Talk:Satoru Iwata

message: Hi. I'm Pikachu300. I'm here because I wanted to point out that Mr. Iwata was staring at those bananas because he wanted to show that he was making healthy changes to his diet to help overcome his tumor. He wasn't staring at them because he was trying to be funny. May I or someone else edit the page to say that, about the diet changes? Pikachu300 (talk) 00:43, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a citation to that claim? GamerPro64 01:02, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Going to go out on a limb and call shenanigans on this claim. The video with Mr. Iwata holding bananas was 2 years before his cancer was discovered. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bananas 

message: An anonymous person is vandalizing this page by adding an external link to http://www.livejournal.com/users/satoruiwata/ (supposedly Iwata's LiveJournal). I removed the link once yesterday and once today. Please be on the lookout for future vandalism of this page. Colin McMillen 23:15, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism in progress 

message: Wasn't sure why it wasn't done before, but I added Iwata's "Who's your daddy?" quote during Nintendo's E3 conference of 2005. The quote might not be completely accurate, as I had trouble understanding one part (the part about taking names sounds a little off) and I was also wondering if it would be appropriate to link to Reggie's page in the quote? Jgamekeeper 22:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Who's Your Daddy?

message: I uploaded a Satoru Iwata Image that I own from when I was at his e3 2006 keynote.  I am the head of lithcast.com by the way.
URL of image:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Iwata-lithcast-low_res.png
Can this be used? DSCUBED 01:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I have an Iwata Image 

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: The picture is a little blurry... Anybody have a clearer image of Iwata?172.134.128.124 15:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  picture 

message: According to a few reports that I have seen from Nintendo, "President and CEO of Nintendo" is not his acting title. It is in fact "President, Nintendo Co., Ltd." (He is not acting CEO) Here are a couple of the places I have seen this listed as such, let me know what you think before I make the change:
http://www.nintendo.com/corp/annual_report.jsp
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/management/message.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/110426/index.html
This is how I plan to source them:
"Message From the President." Nintendo: Management Policy. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/management/message.html>.
Iwata, Satoru. Financial Results Briefing for FIscal Year End March 2011. Nintendo: IR Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/110426/index.html>. 
Nintendo, Co. Nintendo Annual Report 2011. N.p., 31 Mar. 2011. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. <http://www.nintendo.com/corp/annual_report.jsp>. 
Tdornenburg (talk) 20:34, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iwata's position at Nintendo 

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thread_title: File:Satoru-Iwata-1.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

message: Not being well versed enough in Wikipedia formatting I cannot make the changes myself, but Nintendo has just issued a released stating that Satoru Iwata has died: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.91.110 (talk) 23:55, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: lots of vandalism happening. Maybe we need a quick page protection now.--fireattack (talk) 00:18, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the practices of Wikipedia, but I feel this page needs to be protected. There's an unacceptable amount of vandalism being done. I'm going to try to review the protection policies, but if this could be contained quickly I would appreciate it. Ursonano (talk) 00:21, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Just got protected until the 20th of this month. I think its safe to say a lot of people are either just in shock by the announcement and don't want to come to terms with this or just people wanting to vandalize a page on Wikipedia. GamerPro64 00:22, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, well thanks for letting me know. Ursonano (talk) 00:40, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protection 

message: Could somebody that's able to edit the page, please fix the trolls. And then keep it locked. Thank you.
99.45.30.40 (talk) 00:23, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Page has been protected and vandalism has been reverted. --The1337gamer (talk) 00:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015 

message: Change death date to "Died: Gods cannot die. (2015)".
50.178.236.103 (talk) 00:30, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that's just silly. GamerPro64 00:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: He does have a point though ;-D JAGUAR  00:35, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015 

message: Occupation should be changed to Former Occupation
Godzillacraft (talk) 01:57, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015 

message: should be half-staff. mast is when in reference to ships. --Johnny Durianseed (talk) 06:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: --ThomasO1989 (talk) 06:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not true, all instances of flags being flown half way are universally known as "half-mast". If not universal, then Flags at Buckingham Palace is a good barometer. JAGUAR  14:22, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  half mast 

