Satoru Iwata
The HAL Laboratory president who helped Masahiro Sakurai develop the first Super Smash Bros.
Satoru Iwata (December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. He joined HAL Laboratory as a part-time programmer in 1980, became its president in 1993 at the insistence of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, and in the following years worked on the development of the Pokémon and Super Smash Bros. series, assisting Masahiro Sakurai in the development of Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. He joined Nintendo in 2000, served as its fourth president from 2002, and was also CEO of Nintendo of America from 2013 until his death.
Quick Facts
- Office
- 4th President of Nintendo
- Took office
- May 24, 2002
- Left office
- July 11, 2015
- Predecessor
- Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Successor
- Tatsumi Kimishima
- Born
- 6 December 1959
- Birthplace
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- 11 July 2015
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