To our shareholders
June 24, 2014
Satoru Iwata
President, Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Thank you very much for your continued extraordinary support of us. I am Satoru Iwata, President of the company.
Today, there is one thing that I would like to share with you.
Recently, as the result of one of my routine physical examinations, an issue was detected. Following a more detailed examination, a growth was found in my bile duct.
In general, it is said that a bile duct growth can be difficult-to-treat, partly because of the difficulty of detecting it early. In my case, luckily, it was detected very early and I had no symptoms.
I was counseled that removal at an early stage would be the desirable medical option. Therefore I had surgery last week, and I came through it well, as predicted.
I have already resumed my business by email and by other means, but it is anticipated that a little more time is needed for me to return to my regular work schedule.
As a result, I have no choice but to miss the company’s very important activity, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held this month. As the president of the company, I regret that I cannot attend the meeting. However, I understand that I have to prioritize my medical treatment and to recover as soon as possible so that I will again be able to do my best to help the company to grow. I hope that you understand.
Best Regards,
Satoru Iwata
----
This doesn't mean the growth was cancerous, but it certainly could have turned cancerous if left unchecked.
Lucky break. Good to actually hear it from his mouth, rather than it become a mystery and everyone cries out that he's going to die.
Nintendo confirmed for cancer
>>249974140
Incorrect, Nintendo confirmed for removing cancer.
>"Therefore I had surgery last week, and I came through it well, as predicted."
>"I have already resumed my business by email and by other means"
>"I regret that I cannot attend the meeting"
>already wants to go back to work
What are you? A robot?
>>249975203
It's business talk. Are you telling me you don't make yourself sound regretful when you call in sick?
>>249974967
sony fags,xbone, pc fags blown out
>>249975203
When you're a high-ranking corporate executive, chances are you're a workaholic.
>>249973952
>Good to actually hear it from his mouth
are you retarded m8?
he didn't write that
Well, I'm glad we sent him that card now
>>249975203
He's the president of a large international company. He can't exactly take an extended break from work.
>>249975203
welcome to japanese work ethic
shit is crazy, i met a japanese salaryman playing street fighter online, he was using google translate to send me messages. I asked him when he'd be on for some more matches some other day and he said something along the lines of "work before play, I'll be on next national holiday" Like christ not even a fucking weekend or something
>we send him a get well soon card
>he comes out and says he's getting better
Maybe we should send a 'make good games' card to EA
>iwata faking sick so he doesn't have to answer to shareholders
PLEASE UNDERSTAND
>>249975816
When was the next holiday?
>>249973731
Holy shit, it's a good thing that they found it.
Most forms of pancreatic cancer are especially nasty.
>>249975960
Nah EA deserves to die.
>>249975203
He's a Japanese so everything beyond his control is still his fault and he should be shamed for it
>>249975960
They'll just sell it back to us as DLC for their games..
Well shit i want to lay out of work now too
We should send him a get well card instead of fucking treehouse getting a card just for doing their job.
>>249976004
Festival week in the beginning of August.
>>249975816
While it's true the Japanese spend a lot of time at work, their productivity isn't any higher than somebody working 40 hours a week. A good chunk of their office time is spent waiting to be the last one to leave so they look dedicated. Its all image rather than content.
Source: Did a short internship in Japan.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=843356
>>249976631
>b-but gooks are perfect and awesome i think i'm actually Japanese I just look white
>>249975559
>are you retarded m8?
Ask yourself.
>>249976635
This is a new low.
>>249973731
Got any sauce with that?
>>249976635
Talk about jealous
Don't let up n the Sony threads. Let them know to never post here again.
>>249973731
I guess nintendo were really talking out of their arse.
>>249976363
>>249977050
Fuck off
>>249977123
But it's his stomach.
>>249973731
I guess that's the only thing Iwata is growing at Nintendo.
>>249976635
>/v/ always says neogaf is sonyland
>they're now sucking nintendo cock
Explain yourselves.
>>249976635
>Neogappinganus doesn't know that /v/ made a get well soon card
>Its RIGHT FUCKING THERE in the OP post
>>249977448
attentionwhores.
