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Thats a tough one.

Iwata was a very likable person. He was a gamer, developer and he was more fair to third party companies.

Yamauchi was the one who got Nintendo into video games in the first place. Without him there might not have been a Nintendo as we know them today.

I really dont know. I think Iwata was the better CEO overall, but Yamauchi was the most important one.