Iwata Asks

Iwata Asks is a series of interviews conducted by former Nintendo President and Chief Executive Officer Satoru Iwata, from 2006 until his death in 2015. Iwata would interview developers of first-party Nintendo games on Wii, Nintendo DS and 3DS, and Wii U. Iwata Asks was known for the significant background and behind the scenes information they contained, as well as the camaraderie between Iwata and the interviewees. The interviews are archived on Nintendo's website, at https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/, and now bear a memorial banner.
The interviews included a discussion with Kensuke Tanabe and Risa Tabata about Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and a much larger, two-volume interview with Project MDevelopers interviewed include Ryuzi Kitaura, Yosuke Hayashi, Yoshio Sakamoto, Takehiko Hosokawa, Takayasu Morisawa, Hidekatsu Nagasawa, Yutaka Saito, Taiyo Aramaki, Kazutaka Otsuka and Ryo Koike. The Other M interview was first posted to Metroid.jp on July 17, 2010. The first half of the article was released in English on August 11, 2010 and the second half on September 13, 2010. The Corruption discussion was never released in English, but an unofficial translation was published by the Metroid Database.
An interview was also done with the development team of Donkey Kong Country Returns, including Tanabe, Tabata, Kynan Pearson, Mike Wikan and Tom Ivey, all of whom worked on Corruption and its predecessors.
Some of the content revealed through Iwata Asks was included in a book published by Hobonichi, Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru IwataGood, Owen S. January 8, 2021. 'Ask Iwata,' a book of wisdom from the late Nintendo president, to publish in English. Polygon. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2024-05-25.. It was released in Japanese in 2019, and English in 2021.Macy, Seth G. (19 April 2021). "Out Now: Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO". IGN. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
==External links==
*Corruption (Japanese)
*Corruption (English translation)
*Other M Page 1
*Other M Page 2
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