>>249977448
>http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=843356
Cause they are jealous as fuck
>>249977448
they're only doing this to seem nice, they don't actually care about iwata
>>249976635
NeoGAF is more cancerous than any growth.
>>249977546
>>249977496
>>249977536
Not only that, but almost none of them have OC.
It's just simple photo edits
>>249976631
I feel like this is the case too. It's like how they break their backs in exams for... average results. But they're obsessive about it.
>>249977123
>Doesn't know where the bile duct is
Ya blew it.
>>249976635
wow, what a bunch of cocksuckers.
literally cancer.
>>249977594
>neogaf sends him a card
>all of a sudden, another growth is detected
>/v/ decides to send another card
>growth removed
>v confirmed for curing cancer
Japanese people are fucking immortal
>>249975405
Xbox does not exist and PC does not care about nintendo since nintendo does not have multiplats and that means they don't hold down pc gaming
>>249977670
Yeah, fucking idiot. Does he not realise he'd be talking out his nose?
Did the card we sent ever reached Iwata?
>>249976631
That's truly pathetic.
>>249977947
Bill Trinen said it did
>>249977448
neogaf has fans of
every platform.
>>249976635
>they can't come up with anything original so they copy /v/'s idea
>they can't come up with anything original so they make a card full of their dumb mii faces
>>249977423
Good effort.
>>249977536
Do they really have no shame? I mean it's obvious as fuck that they're jealous and want attention, why do they even bother?
>>249977857
You are not fooling anyone xbonenintendo fag and some pcusers got a wiiu too,you guys are so much cancer in the end just like iwata
>>249978480
>neogaf
>shame
>>249978480
Read the NeoGAF description on their front page. It hasn't been true for years which explains everything.
>>249974140
>>249974967
I sonybro, but goddam man, a tip of my hat to yeh.
>>249978004
>implying
>>249978000
trips confirm it
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249978740
That's why I said that he said it did.
I'm not saying I necessarily believe him
>>249976635
>Ideally we want this to be done in collaboration with 4chan. This is about gamers coming together in unity, not trying to one up each other over a man's health. If the great houses of NeoGAF and 4chan can be united on this, that will send the ultimate message about gamers being united for their love of gaming, rather than being divided by petty tribalism.
>>249975203
Japan's work ethic is just astonishing.
My old japanese professor used to teach english in japan and he told me about a 60 year old woman math teacher that still came to teach the first few classes after breaking her arm. Just so she could clock in for half the day.
LOL
XBOX WINS
>>249975203
>as predicted
You ever been so Alpha not even tricky surgery seems to bother you?
>>249979317
She broke it on the way to work.
>>249979295
I almost cringed, but then I laughed
>>249979317
She only worked for half a day? What a lazy cunt. All she did was break an arm, and all she had to do was talk.
>>249976635
>/v
>>249979546
I bet you felt good for making that joke. Did you make it yourself?
>>249979546
LMAO BRO ROFL
>>249979625
GET REKT
>>249979295
Why do people feel the need to try and make something into something that it's not? /v/ is an image board not a fucking Royal House that's not how the internet works you just look like a retard
>>249976635
>NeoFags in charge of originality
>>249979546
ayy lmao
>>249979295
>If the great houses of NeoGAF and 4chan can be united on this, that will send the ultimate message about gamers being united for their love of gaming
>Gamers
>Gaming
>great houses of NeoGAF and 4chan
I have never cringed this fucking hard. Goddamn, NeoFags are the worst. Can't they just come up with their own shit and not act like retards?
>>249979546
>>249976095
Bile duct and pancreas are not the same. Bile duct cancer is way more aggressive.
The board of shareholders are clearly trying to kill iwata so nintendo can make smartphone and pay to win games.
>tfw it's all over
>>249979625
>>249979546
>>249976635
I love how NeoGaf was so jealous that now they feel like they have to make a card too to one up /v/ like this is some kind of war. And then they have to put their usernames next to it so the world can see what good people they are when it gets posted to Twitter. Kudos to those who legitimately want to do something nice for Iwata though.
