Iwata never got to see Nintendo's current state, especially in the Pokemon department. How happy do you think he would be at the success of Go?
>>27160987
I'd say extremely happy/proud, especially since he was involved with the partnership with Niantic. GO has brought together millions of complete strangers around the world, whether they be fans of the series or not, and that number will keep growing as its released in the rest of the world, so I'm certain he would have had a huge smile on his face.
Wait isn't today an year since he died?
Considering he loved seeing video games bring people together, I'd think he'd be more than happy.
The game is bringing in fucktons of money and people are running around and interracting because of the app, as surface level interraction as it is.
I believe he would have been pretty satisfied.
>>27161102
No, that was the 11th.
Imagine he's watching us from other place with happy grin.
>>27161102
>Satoru Iwata (December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015)
It's been a year already. Damn.
>>27160987
Wasn't he reluctant to get into mobile gaming though? We might not have even gotten Go if he hadn't died if that was the case
>>27161246
He was reluctant, but eventually decided to use mobile products as a way to spread awareness about their "actual" products.
It's sad that Iwata passed away when Nintendo was looking pretty grim after THAT E3 and not going out on a good note like now. R.I.P
RIP Iwata
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vniPtX1PQ7g
RIP in piece
>>27161025
>>27161133
>>27161170
>Iwata never saw the success of GO
>only the failure of last year's E3
>>27163503
>apologizing for that E3 was one of the last things he did
>>27163123
I have a shitty memory... What the fuck happened at last year's E3?
>>27163672
It's fucking shit, man.
>>27163739
i think it was the puppets thing
>>27163739
It had absolutely nothing interesting - No console news, no really exciting games, just nothing fans were globally looking forward to.
It also announced Federation Force
>>27163739
They announced Metroid FedForce and Animal Crossing Amiibo Party, spent ages talking about Star Fox Zero but didn't actually delve deep into the gameplay, had a segment dedicated to the girl who designed the Yarn Yoshi Amiibo, people complained that the puppet show skits were too childish and stupid, etc
Basically it was a mess and Iwata apologized for disappointing people. Then he died soon after.
He didn't get to see the amazing response to Zelda this year either, rip
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9d6bbdC5wOU
Pour one out for Iwata, the Pokemon Trainer that conquered the Johto region and paved the way for us to return to Kanto
>>27164258
>Iwata used the puppets so people didn't see how frail and sick he was
Shit man
>Miyamoto will die in your lifetime
>>27164215
The puppets were the most well-received part of E3. The shitty parts were Federation Force, Amiibo Festival, Zip Lash, and a lackluster Star Fox Zero.
It added injury to insult that Reggie called that E3 all about "transformation," when it looked like transformation of good, beloved IPs to shit games.
GIVE ME BACK IWATA, GRIM REAPER
Damn, I want to watch that puppet show again.
>>27160987
I'm glad that asshole died.
Posting Iwata!
>>27167062
I'm glad nobody love you
>>27160987
Well, we all knew it was coming since you can never discard Nintendo, as many generations have taught us. I'm sure he was sure Nintendo was going to bounce back at one point or another.
>>27164849
>tfw actually liked the puppet in a corny way
>all the people freaking out and shitting on that part of the direct
>they didn't know
>>27163503
Why the good die so young? ;_;
Why people like him pass away sooner than shits like Chris-chan or ISIS?
>>27163503
God fucking damnit stop making me sad /vp/ please
This guy is one of my inspirations, he wasn't a composer, but he held onto his ideals and put them into a medium he loved, I hope to do the same with music composition some day.
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>>27168174
mods are pretty fast today
>>27160987
>"Shamefur dispray"
And then he'd commit sudoku after seeing all the casuals.
>>27168186
The fact that it takes about 50 replies before deleting a thread with porn shows that the mods finally had their coffee.
>post yfw you'll be able to go to kalos (or any other region) in SM, as a dedication to iwata's work on GSC
>even once you beat the kalos elite 4, at the end of the credits it says "dedicated to satoru iwata"
>>27164705
>>27160987
Iwata fiercely fought back against Nintendo going mobile, he would off himself right away
>>27163503
Iwata was around for tons of personal successes and he knew what was going to happen with Go anyways. Don't fret bros.
>>27161246
>>27161260
He was against going into mobile gaming in general, but the partnership with Niantic and the concept of an Ingress-style game to push their brand was how he eventually decided to go into it.
Pokemon Go was partly his idea in the first place.
