Nintendo has sadly confirmed that Iwata-san passed away on July 11, 2015
"Nintendo Co., Ltd. deeply regrets to announce that President Satoru Iwata passed away on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth," the company said in an official announcement today. Iwata-san had been battling illness for some time now. Last year he skipped E3, as doctors recommended he not travel overseas and he then had surgey for the aformentioned bile duct growth.
Iwata was a champion for Nintendo, introducing the "blue ocean" strategy and overseeing two incredibly successful platforms in the Wii and DS, which not only changed Nintendo but had a drastic impact on the industry. He became Nintendo's fourth CEO, succeeding Hiroshi Yamauchi as president in 2002 and he was named CEO of Nintendo of America in 2013. Prior to that, Iwata was a top programmer at HAL Laboratory, which is primarily known for popular franchises like Kirby and Super Smash Bros.
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