>>249973731
my grandmother died of a gallbladder cancer, I'm glad he caught it early.... my grandmother.. not so early, it'd already spread to her liver by the time they caught it and she had ignored the pain until it was too much to function. It was horrible to watch the suffering...
Really glad he's on top of his health.
![[...]2.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HldTh2w.jpg "[...]2.jpg")
>>249979546
>>249980538
lol what were her last words? "h-help m-m-me" then a flatline? haha
>>249980538
I hope it's genetic and you get the same so we won't have to deal with those stupid ellipses in your fucking post ever again
>>249979546
Mods confirmed for removing cancer
>>249980538Are you my sister?
I didn't even know cancer could happen to stuff life gallbladders until my grandmother died from it
Now I'm scared of getting it too, shit looked real painful
>>249979546
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249973731
His liver must be breaking down. Not surprising when it's working 24/7 to detoxify the stench of Nintendo and failure.
>>249980630
look at this edgy faggot
>>249979546
Mods = Gods
>>249980630
>lol
>haha
I'm dying
>>249979295
>great houses of NeoGAF and 4chan
>gamers being united for their love of gaming
>divided by petty tribalism
Jesus fucking christ.
Even if we were some fucking halves of a divided tribe, this wouldn't work. NeoGAF is unlikely to ditch their names and avatars for a project like this, since to them it's more about one-upping another community than the actual well-being of the recipient.
Anonymity allows for a person to communicate his sincere intent, since only the content of the message matters and can be judged. Start slapping signatures all over your collage and it'll communicate one message: "pay attention to me, I only did this because the other guys beat us to something neat the first time around".
I don't get why the mods delete that funny growth-post but let this >>249980630
faggot go
>>249980820
no, but I would ask you the same thing cause I have a sister..
she was on 2 grams of morphine an hour on the last day, and still whimpering in pain while she was asleep.
That's a fatal dose of morphine btw, it's a mercy killing at that point and the doctors just deny that they knew it would eventually stop her breathing.
'A grown was found in my vile cunt'
I will remember him for this phrase now.
>>249981156
haha
>>249981156
2edgy4me
>>249981160
lol
>>249980820
Cancer can technically occur anywhere in the body, largely because cancer is a disease occurring from over-replicating cells, and literally everything that makes up your body is made up of cells. Da more ya know.
>>249981156
This. Hope Iwata dies the same way right after the failure of the wii u.
>>249981156
lol are you going to screencap your messages and use them to attack /v/ on NeoGAF next haha
>>249981435
>The Gaming Gentleman
Get the fuck out of here. Jesus Christ.
>>249981156
You can't kill cancer posts with that ass cancer you have anon.
>>249980630
you can't speak a flatline, retard
>>249981447
i dont browse cancergaf, i just cant stand whiny fags
>>249981443
ps4 would have to die first
>>249981435
>The Gaming Gentleman
>talking this retarded
Reddit please fuckoff
>>249980820
You better watch out anon. This shit might be hereditary. You should get checked periodically after a certain age.
>>249981903
Why are you responding to obvious bait?
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249976635
Who and what is neogaf? why is it always being posted on /v/? just who is he?
>>249981080
>being even more pretentious than the faggots on neogaf
Well done, retard.
>I hope that you understand.
He did that on purpose, didn't he?
Why is neogaf so pathetic ?
>>249974140
>>249974967
Shots were fired.
>>249982930
He's right though. NeoGaf is in it for the attention, /v/ did it forfunand because they care.
>>249982930
Thanks, I enjoy being right.
>>249975960
EA doesn't make games
>>249983075
more referring to his philosophical pontifications on 4chan
>Anonymity allows for a person to communicate his sincere intent, since only the content of the message matters and can be judged.
that's some euphoric shit right there
>>249983487
Did you have an actual point, though?
My father was nearly killed by a tumor in the same area. Had a whippul that he barely survived. I feel for Iwata. Not an easy recovery at all.
>>249983209
>>249983735
>euphoria meme
>>249983856
>>249983487
How is that in any way euphoric? The concept he's speaking of has been in so many things over the ages, from 4chan itself to the Bible.
Everyone already forgotten Pearl Harbor?
So who's gonna replace Iwata in 6 months?
