Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer...

and Sony's PlayStation 3. In developing the Wii, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata directed the company to avoid competing with Microsoft and Sony on computational...

early in development: Nintendo president and Chief Executive Officer Satoru Iwata described the touchscreen as the Nintendo DS's sense of touch, and the...

Mother (1989) included writer/director Shigesato Itoi and lead programmer Satoru Iwata, as well as composers Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka, who incorporated...

the condition that HAL employee Satoru Iwata was appointed as its president, which he became between 1993 and 2000. Iwata later became president of Nintendo...

Iwata Asks is a series of interviews conducted by former Nintendo president and chief executive officer (CEO) Satoru Iwata from 2006 until his death in...

named the fifth president of the company in September 2015, succeeding Satoru Iwata, who died in July 2015. Kimishima stepped down as president in June 2018...

politician Satoru Inoue (井上 悟, born 1971), Japanese sprinter Satoru Iwata (岩田 聡, 1959-2015), fourth president and CEO of Nintendo Satoru Kawahara (河原...

firmware as an Easter egg as a tribute to the game's programmer, the late Satoru Iwata. The main player wears a white shirt and shoes with blue pants and uses...

Following a large company restructuring after the death of company president Satoru Iwata, the division merged with Nintendo's Software Planning & Development...

25 April 1949 until stepping down on 24 May 2002, being succeeded by Satoru Iwata. During his 53-year tenure, Yamauchi transformed Nintendo from a hanafuda...

Live online service. Company leaders including Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata based their stance on concerns with maintaining quality control over...

Yamauchi announced his resignation as the president of Nintendo, and Satoru Iwata was selected by the company as his successor. Yamauchi would remain as...

Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2017. "Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview". shmuplations.com. January 7, 2022. Archived...

Iwata may refer to: Iwata, Shizuoka, city located in Shizuoka, Japan Iwata (surname) Satoru Iwata, former president and CEO of Nintendo Júbilo Iwata, professional...

and market competition from mobile games. Nintendo's then-president Satoru Iwata pushed the company towards mobile gaming and novel hardware. The Switch's...

definition video and have a Blu-ray drive. However, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata later stated that he saw "no significant reason" to include HD into the...

(128 MB) of semiconductor memory. Current Nintendo president at the time, Satoru Iwata, said, "We have developed Nintendo DS based upon a completely different...

about the future for Nintendo's portable consoles, company president Satoru Iwata mentioned that while mobile broadband connectivity via subscription "doesn't...

2019. "Satoru Iwata - 1999 Developer Interview". Shmuplations. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019. "Iwata Asks...

Entertainment Planning & Development. In 2003, then-Nintendo president Satoru Iwata created the Software Planning & Development division, appointing himself...

artist Yoshimiru Hoshi, who was contracted to develop the game after Satoru Iwata, who produced the game, was impressed by his character graphics. Yoshimiru...

by word of mouth. Initially, Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo President Satoru Iwata were hesitant to include the game as a pack-in title, but were convinced...

Pokémon game series. First announced in January 2013 by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata through a Nintendo Direct, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y were released worldwide...

Hiroshi Yamauchi stepped down as the president of Nintendo, naming Satoru Iwata as his successor. In September, Nintendo was removed of Rare, a valuable...

HeartGold Version & Pokémon SoulSilver Version". Iwata Asks (Interview: Transcript). Interviewed by Satoru Iwata. Nintendo. Archived from the original on November...

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who died in 2015: the game was only accessible on July 11 (the date of his death), Golf was programmed by Iwata, and the game...

Japanese voice actor Nakayama Iwata (1895-1949), Japanese photographer Satoru Iwata (1959–2015), Japanese businessman Sayuri Iwata (born 1990), Japanese actress...

original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2023. Iwata, Satoru; Koizumi, Yoshiaki (2011). "Iwata Asks: What We Couldn't Do with Ocarina of Time". Nintendo...

HeartGold Version & Pokémon SoulSilver Version". Iwata Asks (Interview: Transcript). Interviewed by Satoru Iwata. Nintendo. Archived from the original on November...