Editing Satoru Iwata

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|image=[[File:Satoru Iwata.png|180px]]<br>Photographic portrait of Satoru Iwata
|born=December 6, 1959
|died=July 11, 2015 (aged 55)
|role=Global President, Chief Executive Officer (Nintendo of America)
}}
{{quote|On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.|Satoru Iwata}}

'''{{wp|Satoru Iwata}}''' (岩田 聡) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president of [[Nintendo]], succeeding [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]], and the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage. He contributed to the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and was responsible for its sales. He was also the executive producer of many games and a former employee of [[HAL Laboratory]]. In April 2013, he replaced [[Tatsumi Kimishima]] as {{wp|Chief executive officer|CEO}} of Nintendo of America.<ref>[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/191105/Satoru_Iwata_named_Nintendo_of_America_CEO.php Satoru Iwata named Nintendo of America CEO]</ref> He was hospitalized on June 26, 2015 due to poor health<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/17/8996339/satoru-iwata-eulogy-genyo-takeda-nintendo Nintendo releases Genyo Takeda's memorial address for Satoru Iwata] (July 17, 2015). ''Polygon''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/08/satoru_iwata_offered_pokemon_go_feedback_from_his_hospital_bed Satoru Iwata Offered Pokémon GO Feedback From His Hospital Bed] (August 15, 2016). ''Nintendo Life''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> and died on July 11, 2015 of a {{wp|bile duct}} growth after a long battle with {{wp|cancer}} at age 55 at {{wp|Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University#Kyoto University Hospital|Kyoto University Hospital}}.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf Notification of Death and Personnel Change of a Representative Director(President)] (July 13, 2015). ''Nintendo.jp''. Retrieved July 13, 2015.</ref><ref>Kageyama, Y. (July 13, 2015). [https://apnews.com/article/e88f6ca92d514aa399f2471a13e72883 Nintendo’s Iwata who led through successes, woes dies at 55]. ''AP News''. Retrieved September 7, 2023.</ref> Tatsumi Kimishima succeeded him in presidency.

[[File:WWMMSatoruIwata.png|thumb|left|Iwata's cameo in ''WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!'']]
Iwata makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, the most notable of which are in ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!]]'' and ''[[WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]''. In the former, he appears on [[Wario]]'s TV in the third intermission of Wario's first story. In the latter, he (under the name '''Shop Manager Iwata''') is the owner of a video game shop and sells a [[Game & Watch]]. [[18-Volt]] wishes to buy the Game & Watch to gift it to [[9-Volt]] and restore their friendship, but the two of them both reach for it at the same time and end up reconciling. Whenever the player wins a [[microgame]] in 9-Volt & 18-Volt's set, Shop Manager Iwata takes away his [[? Block]] set and chuckles, and if the player loses a microgame, he becomes slightly frustrated and one of the [[Fan Kids in the Shop]] (who serve as the life counters) leaves.

A copy of 1984's ''[[Golf]]'' was embedded in the [[Nintendo Switch]] firmware. Activating it required the internal system clock to be set to July 11 (Iwata's {{wp|death anniversary}}) and performing Iwata's signature "{{wp|List of Nintendo Direct presentations|directly to you}}" hand gesture with both Joy-Con controllers on the HOME Menu. If successful, a voice clip of Iwata from a [https://youtu.be/NWbYvzjAst8?t=16 Japanese 2012 presentation] would confirm the input, and an emulator of ''Golf'' with added motion control support would promptly boot up.<ref name=Flog>http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Flog</ref> ''Golf'' has significance as one of the first video games Iwata programmed himself for Nintendo while working at HAL Laboratory.<ref>[http://shmuplations.com/iwata/ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com]</ref> This version of ''Golf'' was overwritten as of the 4.0.0 update, making it unplayable.<ref name=Flog/>

Iwata is posthumously credited in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' as ''Former President of Nintendo'', despite having died before the film got off the ground.
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==List of games==
Since Satoru Iwata was automatically credited as "Executive Producer" of every Nintendo game released between his promotion to president and his passing, the following list contains only the credits he was given before said promotion.

*''[[Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally]]'' – Programmer
*''[[NES Open Tournament Golf]]'' – Main Program
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' – Special Thanks; lead debugger (uncredited)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Iwata-satoru.jpg|Satoru Iwata and [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] together, holding their [[Wii#Wii Remote|Wii Remote]]s
Videogamestore.png|Satoru Iwata's cameo in ''WarioWare: Smooth Moves''
3DS E32010 Trailer Bowserbattle.png|Satoru Iwata (left) along with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from [[Bowser]] in the promotional trailer of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] at {{wp|E3 2010}}
Satoru-Iwata-holding-a-Wii-U-GamePad.jpg|Satoru Iwata holding a prototype of the [[Wii U]] GamePad
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</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Shop Manager Iwata===
{{foreign names
|Jap=いわたてんちょう
|JapR=Iwata Tenchō
|JapM=Shop Manager Iwata
|Ita=Iwata il caponegozio
|ItaM=Iwata the shop manager
|Kor=점장 이와타
|KorR=Jeomjang Iwata
|KorM=Shop Manager Iwata
}}

==References==
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