>Over 100 posts
>No source whatsoever
Mods gonna mod
>>249983487
>literally words right out of moot's mouth
>this is euphoric
Believe it or not the purpose behind 4chan's anonymity isn't so you can shitpost freely, dumbfuck.
>>249984015
I suppose it's the words I used that got him butthurt. English isn't my first or even second language, so I tend to get overly fancy when I shouldn't. I can imagine it sounds a bit euphoric to a native speaker.
>>249984053
I never will.
A lot of good men died for their country that day.
>>249984270
That's because they've seen the 100 other threads with 100 other sources so they know it's legitimate.
>>249974967
REKT
Sounds like Iwata has a little WiiU growing out his ass.
>>249974967
I'm Barack Obama and I approve of this message.
>>249984357
>>249984282
>still implyingniggers tip
>>249984681
You sure have an impressive collection of fedora images. I guess you need references to get your own look just right?
>>249977123
it's in the stomach you goddamn spic
>>249984357
>moot said it so it isn't some retarded neckbeard philosophy that's not founded in science or even practiced because there are fucking tripfags everywhere
my bad
>>249983075
>When NeoGaf does it, it's for attention
>When we do it, it's for fun and because we care.
>>249984831
That's a trilby, actually. So is >>249983735
>>249984831
>>249985001
>euphoric post of the decade
i guess that guy from Slovakia is off the hook
>>249984921
Is there even a single tripfag post in this thread? No need to exaggerate like a moron because you're upset.
>WiiU getting banned in the UK and EU by Phillips
>Iwata has cancer
>Miyamoto working on literal shovelware
WE DID IT BROS
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249985212
Sex genie pls
>>249985131
But it's true.
>>249984983
NeoGAF is full of dorks, /v/ is the mafia equivalent of video game culture. We like Nintendo because they value the family.
>>249985284
aren't they supposed to get banned for that crap?
>>249982841
he's a pretty cool guy and he doesn't afraid of anything
>>249984831
Jesus fucking Christ...
>>249974967
Console wars disgust me, but holy shit that was great. 5 fucking stars anon.
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249973731
>I hope that you understand.
heh
>>249975203
Work standards are different in Japanese society.
>>249985284
And yet he accepts fanart from a Splatoon drawthread on /v/.
>>249985468
>/v/ is the mafia equivalent of video game culture
It's the special needs class of video game culture.
>>249973731
Sorry, what is the difference between a growth and a tumor?
So wait, Neofags are actually trying to one up /v/ in the image department by trying to look like inclusive saints? So it really is just a dick waving contest to them, holy shit.
>>249985927
one is cancer and the other just abnormal tissue overgrowth
>>249985912
That's what NeoGAF and reddit keep telling themselves so they can sleep at night.
>>249973731
I hope he gets better. I also hope he gets fired. That man has no business running a company.
>but muh Wii
An anomaly. The exception that proves the rule.
>>249976635
>All of them are just kirby or mii's
Oh fucking wow, nice job on being creative.
At least our card had diversity, this is just the same shit, only lazier.
>>249985979
It's amusing, especially when Neogaf users were making fun of Iwata when it was first announced he was sick and couldn't attend E3. Queue two cards from /v/ and suddenly Neogaf wants to send a get well card "out of the goodness of their hearts".
>>249986263
I don't understand your rivalry with those sites. All 3 of you are fucking retarded. Don't kid yourself into thinking one if better than the other. Think of it as 3 different fruits that are rotting
>>249985860
I'd bet he has no idea where that picture came from.
>>249985927
growth is just a benignal tumor, "tumor" is what they call cancer but people dont know the term, but anything that grows it's considered a tumor, probably nothing big happened but still, as any surgery, he needs some time to recover and do an adaptative diet
If he doesnt rest well it could become deadly, so he better drop the bat for a while
>>249986445
>I don't understand your rivalry with those sites.
That's because there's nothing to understand, there are no rivalries. Rivalling someone requires being able to hold a candle to them.
>>249986445
>Don't kid yourself into thinking one if better than the other.
4chan is better than NeoGAF and reddit.
>>249983487
But it's true. It's the fucking POINT of anonymity. So that every single thing you post is because it's what you want to say, not to keep up some kind of personal image.
