Satoru Iwata Tribute

Satoru Iwata, the company’s president, has passed away at the age of 55, according to a statement issued by Nintendo. The cause of death was a bile duct tumor. Iwata was named president of the company in 2002, when he succeeded Hiroshi Yamauchi. Iwata was only the fourth president in the history of Nintendo, and the first outside of the Yamauchi family. Even while he rocketed up the corporate ladder, Iwata made clear that he was a gamer first. “On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind,