Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo Co., Ltd, has died at the age of 55. This news comes suddenly and by word of Nintendo’s investor...
Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo Co., Ltd, has died at the age of 55. This news comes suddenly and by word of Nintendo’s investor relations team in Japan.
The company has disclosed the cause of death as a growth in his bile duct.
Iwata was an early employee at HAL, the company behind classics like the Kirby series, Earthbound, and Smash Brothers Melee.
Iwata joined Nintendo in 2000, then serving as a Director for the company. By 2002, he was made the company’s President.