message: Please change "He was survived by his wife..." (under "Illness and Death") to "He is survived by his wife..." His wife is currently alive.
Kingat95 (talk) 18:09, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed it. --The1337gamer (talk) 18:12, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015 

message: "Iwata voluntarily cut his salary in half to help Nintendo's poor finances and to better compete against Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment.[15][16] In 2015, Iwata put part of Nintendo's focus on the growing mobile game market, creating a partnership with mobile provider DeNA to publisher titles, as traditional hardware console sales began to falter..."
Should be changed to:
"Iwata voluntarily cut his salary in half to help Nintendo's poor finances and to better compete against Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment.[15][16] In 2015, Iwata put part of Nintendo's focus on the growing mobile game market, creating a partnership with mobile provider DeNA to publish titles, as traditional hardware console sales began to falter..."
publisher changed to publish  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arithmaldor (talk • contribs) 18:44, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: --The1337gamer (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Career - Nintendo 

message: Why does the recent death tag at the top keep getting removed from the article? Isn't it supposed to stay up after a couple of days? GamerPro64 05:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It's supposed to be only be used when the information may be moving fast and thus stability issues may be in play. In this case, the article's been rather stable so there's no need for that warning. We know exactly why he died and all the responses to that .--MASEM (t) 05:16, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent death tag 

message: I find it misleading to say that it was in July that Iwata's bile duct tumor resurfaced. A picture dated June 23rd surfaced that showed him clearly in crippling health, in addition to him missing out on E3, and only appearing as a puppet. It had probably already resurfaced by then.
--24.79.103.70 (talk) 18:15, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Have any sources to back that up? GamerPro64 18:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Tumor resurface time

message: Collecting sources to expand negative aspect to amend balance issues (per FAC).
;Wii
*Iwata: If Wii Doesn't Outsell GameCube, We've Failed 1Up (June 20, 2006)
;DSi
*Nintendo profit drops for first time in 6 years Associated Press via Huffington Post (May 6, 2010)
**Related more to sales than the DSi
;3DS
*Nintendo's Chief Defends 3DS Wall Street Journal (January 10, 2011)
**"One big shift for Nintendo with the launch of the 3DS is that it is working more closely with outside software developers, rather than relying mostly on popular in-house games to drive the initial hardware sales."
*Nintendo's Hardware Sales Aren't Looking so Hot Kotaku (July 28, 2011)
**"In short: hardware sales have fallen off a cliff"
*Nintendo 3DS price dropping to $170 Los Angeles Times (July 28, 2011)
*Nintendo Stock Rout Costs Yamauchi $300 Million in One Day Bloomberg Business (July 29, 2011)
*Nintendo President Takes Blame for 3DS, Getting 50 Percent Pay Cut Kotaku (July 29, 2011)
*Nintendo President Apologizes for 3DS Price Drop Digital Trends (August 3, 2011)
*Nintendo suffers ahead of Wii U launch The Telegraph (October 24, 2012)
**3DS continually failed to reach "targets"
;Wii U failure
*Nintendo: We have failed to establish Wii U as a "worthy" Wii successor GameSpot (October 31, 2013)
**"Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as a successor to the Wii system" – Iwata
* Nintendo’s Iwata Under Fire After Missing Wii U Forecast Bloomberg Business (January 21, 2014)
*Japanese Newspaper: Nintendo To Release Games On Phones Forbes (January 27, 2014)
*Exclusive: Inside Nintendo’s Bold Plan to Stay Vibrant for the Next 125 Years TIME (March 18, 2015)
**Note – Already included as a citation, more info can be gleamed from it
The comparatively weak response to the Wii U isn’t lost on Iwata. “Certainly I’m not satisfied with the current situation,” he says. “It may not be [people’s] first console of choice, but they recognize it as perhaps the best second console,” he adds. In truth, the Wii U may turn out to be a placeholder. “I think they’ve bought themselves time to figure out what that next monumental step forward is,” says Digital World Research analyst P.J. McNealy. Adds Yves Guillemot, CEO of games publisher Ubisoft: “The challenge for Nintendo now is to make sure their hardware continues to be convincing enough for people to buy.” Guillemot is confident the company can do that.
*Nintendo Is Eulogizing The Wii U While 'Star Fox Zero' Is Attempting To Save It Forbes (June 29, 2015)
*Shigeru Miyamoto: Why the Wii U crashed and burned Fortune (June 23, 2015)
*Nintendo President Iwata on the failure of Wii U and the future of Nintendo NX SiliconANGLE (July 2, 2015)
**The 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Q&A - direct link to cited material
*Nintendo was right about the Wii U. We were wrong. Engadget (July 17, 2015)
**Positive side of the Wii U
*Glamorizing The Wii U's Failure Does Nintendo A Disservice Forbes (July 18, 2015)
;Mobile market
*Nintendo not concerned about competition from Apple Engadget (March 4, 2010)
*Satoru Iwata, Nintendo CEO: Apple Is The 'Enemy Of The Future' Huffington Post (July 7, 2010)
*Nintendo + Smartphones? Iwata Says "Absolutely Not" IGN (September 13, 2011)
**"This is absolutely not under consideration...If we did this, Nintendo would cease to be Nintendo." – Iwata
*Second Quarter Financial Results Briefing for the 74th Fiscal Term Ending March 2014 - Q & A Nintendo (2013)
**"...I believe that the era has ended when people play all kinds of games only on dedicated gaming systems." – Iwata (answer to Q2)
;Legacy
*Seed planted remark from Takeda needed here
Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional material to be added 

