leeching from players (not saying they are totally wrong, since business is a serious thing and sometimes can be cruel.) Nintendo still put fun games above all things, and by playing games they release, I can feel people behind these games are putting their heart in it. It is Nintendo that let me know a racing game can be like Mario Kart, a fighting game can be like Smash Bros, and a shooting game can be like Splatoon. I have no idea what Nintendo will be like in this transformation phrase after he is gone, just hope they could stay their root and make fun games that I can play in my entire life.
 
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dangeraaron10

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A lot of you are just now waking up to see this, I've yet to go to sleep, and probably won't go to sleep tonight/this morning. I think I might just take a personal day/spontaneous vacation day off from work for when it finally hits me.
 
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