>>249986140
No. Tumors can be benign and thus not cancerous. A growth is basically a tumor. That's what tumors are, an abnormal growth. Iwata decided to use "growth" instead of "tumor" to avoid any panic because when people hear "tumor" they think "OH NO CANCER. IWATA GONNA DIE!" and the it affects their stocks and shit.
I wonder how many people Fukushima has killed so far
>>249986631
>>249986838
It's like the yugi-oh kids vs the pokemon kids vs the MTG kids in school. Either way you're all losers
>When questioned further about his decision to undergo surgery, Iwata responded "There are already many undesirable growths spewing bile on a daily basis in the video game press, therefore I did not see the need to have another"
>>249987069
>Either way you're all losers
Not quite, 4chan is a champ. The other sites certainly are the losers, though. Sore ones at that.
>>249987050
What does Fukushima have anything to do with this?
Did Iwata actually get the card?
This wasnt for TreeHouse, it was for him.
>>249974967
>>249987683
Bill Trinnen supposedly handled delivery, so I think it's safe to assume that he got it.
>>249986631
>>249986838
>>249987168
Where's your TF2 hat 4chan?
>>249978000
It happens at investment banks to. I'm currently doing internship upon internship, and most of the analysts and corporate finance people spend their time procrastinating and wasting time and doing lots of busywork. If anyone dares finish their work and go home before everyone else does, they're branded as a freeloader, incapable of working hard, and a faggot.
Christ this work culture is awful.
>>249981156
>>249976635
hahaha oh man that's a new low for GAF
>>249983487
>euphoric
Do you even fucking know what that word means?
>>249987050
Due to what, exactly?
>>249987109
Underrated post
>>249983735
>>249983976
>>249984282
>>249984681
>>249985025
>posting images from the NeoGAF card
>>249989496
Fuck off /sp/
>>249989627
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8hqmIwSwcQ
>>249976363
Slowbro pls leave
>>249987858HUEHUEHUEHUE
>>249987168
>4chan
>a champ
It's not healthy to have some unfounded delusions, anon.
>>249976635
>even less effort than the laziest tile on a 4chan card
>>249993048
>Neogaf makes fun of Iwata when he's sick
>4chan sends a get well card
>"W-well lets send a card too!"
>"It's totally not to one up 4chan or stroke our egos!"
>"lets just post our miis and pictures of ourselves holding Nintendo games!"
I don't know who they're trying to fool. Can't wait to see their card full of miis and usernames.
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249974140
>>249974967
>>249974140
>>249974967
Rekt
>>249976635
What the fuck am I reading?
They really are as faggy as /v/ says.
>>249995178
>Some images dedicate a corner just to show their miis and names
Are they fucking serious? This is embarrassing to watch
>>249973731Reggie kicked Iwata's ass so bad, he actually had to get it checked by a doctor
in another light, this is pretty funny..
>>249976635
They are sucking our cocks really, really hard.
>>249976635
This reminds me why I never joined a forum.
>>249974140
>>249974967
Holy shit.
for posterity
>>249973731
The guy beside him always look like a fucking bum
>>249976635
What a bunch of cocksuckers faggots. It's fucking crazy why do people feel the need to copy 4chan every fucking time a board do something? Shit like this remind me that this shithole is way better than those cancerous places.
>>249993542
Did you see the picture of the guy who just made a Photoshop of him holding his dog? And he even insisted on his picture physically being in the card.
>>249995625
He's gotta train some more. Reggie combines martial arts with his robotic body while Shiggy is upgrading his Trinentron. I think he should focus on energy and charge attacks.
http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/neogaf-sends-nintendo-ceo-iwata-a-get-well-soon-card-26563
Oh look they've already hit the news for this new, thoughtful, kind, and of course completely original initiative.
>Neogaf faggots coming here to shitpost and defend their shitty forum
Literally not vidya.
>>249996819
>It's barely in the initial stages of planning.
>ALREADY NEWS ABOUT IT
What the hell is this? Seriously what the flying fuck? This is already startig to feel like Vaporware.
I haven't read all the posts of the thread, do they even have a moneyfag confirmed?
