Video: Gaming Historian Pays Tribute To The Late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata

Just an incredible documentary by one of the best content creators out there. Great job Norm!

Such a detailed and elaborate video. Nice to know Iwata-san has not been forgotten yet. :]

Wow, there was a lot of stuff i didnt know he was involved in! Such an inspiring man. The parts where friends of his had commented on his passing were so, so sad (and beautiful.)

Fantastic video. I still get upset about it This Legend will never be forgotten!

Can't view it at the moment (not enough time right now), but later today, when I have the chance, I'll be checking it out.

12 minutes in now and wow way better than i thought it would be.verry intresting.great video

A gaming legend RIP

I watched it last night. The documentary is fantastic!

I just finished watching the whole documentary. It was thoroughly interesting, in-depth and also quite emotional all in all. I feel as though I learned several key facts about Iwata's past that I didn't know about, and now I have an even better picture of how great his skills were in all sorts of fields, and just how important his contribution to the gaming industry was.

Also, subscribed to The Gaming Historian in a heartbeat. Great works, guys, and thanks again for everything Iwata.

Watched it before going to bed last night. Norm does an amazing job with these documentaries and I'm glad he decided to take his time rather than rush a tribute when it was considered relevant to the non-Nintendo community.

The part that I was shocked that he finished earthbound in less than a year!

Satoru Iwata......if only you told us that you were in bad shape, everyone would have understood your situation.

I finished watching the video yesterday. Just fantastic. Gaming Historian just earned one subscriber.

Love Mr. Iwata. This was a really great video. Everyone should watch it.

This man may be always remembered as the responsible for the Wii U failure and darkest years of Nintendo in this century. In other hand, he did some great things such as DS and 3DS families, my favorite handhelds so far.

@rushiosan Well, no. He'll be remembered because of his inspiration to others, perseverance, and, brillance, and kindheartedness, not because one of his consoles performed badly in the market.

@VeeFlamesNL I don't get that either. How is it completely his fault that the Wii U couldn't do much? I mean if it was such a bad system, he wouldn't have included in his interview would he?

Quite an inspirational life. He's very missed.

The Wii U section is probably just as it should be, but it feels like EA is missing in the equation. Sure, Iwata takes all the responsibility and maybe that's rightly so, but someone needs to leak the details on that EA debacle soon.

That guy has some major chutzpah to call himself "The Gaming Historian".

@BigBabyPeach How so? It's what he does. He does a fantastic job on all of his videos and puts a lot more research than others would, rather than just go for accepted facts but to actually look into those to see where they originated and if they are true.

@hadrian I'm not sure about that. It was a sweet video, but nothing new really. It's just a little presumptuous to pick a name like that imo. Anyway, I already regret posting that comment...not because of the "The Gaming Historian™", but because this should be about Iwata.

The man was amazing simply brilliant.

R.I.P Iwata-san Legends never die!!

In his heart hes a gamer, in my my heart you'll never be forgotten......ill never foget the day i opened my earthbound game on xmas, you showed a whole new world to me, and i hope every one found theirs through your eyes Iwata san. RIP

I loved the Iwata Asks and Nintendo Directs, it really got you to get to know Nintendo and its employees, especially Iwata, on a more personal level. It also made it difficult after his passing, I have lost some people very close to me and while it isn't exactly the same, it felt close to some of those times.

@BigBabyPeach Well, you personally may not have learned a lot of new things, but The Gaming Historian has long since earned his stripes, as is already explained in this article:

"We've shared many of the Gaming Historian's videos on Nintendo Life in the past, and this YouTube series has delivered many well-researched pieces, so we couldn't think of anyone better to recount the life of Satoru Iwata in a respectful yet detailed way."

Maybe you should consider that you might just be more informed than other people on the topic, making this specific video somewhat less interesting for you, but for others that don't know as much about mr. Iwata it may indeed offer a better picture of who he was and what he has accomplished during his career.

And as previously said and quoted, The Gaming Historian has already earned his credit by doing some other really interesting videos. Maybe you should give some of them a try, there might be one that interests you yet...

Great documentary on one of the greatest figures in video gaming. No mention of his family, but I would imagine he was a good husband and father.

He was such an amazing person.

Wow, nice documentary. I mean, I already knew all of it because I researched Iwata's life heavily after his passing. But still those 37 minutes went by like nothing. And in the last part I shed some tears again... I really wish he was still alive. :/

@Nico07 Yeah his family is always left out in any piece about him. I guess it's what he always wanted, to save his family the troubles of being famous. But sometimes I wonder if maybe one of his children might've inherited some parts of his character traits and talents or even might one day follow in his footsteps. But well, I guess it's pretty selfish to think that, I'm probably only thinking that because I liked what his work (and his passion). No one should be forced to go the same way as their parents did, as Satoru Iwata himself proved with his father.

Iwata was a great man, I'll definitely remember all of his actions and achievements he has done for both Nintendo and the Industry till the day I can never remember. Very informative and detailed video.