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The Walrus
Jul 12, 2015, 07:04 PM
Yesterday. (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf)

Well then.
Sayara
Jul 12, 2015, 07:15 PM
What an awful thing.
His name will live in legends.
BIG OLAF
Jul 12, 2015, 07:23 PM
I just read this a few minutes ago. I thought it was a joke at first.

Like, holy shit, that's sudden. What a terrible thing.
HIT0SHI
Jul 12, 2015, 07:29 PM
Just got bombarded by this horrendous news in Twitter.
Man this sucks, gonna miss the guy. :c
Chidori
Jul 12, 2015, 07:35 PM
wow that sucks ;( he died from bial duct cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9v4-fCGGuY
PhotonDrop
Jul 12, 2015, 07:40 PM
Good night, sweet prince.
yoshiblue
Jul 12, 2015, 07:40 PM
Sad times. Going to miss this legend.
blace
Jul 12, 2015, 08:31 PM
Just got bombarded by this horrendous news in Twitter.
Man this sucks, gonna miss the guy. :c

Saw my twitter feed explode as well. He brought about a change within the industry and Nintendo.
the_importer_
Jul 12, 2015, 09:12 PM
R.I.P. Iwata-san, thank you for the great systems you helped deliver in the past decade. Also, Balloon Fight forever !!!
lostinseganet
Jul 12, 2015, 09:14 PM
I'm kinda stunned.....
Anon_Fire
Jul 13, 2015, 12:13 PM
I'll be honest. I did not see this coming when I first heard this. :(
Vintasticvin
Jul 13, 2015, 12:21 PM
When I saw this I was like "Well that sucks. I wonder how he died? Ninja assassins or a kaiju, or maybe got caught in a anime duel cross fire?"
Akaimizu
Jul 13, 2015, 12:59 PM
This was also sudden and sad news to me. RIP Iwata, and my thoughts are to his family as well. Both at Nintendo and at home.

This past pre-E3 also had games he was directly related to, in some fashion. From the origins of Super Smash Bros and Balloon Fight (At the NWC), to the reveal of Earthbound Origins, on the same day. Oddly enough, Earthbound Origins was the current RPG I've been playing.

Definitely a guy to be missed. A rather important figure to Videogames, and one of the few heads who actually played the games, often so that they would have his approval for being *fun* enough. Not many gamer heads of companies that actually put his gaming chops where his mouth was.
ShinMaruku
Jul 13, 2015, 01:00 PM
He died of bile duct cancer.
strikerhunter
Jul 13, 2015, 03:29 PM
RIP Iwata, sad to see him hear him passing and really one-of-a-kind.
Chidori
Jul 16, 2015, 09:12 PM
a friend of mines drew a memorial for Satoru Iwata out of respect for his work, i posted it here (it's in the bottom of the page of the link)
http://gunvalk.saik0.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22&start=750