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Nintendo: Satoru Iwata won't be able to attend investor meeting this Friday
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DaSorcerer7
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Get well soon Iwata-san
1000 Branches
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Get well soon, Iwata! We're all pulling for you! And don't worry about Nintendo too much, it'll all be great in the long run, it always is 
POWERSPHERE
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Glad the thread isn't full of 'replace Iwata' bollocks, and glad it's potentially sorted out.
Amazeballs
Member
Or a Hitachi, Siemens or GE machine. Most likely a Hitachi given the location.
Mysterious
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Don't mean to go off-topic, but this is a really stupid conclusion, given the premises. They would likely have the cheapest option.
Anyways, his replacement speaker may give us a glimpse of who's "next in line", so it would a really observation.
Nono it was obviousky found by the QoL prototype which is based on an old Phillips patent.
Now it's just full of speculation that this growth was found by a machine from a company they have lost a court case to.
Chances are that Takeda and Miyamoto will run the investor meeting.
Schattendorfer
Neo Member
It seems that only 5-25% of the Patients with bile duct cancer survive the next 5 years.
Even if the Cancer is removed at an early state.
Even if the Cancer is removed at an early state.
TitusGroan
Banned
I had a feeling it was something more than a simple cold. Glad to hear they caught it early, and here's hoping he makes a quick recovery.
And here we go...
And here we go...
1000 Branches
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Thing is, this wasn't a cancer yet, this was just a tumorous growth that was removed before it had the chance to grow into a cancer.
SliceSabre
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Get well soon!
Orniletter
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This is our chance to beat those lovable bastards over at /v/ to the punch and send him two get well soon cards !
Dumb joke aside, that was a great move by 4chan and I really hope he gets well soon .
Super Stardust
Member
Get well soon, keep fighting
truly pathetic post
Amazeballs
Member
Hitachi run a few Hospitals in japan irrc, and I'd think a company centered in Japan would charge less for Japan due to taxes or have better dealings with hospitals in their own country.
Side note: MRIs are very cheap and popular in Japan compared to the US. They're the equivalent of 160~ USD. This probably contributed to them finding the tumor in the first place, the popularity not so much the price for someone like Mr. Iwata.
This post is crap and you should feel bad.
ultratruman
Banned
Growths =/= Cancer. Stop being silly, guys.
He's relatively young, I hope he recovers smoothly.
He's relatively young, I hope he recovers smoothly.
Uremifasolasiututut
Member
Hrmmm,..
I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Iwata - he is not your standard figurehead, nor a serial CEO who spews sales figures and industry double-speak - he is first and foremost a software engineer and a gamer, and is truly a humble man. You do not hear much about Iwata, short of the many editorialized *cough* 'articles' that might cover any perceived missteps attributed to the company (and subsequently his leadership) that are and will continue to be more than well publicized by the media.
He does not take any credit when it is certainly merited, and attempts to deflect criticism of his teams onto himself, and bear the burden of any struggle the company might be facing onto his shoulders. He is a strong, quiet leader, and again, very humble - traits that are ever increasingly rare in this industry, and furthermore in this world for that matter.
All that said, the stress that Iwata must be facing on every front is very real, and must be quite palpable. I hope he takes the time to seriously weigh the pros and cons of his position, and how it might be affecting his life, particularly when it comes to his health.
As much as I would love for him to stay on indefinitely at Nintendo, I would never want for him to do so at the cost of his well-being.
Feel better, Mr. Iwata.
I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Iwata - he is not your standard figurehead, nor a serial CEO who spews sales figures and industry double-speak - he is first and foremost a software engineer and a gamer, and is truly a humble man. You do not hear much about Iwata, short of the many editorialized *cough* 'articles' that might cover any perceived missteps attributed to the company (and subsequently his leadership) that are and will continue to be more than well publicized by the media.
He does not take any credit when it is certainly merited, and attempts to deflect criticism of his teams onto himself, and bear the burden of any struggle the company might be facing onto his shoulders. He is a strong, quiet leader, and again, very humble - traits that are ever increasingly rare in this industry, and furthermore in this world for that matter.
All that said, the stress that Iwata must be facing on every front is very real, and must be quite palpable. I hope he takes the time to seriously weigh the pros and cons of his position, and how it might be affecting his life, particularly when it comes to his health.
As much as I would love for him to stay on indefinitely at Nintendo, I would never want for him to do so at the cost of his well-being.
Feel better, Mr. Iwata.
WooHooAlex
Member
Awesome news and very, very lucky that it was caught early. Good luck in your recovery Iwata.
Happy for Iwata, a full recovery is the best possible outcome to his situation.
The only growth I want to hear about from Iwata now is Nintendo's company growth. I think we can all agree with that.
Well, people can be forgiven for thinking it jarring and conflicting with prior sentiment when some people go from heartless condemnation of the character and well-being of someone they don't personally know to being a supportive cheerleader just because of the nature of the misfortune.
At least people listened when he asked this time.
The only growth I want to hear about from Iwata now is Nintendo's company growth. I think we can all agree with that.
Well, people can be forgiven for thinking it jarring and conflicting with prior sentiment when some people go from heartless condemnation of the character and well-being of someone they don't personally know to being a supportive cheerleader just because of the nature of the misfortune.
oh god he ended it with a please understand
At least people listened when he asked this time.
eyeball_kid
Member
Please understand that we want you to recover fully.
Or Siemens.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Feel very sorry for that and wish Iwata to get completely healed.
Cancer is one of the worst thing ever on this planet.
Cancer is one of the worst thing ever on this planet.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
So it was a lot more serious than I originally thought when word got out that he wasn't attending E3. Glad he's okay.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
So he had throat cancer in an early stage that was removed successfully?
Holy crap, I'm just glad it was found early.
Holy crap, I'm just glad it was found early.
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Where do we send the get well card to?
this is funny because of what i assume is a genuine misunderstanding of where the bile duct is.
Amazeballs
Member
When you read internet comments on a regular basis, it's easy to think that the throat and bile are somehow related.
CrimsonCommie
Member
Damn :/ get well soon Iwata!
OmegaDL50
Member
Cholangiocarcinoma or Bile Duct Cancer is terrible, survival rates at the most is 5 years with a maximum survival rate of 30% beyond the 5 year period.
A Bile Duct is a small tube that is more or less interconnected between the Liver, Pancreas, and Stomach.
Mr. Iwata did a VERY, VERY smart thing by having a growth removed in the worst case it was tumor or cancerous.
A Bile Duct is a small tube that is more or less interconnected between the Liver, Pancreas, and Stomach.
Mr. Iwata did a VERY, VERY smart thing by having a growth removed in the worst case it was tumor or cancerous.
The bile duct is connected to the liver, not the throat.
I've almost never heard the word "growth" in a medical context to indicate anything other than a tumor but maybe it was a mistranslation or something. Benign bile duct tumors are extremely rare, especially in men, and a single cancerous tumor there leads to a terrible prognosis even after resection (somewhere between 5% and 30% 5-year survival rate depending on exactly where the tumor originated).
So yeah, hopefully it wasn't actually cancer and that he gets through this ok.
Storm Kyleis
Member
It was benign, right? It won't grow again?
Damn, it's a terrible news, but fortunately it was discovered early. I really hope he's going to recover completely
Damn, it's a terrible news, but fortunately it was discovered early. I really hope he's going to recover completely