What is your fondest memory of Iwata and his work at Nintendo?

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LipeJJ on 12 July 2015

onionberry said:
Every Nintendo Direct, even the bad ones.

Pretty much this!

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ARamdomGamer on 12 July 2015

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Everytime there is a Nintendo direct my inner child goes wild again! Thank you Iwata-san!!

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The banana, nothing beats the banana.

His programming expertise. His work on Gen2 and stadium is just awesome.

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Mr_No on 13 July 2015

Iwata vs Reggie at the Direct last year comes to mind. I don't know if this counts, but when he was a muppet along with Reggie and Miyamoto.

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BasiltheBatLord on 13 July 2015

reading all of the Iwata Asks through the years.

that and the notorious Wii hardware reveal.

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hatmoza on 13 July 2015

I will purchase a Wii U in his memory.

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TJZ_Link on 13 July 2015

Nintendo Directs and Iwata Asks.
He feels real instead of some random corporate guy.

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Alkibiádēs on 13 July 2015

This and Nintendo Directs/E3 Digital Events and Iwata Asks.

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Boutros on 13 July 2015

I will always remember the awesome gifs he gave us:

And his famous hair flick:

http://iwatahairflick.ytmnd.com/

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