Satoru Iwata left his mark on the development of the Switch

Former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata, who passed away in July 2015, will sadly not get to witness the next generation of Nintendo products that he worked so hard to create. Nintendo’s own smartphone games, which he was instrumental in setting in motion, didn’t release until after his passing, and he even helped prepare the Nintendo Switch for launch.

In a recent interview with Time, Nintendo “Fellow” Shigeru Miyamoto explained how Iwata, ever the visionary and champion of portable gaming, had plenty of influence on the Nintendo Switch.

Mr. Iwata, Mr. Takeda and myself provided feedback and made decisions, but ultimately Mr. Iwata was the head of development, so he put a lot of thought and time into Switch. I think that the idea of Nintendo Switch being a device you can take out and anywhere, and the idea of it being a system that really allows networking and communicating with people, I think that’s something Mr. Iwata put a lot of emphasis on.

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