Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dead at 55

By Tim Biggs
Updated September 17 2015 - 10:08am, first published July 14 2015 - 6:36am

The gaming world is mourning the death of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, a former programmer who was instrumental in bringing the Japanese giant back to mainstream relevance with the Wii and DS consoles in the mid-2000s.

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