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“Use limited colors!” “Use lots of different colors!”

“Carefully plan each piece” “Draw faster”

“Be as neat as possible” “It’s ok if your art is messy”

“Don’t draw stylized work” “Try lots of styles”

Nintendo president/CEO Satoru Iwata, 1959 - 2015 ⊟ 

Nintendo’s president and CEO Satoru Iwata passed away yesterday after a year-long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 55 years old.

Even before taking over the company in 2002, Iwata made a number of massive gaming contributions, working on series like Kirby, Mother/Earthbound, and Super Smash Bros. while serving as a programmer, producer, and eventually president at developer HAL Laboratory. 

At Nintendo, Iwata helped bring even more classic titles to market while also overseeing the launches of the GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. He also served as a charming spokesperson for the company, hosting the Nintendo Direct video streams to deliver gaming news to fans, conducting Iwata Asks developer interviews, and even appearing in games.