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[Zalman]

Not too long ago, Miyamoto turned 62. Today, Iwata turns 55.

Iwata was considered to be a genius programmer back in the day. He programmed games on his calculator in his youth and eventually joined Nintendo. If you are interested in more of his backstory, I recommend watching his 2005 GDC speech.

Let's all wish him a great day today. Here's to many more years.

 

[MMaRsu]

Wow his birthday is the day before mine?

Congratulations my december birthday buddy!!!

 

[Kageshinzo]

Happy birthday, Mr. Iwata!

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Congratulations, Iwata!

 

[Tizoc]

Happy b-day Iwata!

 

[Kouriozan]

Nice, happy birthday Iwata-san!

 

[LAA]

Its mine too...Iwata always steals my glory, *Sniff*

Happy Birthday Iwata!

 

[Nightbird]

In my Opinion he should have stayed a Developer, but i can't deny that he's been doing a great Job as Company President. With that said:

Happy Birthsday Iwata-san!

 

[Oberon]

Happy birthday Iwata!
I was quite surprised when I found out he worked on the first smash bros!

 

[Zalman]

Happy birthday Iwata!
I was quite surprised when I found out he worked on the first smash bros!

Yeah, he worked on a bunch of classic games, like Kirby, EarthBound, Balloon Fight, Pokémon and more.

 

[69wpm]

Happy birthday Iwata-san.

 

[Übermatik]

Happy Birthday mah man!

 

[Boogz]

 

[cws]

Happy Birthday Iwata!!

Thanks for sticking to the WiiU and Killer Software and not choosing the easy route out.

 

[HGStormy]

Happy Birthday Iwata

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Thank you linking the GDC talks, I'd never seen them.

 

[Zalman]

Thank you linking the GDC talks, I'd never seen them.

No problem. I don't think a lot of people have seen them, but they're very cool. Everyone who's interested in Nintendo history should watch them.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Hope those fives are lucky, Iwata. Happy bday!

 

[Neo Dark]

I keep forgetting Iwata has the same bday as my sister.

Happy Birthday! May you bring a wonderful 2015 directly to us!

 

[DeviousAngel]

Happy birthday, Iwata!!!

 

[Cosmozone]

Oh, cool. Happy birthday (late). Glad he's better now.

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

Happy birthday and thank you for all the wonderful game sir

 

[LiK]

happy bday dude

 

[daydream]

Iwata da man

Happy bday!

 

[maxcriden]

お誕生日おめでとうございます, Iwata-San! Here's to your incredible 55 years so far, a surely amazing year coming up for you, and to the next 55!

 

[Enforced]

Happy Birthday Iwata! Thank you for the all the happiness you gave me.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Legendary exclusive snatcher. Love him.

 

[Qblivion]

Happy birthday!

Spoiler

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ give metroid ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

 

[BroggieDoge]

Please Understand

 

[-Horizon-]

Happy birthday Iwata!

 

[Gorilla Shark]

Happy Birthday and thank you for the Zelda gameplay yesterday!

 

[@MUWANdo]

1985 Iwata, for reference.

 

[Princess Viola]

1985 Iwata, for reference.

85 iwata be stylin'

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Shit, he's only 55? He's got at least 6 more years at Nintendo then.

 

[Aquamarine]

1985 Iwata, for reference.

85 iwata be stylin'

Iwata got a bit derpy around 1993, though.


1993 Iwata:

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Stay healthy!

 

[Roo]

Thank you for the all the happiness you gave me.

 

[Aquamarine]

Stay healthy!

Here are two pictures of him from an October 29th Osaka press conference:

He's lost a lot of weight since that cancer surgery...I hope he stays well.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Iwata got a bit derpy around 1993, though.


1993 Iwata:

I love how half-assed Iwata's drawing looks compared to the other two ones. "Uhh Kirby huh let's draw two circles here two dots there alright looks good"

Happy birthday you beastly programmer.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Happy B-day duder

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

happy birthday indeed!

 

[March of the Crabs]

Iwata is one of the last CEOs fighting for traditional old school gaming in the current marketplace. Good on ya, buddy.

 

[3bdelilah]

HAPPY B-DAY, I-MAN!

Lol, Sakurai looks older here than he does now.

His youth probably comes from those who wanted Ridley to be playable for a long time.

 

[Brianâ˜]

Happy bday to Iwata! May his longevity prolong til 100

 

[Bass260]

Happy birthday Iwata-San! Here's to another great year of Nintendo games :3

 

[Frecklestein]

we gonna make him a birthday card too?

 

[alf717]

Happy Birthday

 

[Ansatz]

Iwata is one of the last CEOs fighting for traditional old school gaming in the current marketplace. Good on ya, buddy.

Yep.

Happy birthday.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Happy Birthday!

Spoiler

You're fired.

 

[Herne]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Iwata