# Game Over for Nintendo president

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992 "2015-07-13T00:28:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/1 "2015-07-13T00:28:53Z")

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[Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died](http://kotaku.com/nintendos-president-has-passed-away-1717386412).

He was 55.

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**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/2 "2015-07-13T00:57:44Z")

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Major news in Japan right now.

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**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/3 "2015-07-13T02:34:17Z")

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Sad. Very young. I always got the impression that he really enjoyed his job.

And man, could he rock a perfectly-tailored black suit.

I’ll miss you, Iwata-san.

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/4 "2015-07-13T13:22:02Z")

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There is a thread over in the game room that is about the same subject. Maybe the two threads should be merged.

Check it here: [Satoru Iwata: President and CEO of Nintendo Dies at 55. - The Game Room - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762117)

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/5 "2015-07-13T14:36:38Z")

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How many years has he been CEO? Surely he ought to have won some extra lives by now.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-over-for-nintendo-president/724992/6 "2015-07-13T18:59:54Z")

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I’m sad because he was the Nintendo president, though I didn’t know anything about him. The only Nintendo president I remember is from my youth, a guy named Howard Phillips. He used to appear all the time in Nintendo Power magazine and to me, he was the face of the company