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‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story

The Observer 20 Jan 2025
Programming whiz-kid Satoru Iwata was appointed company president in 2002 ... But Iwata-san would look at the data. I think that more logical, facts and figures based thinking of Iwata’s was what brought ...
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The apocryphal story of America’s ‘Pikachu with big breasts’

Polygon 17 Jan 2025
In the years after that Ishihara interview, former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recounted a similar tale about the early days of bringing Pokémon outside of Japan.
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Nintendo’s Switch 2 is here. Now it’s all about the games

Deccan Herald 17 Jan 2025
It’s the Switch - 2 ... But in the grand scheme of things, it matters little ... The late President Satoru Iwata, speaking before the launch of the Switch, discussed the need to “surprise” gamers rather than rely merely on existing hardware ... the games.
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What Nintendo’s original Switch reveal told us — and didn’t tell us

Polygon 14 Jan 2025
The reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 appears imminent ... Nintendo first talked about the Switch in March 2015. That’s when then-Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced a “new hardware system with a brand-new concept” under the codename NX ... ....
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Mario's iconic pipes only exist because Shigeru Miyamoto happened to see "a plastic pipe sticking ...

Games Radar 06 Jan 2025
Miyamoto shared a similar story in an 'Iwata Asks' interview with former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata back in 2009, at which point he revealed that the idea to include pipes was also inspired by ...
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Switch 2 leaks show that Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii U

BGR 20 Dec 2024
Eleven years ago, I was sitting in a packed auditorium at E3 2011, waiting for Nintendo to reveal the successor to the Wii ... Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime reveal the Wii U at E3 2011. Image source. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images ... Don't Miss ... .
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Too Much Fun finally tells the C64’s legacy

Polygon 13 Dec 2024
JESPER JUUL ... It seemed logical that Commodore would license Nintendo’s games, given Commodore’s Japanese connections, and given that many early VIC- 20 games had been developed by Japanese HAL Laboratory, including by later Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata.
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20 years later, the Nintendo DS remains one of gaming’s best devices

Digital Trends 21 Nov 2024
Recommended Videos ... 35 years later, the Game Boy still shapes how we play games You can snag a rare discount on one of Nintendo’s best strategy games this week Watch Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata predict the future of consoles 20 years ago ... ....
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Nintendo DS at 20 – the console that paved the way for smartphone gaming

The Observer 12 Nov 2024
It was an idea that Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo from 1949 until 2002, was especially fond of, and he mentioned it often to his successor, Satoru Iwata, and to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s creative lead. As Iwata put it.
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Pushing Buttons: Is there even any point in making more powerful games consoles?

The Observer 23 Oct 2024
His answer was not what I expected. “We’ve done these things this way for 30 years, every generation those costs went up and we realigned with it ... We need to compete on content ... Indeed, its late president Satoru Iwata saw this coming way back in 2004 ... .
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After backlash and a Steam review bomb, Tekken 8 dev gives out $5 to cover ...

Games Radar 17 Oct 2024
"Actually kind of a huge W," said one very upvoted Reddit comment ... After 25 years, we finally know why it's called Super Smash "Bros" – Nintendo icon Satoru Iwata wanted the fighters to be "friends who were settling a little disagreement" ... ....
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After 25 years, we finally know why it's called Super Smash "Bros" – Nintendo icon ...

Games Radar 12 Oct 2024
Pardon my emotions, but his answer makes me miss Satoru Iwata even more ... Iwata also had a part in coming up with the name Super Smash Bros.," Sakurai said ... Iwata is the one who picked out the 'brothers' part ... Iwata had passed away," Sakurai said.
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Metaphor: ReFantazio combines real-time and turn-based battles because its director wanted to integrate "the idea ...

Games Radar 12 Oct 2024
Metaphor ... Hashino explained the reason for Metaphor ... Jordan Gerblick ... After 25 years, we finally know why it's called Super Smash "Bros" – Nintendo icon Satoru Iwata wanted the fighters to be "friends who were settling a little disagreement" ... ....
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Is There a Future for the Video Game Industry?

The Escapist 12 Oct 2024
Video games. It is a pastime I have enjoyed since I was five ... The reasons for this are multifaceted. Acquisitions ... What was the point of it all? ... They don’t even take pay cuts to stave off layoffs for their employees like the late Satoru Iwata did.
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Sakurai ends YouTube channel with touching tribute to former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata

Eurogamer 11 Oct 2024
Masahiro Sakurai is wrapping up his YouTube channel and has today released the final Grab Bag video. a touching tribute to former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Read more ... .

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