Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has had to take it easy lately after a recent surgery to remove a growth from his bile duct. Twitter users have been taking to the feeds to wish the Nintendo head the best as he recovers but, as this is Twitter, they've been doing so by honoring Iwata's iconic, fruit-based pose.
The #BananasForIwata hashtag got started on Tuesday with Dakko Dakko's Rhrodri Broadbent, creator of Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails leading the way.
Since then, others have added their bananas to the pile. Some are triumphant!
Some are not quite as triumphant but still try just as hard as the others.
Some are vibrant.
https://twitter.com/ocornut/status/481777830725165056
And of course we had to phone in our own contribution.
You can see more #BananasForIwata as they ripen on the Twitter tree by clicking here. Please feel free to share your favourite finds and your own shots below.
[source twitter.com]
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That Zelda pic, though... Get well soon, Iwata!
Love that Zelda pic.
So that is Rhodri. Thanks for an amazing game and a great initiative.
If Iwata needs bananas for his recovery, I can send him a ton from here.
Please unastand. We need more fruit and less understanding.
Are you still at E3?
That's nice ,good to see all the support for Iwata's recovery hope he gets well too. Again what's Nintendo without Iwata?
@Mega719 A bunch of people with scurvy.
What's the point? He's going to get fired anyway!
@2Sang Post of the week? Maybe even month, nice one sir.
Nobody feels this much sympathy and respect for the president of any other company. Because this is Nintendo, where the true fans sense corruption from a mile away
It's just so stupid to me, really. Nintendo puts so much loving care into their products, no matter how traditional they may be. It's nice that they changed their image for the better at E3, but that shouldn't have been necessary. Either way, some of the disgusting comments on other websites regarding Iwata's surgery and illness make me SICK. Mindless attraction to Microsoft or Sony is one thing, but disrespect is another.
This is incredible. Only Nintendo.
@NavySpheal thank you
@Prof_Clayton ....Wat? lol
This is one of the first things that popped up on that hashtag ._.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BrBG5IbIMAAdZFn.jpg
Sigh I saw comments on IGN saying they wanted Iwata to die. Even if they were most likely trolling this makes me so mad that people are that insensitive to another person just because they are the rival console. I am so thankful that the Nintendo Life community is so more thoughtful of not just Nintendo but all video games in general.
Awesome.
Haha, adorable.
you guys almost look as hot as i do in my nintendo life shirt...almost
@S-Miyahon This.
@S-Miyahon Back at E3 2012, during a video after the show, Iwata was holding some bananas after a clip was shown. He held them up, looked at the screen and we were given no explanation at all.
@Gashole I doubt it since he's the one solely responsible for the new things Nintendo is planning to do. And besides that, who else does Nintendo have besides Iwata? Reggie? No.
#BananasForIwata Don't have Twitter, so will post the hashtag here
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, Bananaphone.
If you eat more than about 20 bananas at once then you can end up messing up the sodium/potassium balance.
@unrandomsam Thanks for that random fact, I'm not sure anyone was seriously suggesting that Iwata should consume all of these bananas in order to speed up his recovery, though.
Still, I'll let you off because you have one of my favourite Mega Drive games as your avatar at the moment.
Awesome , love it
@Xiao_Pai
He means the NL pic with Splatoon in the background
#BananasForReggie
#BananasForReggie
@unrandomsam - I think finishing off 20 bananas in one sitting is side show worthy entertainment............The balance be dammed!
#BananasForDonkeyKong
@sinalefa We were at the post E3 event in the UK.
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