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Shigeru Miyamoto discusses his friend and colleague, Satoru Iwata, and his inspirational advice and example. The interview was part of the reporting for a New Yorker.com story on the mobile game, Super Mario Run.

https://vimeo.com/196420525

 

[Jonneh3003]

You can feel the emotion in every word rip Satoru Iwata.

 

[GiantBreadbug]

Iwata is a brilliant, gentle man who saved Nintendo from following a few awful paths everyone is still aching for them to travel. Not to say all of his decisions were perfect, but his attitude is hugely inspirational to me.

I love the philosophy of his Nintendo, and I very much admire him. I understand and appreciate Miyamoto's insight.

You are sorely missed, Iwata. I hope your vision for the Switch makes people happy.

 

[-shadow-]

The long pause after the question was asked and Miyamoto having trouble starting up the awnser sting so badly. But it's a great awnser, that instead of saying he can't, he'd figure it out somehow.

Guy has done some amazing stuff and I honestly can't wait for March to see his final legacy. It's going to be a wild one.

 

[Majine]

Far from everyone can be as warm and public as Iwata was, but Kimishima seems very reclusive in comparison so far.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Far from everyone can be as warm and public as Iwata was, but Kimishima seems very reclusive in comparison so far.

Compare it to Jamie from the launch of Mythbusters, where part of the reason he brought Adam Savage along was to spice up the hosting dynamic as he considered himself a very boring personality. Kimishima is the same way in that he acknowledges that his personality and demeanor (which stems from a lifetime of financials and banking) would not make for a good public facing figure.

 

[TheJoRu]

Far from everyone can be as warm and public as Iwata was, but Kimishima seems very reclusive in comparison so far.

And that's absolutely ok. Iwata's warm and public demeanor was truly great and inspirational, but not everyone needs to be like that.

 

[zsidane]

I still get emotional when I remember how I found out reading the news that Iwata passed away. I never felt (and probably will never feel) this for someone that I never met and I was really sad, to the point that my wife tried to console me and asked several time: "is he a friend?"

I have a huge respect for the man, and I pray for him and his soul. Those who knew him personally must have been hugely affected.

What a great man he was.
His Iwata asks, interviews and Nintendo Direct makes me feel like I knew the person.

Great answer by Miyamoto by the way: You can "see" that he has a lot of respect for the man. and that he was a great man.