Post by Hope(N Forever) on Jul 15, 2015 0:03:06 GMT -5
Unless you are living under a really, really huge rock, you might have heard that Nintendo, and even the gaming industry in general, lost a great man so suddenly! The global President, as well as CEO to Nintendo Co., Ltd. and (since 2013) Nintendo of America, Inc., Satoru Iwata, has died on July 11, 2015 due to a bile duct growth. Nintendo announced this on July 12 or 13 (depending on where you live), and the gaming world got totally shocked and started grieving because it just learned that it lost a living legend.
Albeit Iwata was heavily criticised by various parties about his management of Nintendo in the past few years, especially after the slow sales of the Wii U which promoted so many third party publishers from pulling much support, it was not until recently we realise how much he did contribute in a positive light throughout his career with Nintendo and its affiliates, delivering so much without us thinking about it. As some of you may know, before he was inaugurated as the company president in 2002, he was a games developer, which is actually a very rare thing to have an experienced game developer running a giant corporation like Nintendo. As a developer, however, he brought to us great classic titles such as Balloon Fight, Kirby's Dreamland, and EarthBound. In fact, if it was not for Iwata, the critically acclaimed EarthBound would have been in development hell for a long time! Take a moment to contribute your appreciation and thanks to the man, and please understand what he did for us as Nintendo fans and gamers throughout the years.
Announcing Iwata's death may not be directly very StarTropics related, but the latter part of it is though. If you did not know already, Nintendo has yet to officially announce a replacement. Nintendo is still a business, of course, and despite how large Iwata's shoes are to be filled, the company still needs a president. Apparently, around the time the company announced Iwata's death, Nintendo stated at least two other executives are temporarily appointed as acting president in the interim. One of them is the equally legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, who needs no introduction, and the other, well, is apparently our very own Genyo Takeda.
Takeda, whilst popular among the most dedicated of StarTropics fans, apparently has a much larger role within Nintendo overall. Genyo Takeda may not be a name familiar amongst many gaming circles, despite his many contributions to Nintendo, but one may wonder if his current role as acting co-president would finally give his name a little boost in popularity. Polygon decided to release an article telling people who is Genyo Takeda, and what are his notable contributions to Nintendo so he would take on this important role alongside Miyamoto. They did not mention StarTropics in the article, but hopefully people will take better notice of Takeda-san in the long run, considering how really long he worked for Nintendo until now!
Albeit Iwata was heavily criticised by various parties about his management of Nintendo in the past few years, especially after the slow sales of the Wii U which promoted so many third party publishers from pulling much support, it was not until recently we realise how much he did contribute in a positive light throughout his career with Nintendo and its affiliates, delivering so much without us thinking about it. As some of you may know, before he was inaugurated as the company president in 2002, he was a games developer, which is actually a very rare thing to have an experienced game developer running a giant corporation like Nintendo. As a developer, however, he brought to us great classic titles such as Balloon Fight, Kirby's Dreamland, and EarthBound. In fact, if it was not for Iwata, the critically acclaimed EarthBound would have been in development hell for a long time! Take a moment to contribute your appreciation and thanks to the man, and please understand what he did for us as Nintendo fans and gamers throughout the years.
Announcing Iwata's death may not be directly very StarTropics related, but the latter part of it is though. If you did not know already, Nintendo has yet to officially announce a replacement. Nintendo is still a business, of course, and despite how large Iwata's shoes are to be filled, the company still needs a president. Apparently, around the time the company announced Iwata's death, Nintendo stated at least two other executives are temporarily appointed as acting president in the interim. One of them is the equally legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, who needs no introduction, and the other, well, is apparently our very own Genyo Takeda.
Takeda, whilst popular among the most dedicated of StarTropics fans, apparently has a much larger role within Nintendo overall. Genyo Takeda may not be a name familiar amongst many gaming circles, despite his many contributions to Nintendo, but one may wonder if his current role as acting co-president would finally give his name a little boost in popularity. Polygon decided to release an article telling people who is Genyo Takeda, and what are his notable contributions to Nintendo so he would take on this important role alongside Miyamoto. They did not mention StarTropics in the article, but hopefully people will take better notice of Takeda-san in the long run, considering how really long he worked for Nintendo until now!