message: Hello editors. My wife frequently suffers from insomnia, and one thing we've discovered is that reading from Wikipedia is an effective way of . . . boring her to sleep. To that end, I have been reading Wikipedia articles to her for a few weeks (when she needs it). Having recently finished reading List of common misconceptions, I've been trying to decide what to do next. Today I had the idea that I could help out the community by recording the reading of the article, and contributing to the WP:SPEAK project. I plan on recording this article, Satoru Iwata soon (next time she needs some help). McKay (talk) 04:29, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoken Wikipedia 

message: According to the FA template above, this article will be tomorrow's featured article.  Tomorrow is the anniversary of Iwata-san's death, so it's a bittersweet thing, I guess.
As a warning, you may want to keep an eye out for vandalism, as this article will likely be actively being looked at (because of the anniversary tomorrow) and will be on Wikipedia's front page tomorrow (so it'll be easily accessible). -- Gestrid (talk) 22:35, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Just wanted to come by and say how grateful I am to have seen Iwata's face on the front page on this day. I'm very happy this article is FA class ^_^ ~Mable (chat) 08:46, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Congratulations! 

message: Just for readers, nobody in Japan celebrates St Patrick's Day so Iwata working on St Patrick's Day wasn't a big deal since everyone in Japan who works , works on St Patrick's Day. Moreover, Valentine's Day isn't as big in Japan as it is elsewhere (obviously), so Iwata working on Valentine's Day wasn't a big deal either (since over 70 percent of Japan workers, work on Valentine's Day, over 80 percent of regular Wikipedians edit Wikipedia on Valentine's Day too). Holidays as mentioned in the article probably mean Japanese holidays, Independence Day for Japan, Christmas, New Years Eve-Day and possibly Helloween. 188.253.228.18 (talk) 06:26, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holidays 

message: I have just uploaded 2 to Wikimedia Commons. I would like a discussion about whether 1 or 2 would be better for the infobox. I prefer 2 because Iwata is facing towards the camera. This gives the reader a better view of his face. FunnyMath (talk) 05:26, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we update the infobox image? 

message: Why there isn't anything about the games he worked on MSX?
He was the producer on Rollerball (1984), Super Billiards (1983), Hole in One Professional (1985) and others like Gall Force and Eggerland Mystery.
A list of a lot of games he worked on can be seen on Mobygames  — Preceding unsigned comment added by SLotman (talk • contribs) 12:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  MSX