Satoru Iwata
- “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
Satoru Iwata (December 6, 1959 -) is the fourth president of Nintendo. He has done much work with the GameCube and is responsible for its success. He previously worked at HAL Laboratories. He makes cameos in a number of Nintendo games, but the most notable appearances were in WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania where he appeared on Wario's TV and in WarioWare: Smooth Moves, where he (under the name Shop Manager Iwata) was the owner of a video game store and sold 18-Volt a Game & Watch for 9-Volt. He is also the executive producer of many games.
Iwata was one of the employees at HAL Laboratory Inc., originally a group of Japanese friends who wished to produce video games, but left the company and joined Nintendo. When he became president of Nintendo, HAL Laboratory was acquired by the company.
Gallery
Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto together, holding their Wiimotes.
Satoru's cameo in WarioWare: Smooth Moves..
Satoru Iwata (left) alog with Shigeru Miyamoto (right) running away from Bowser in the promotional trailer of the Nintendo 3DS at E3 2010.
Trivia
- Satoru Iwata is the first Nintendo president not related to the previous presidents by blood or marriage.
