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*Sigh* I'm nearly at a loss for words right now…
When I decided to browse this site, I stumbled upon this in Clouder's sprite topic.
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I couldn't believe what I just saw there, so when I rushed over to Wikipedia to check the recent death list, I saw his name smack dab on it. Looking at your guy's reactions and the what has been covered on other sites (including Gamexplain's channel), the news understandably spread like wild fire.
2015 has been a pretty bad year for me for a variety of reasons (even though it is the same year where I graduated from Full Sail and got my hard drive replaced with a more superior one), and I thought that the most devastating death was that of Christopher Lee's. After reading over what everyone has said about him and his great accomplishments, the most unsettling thing about Iwata's death is his age. (He was 55, man! That's about eleven years less than Walt Disney's age when the same thing happened to him.) Even though we can all agree that he could of have a few more good years left in him before his time was up, I'm more concerned about the idea of who might be next to deal with Reaper since we've been losing vital members of the entertainment industry over the past two or so years.
Anyway, I could ramble on about this, but I just want to leave it off at how I hold a great deal of respect for this man and Nintendo won't be the same without him. I'm hoping that his successor(s) won't have that much trouble filling those big shoes he left behind. Also, would it be possible if this site does some kind of tribute to Satoru Iwata due to his impact on the gaming community as a whole?
*Sigh* I'm nearly at a loss for words right now…
When I decided to browse this site, I stumbled upon this in Clouder's sprite topic.
I couldn't believe what I just saw there, so when I rushed over to Wikipedia to check the recent death list, I saw his name smack dab on it. Looking at your guy's reactions and the what has been covered on other sites (including Gamexplain's channel), the news understandably spread like wild fire.
2015 has been a pretty bad year for me for a variety of reasons (even though it is the same year where I graduated from Full Sail and got my hard drive replaced with a more superior one), and I thought that the most devastating death was that of Christopher Lee's. After reading over what everyone has said about him and his great accomplishments, the most unsettling thing about Iwata's death is his age. (He was 55, man! That's about eleven years less than Walt Disney's age when the same thing happened to him.) Even though we can all agree that he could of have a few more good years left in him before his time was up, I'm more concerned about the idea of who might be next to deal with Reaper since we've been losing vital members of the entertainment industry over the past two or so years.
Anyway, I could ramble on about this, but I just want to leave it off at how I hold a great deal of respect for this man and Nintendo won't be the same without him. I'm hoping that his successor(s) won't have that much trouble filling those big shoes he left behind. Also, would it be possible if this site does some kind of tribute to Satoru Iwata due to his impact on the gaming community as a whole?
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By the way, before I go, I just want to point out that this sad event didn't go unnoticed by the creator of a certain Nintendo web comic.![[Image: 2015-07-13-tributetomriwata.png]](http://cdn.brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comics/2015-07-13-tributetomriwata.png)