>>249996819
>implying anyone would ever write good news about 4chan
Don't make me laugh
>that butthurt virgin in the comments
>>249996819
Yup. Lets forget about Neogaf shitting on Iwata before they got a severe case of "me too!"
>>249996076
He's met with a terrible fate, hasn't he?
>>249998146
I know it's gaf, but were they even the same people involved?
>>249997452
They have a billion miis and maybe 4 pictures, one of which is just a guy with his dog clearly vying for attention.
pls go and stay go, maniac-kun.
Their card is still in its planning stages. Maybe they can change it enough or scrap it entirely do their own thing instead. It's good that there are people there who want to send Iwata support, and I hope they can do so. I'm sure that there are legitimate well wishes there. That being said I'd be very surprised if every single one of them wasn't doing it to either ego stroke or "beat 4chan" even if they don't realize it themselves.
>>249996819
>NeoGAF makes up one of gaming's largest and widest-reaching video game communities on the Internet
Wow, no wonder people think gamers are retarded.
>>249999025
Oh look, it seems like they've already forgotten that /v/ sent a get well card.
Guess Neogaf is the only community in the world that cares about Iwata's health.
Why exactly does it matter who had the idea first? They're at least putting in effort and care about Iwata. It shouldn't really matter, just be glad they're doing something.
>>249999313
>that image
>>249999609
NeoFAG detected.
>>249999609
>>>/neogaf/
>>249999701
Well anon why don't you do something meaningful and make a get well card for Iwata?
Going by that thread they wanted to collaborate with us for 1 big card. A very noble and very optimistic idea, one that would work in a far better world. Unfortunately there is just too much bad blood.
>>249999863
Obviously. Lets not pretend that Neogaf doesn't hate this place as much as /v/ hates them.
>>249999851
>instead of doing anything meaningful
>>249976635
Neogaf is truly the worst thing ever.
I have never posted until today, I always have lurked, and I just had to express this and get it out of my chest.
Nothing to do with console wars, they're just disgusting in essence. Fucking bunch of faggots.
>>250000048
And you know, that /v/ did the card thing first.
>NeoGaf makes a get well card
>Nearly the entire card is just crediting themselves with usernames and Miis
Jusus christ you assholes, do you have any idea why WE do our cards anonymously? It's not about you, it's about them.
>>249999609
NeoGaf pls go
>>250000000
>>249999609
That's the problem, though; they really aren't. If they actually showed some display of effort, I imagine that this thread would be going in a pretty different direction.
>>250001160
Mods=GODS
>>249985284
I hope you're aware that's good for 4chan.
>>250001273
I'm sure they're committed to the problem like they were with the Wii U. As far as Sony goes If Kaz got cancer they'd let him die in the street like they did with Vita.
>>250001160
Then take your fucking Miis, names, and photographs off the card you thundercunts. A get well card is not about showing off who you are and that you're a great person, it's about well wishes.
>>250001160
(Dead)
TitusGroan?
He makes a good point, but I don't know if the 'gaf community would want /v/.
>>250001160
Then take your names off of the card.
The message should be the aspect that matters the most, not the person who sent it.
Look, I know you guys want to do something nice, but why didn't you do it when the issue was present instead of bickering about this being a chance for Iwata to resign?
And how are you going to send this?
Are you just going to post it to the twitter?
It's not going to get to Iwata that way, in a personal matter.
>>250001623
>>250001418
>>250001413
>>250001374
Aww I missed it, dang it.
What was it?
>>250001160
couple tips
1. Usernames, Miis, and pictures of yourself are practically self-fellating. Iwata doesn't know who Xx420BlazeItxX is and I doubt having it on the card will somehow make it more meaningful. It's about the recipient, not the sender.
2. You were probably better off doing something completely different, like a video or whatever you guys had originally planned. Claims of stealing the idea are obviously going to follow if you do almost the exact same thing.
3. Fuck off. "Tribalism" will always exist as long as there are enough users to keep the sweeping generalizations alive. Neogaf and /v/ already have their fair share of those typeslike Kinsei and anon#35093204.
Can shitgaf get lower than this?
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There's an archive you know
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