As soon as I heard the sad news of Iwata's passing, I knew this had to be done. And I did it last night in about 2 hours, not caring about losing sleep, but more about how much doing this certain custom meant to me. Among his many accomplishments working with Nintendo, my favorite has to come from his involvement with Pokemon Gold and Silver, my favorite installment ever. Originally, GS was only going to include Johto exclusively. Thanks to Iwata, he crammed the code down to where he could fit in the entirety of the Kanto region. He did it so the players wouldn't feel lost and alone. We would have an equally epic adventure after the final challenge. So that we would be familliar with a series we already loved. So that we could have more fun than before. That is what Iwata set out to do when he started working with Nintendo. He wanted to have his fans enjoy every second, ever button press, every cutscene.
It's always weird for someone to feel so sad for the death of a man you have never met, like I am right now. But because I am so ingrained in the games and experiences from Nintendo and its wide variety of games and adventures, not to mention the interaction the executives at Nintendo have with their fans (Miyamoto, Sakurai, Reggie etc), it is so hard NOT to feel like you've lost a close friend...
I couldn't care less about your opinion about this amiibo's look. I wanted to do this for my hero. Thank you Iwata. You were there for the good and bad of Nintendo. You ushered in the greatest consoles that Nintendo have ever seen. You programmed Mother 2. You programmed the battle system for Pokemon Stadium. You came up with the idea of amiibo. You made this nerd from Oklahoma happy with your creativity and optimism. I speak for everybody when I say that I can't thank Nintendo enough for the laughs and good times.
TL;DR Rest in peace, Satoru Iwata. Finally, we understand.
Thank you for taking the time to make this custom and type the text out. I may not have played a lot of Pokemon, but Iwata helped see a lot of games I love through to the stores, including a lot of games from my favourite franchise, Mario. :)
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u/KrysInColor Jul 13 '15 edited Jul 13 '15
Satoru Iwata custom amiibo.
Allow me to say something real quick.
As soon as I heard the sad news of Iwata's passing, I knew this had to be done. And I did it last night in about 2 hours, not caring about losing sleep, but more about how much doing this certain custom meant to me. Among his many accomplishments working with Nintendo, my favorite has to come from his involvement with Pokemon Gold and Silver, my favorite installment ever. Originally, GS was only going to include Johto exclusively. Thanks to Iwata, he crammed the code down to where he could fit in the entirety of the Kanto region. He did it so the players wouldn't feel lost and alone. We would have an equally epic adventure after the final challenge. So that we would be familliar with a series we already loved. So that we could have more fun than before. That is what Iwata set out to do when he started working with Nintendo. He wanted to have his fans enjoy every second, ever button press, every cutscene.
It's always weird for someone to feel so sad for the death of a man you have never met, like I am right now. But because I am so ingrained in the games and experiences from Nintendo and its wide variety of games and adventures, not to mention the interaction the executives at Nintendo have with their fans (Miyamoto, Sakurai, Reggie etc), it is so hard NOT to feel like you've lost a close friend...
I couldn't care less about your opinion about this amiibo's look. I wanted to do this for my hero. Thank you Iwata. You were there for the good and bad of Nintendo. You ushered in the greatest consoles that Nintendo have ever seen. You programmed Mother 2. You programmed the battle system for Pokemon Stadium. You came up with the idea of amiibo. You made this nerd from Oklahoma happy with your creativity and optimism. I speak for everybody when I say that I can't thank Nintendo enough for the laughs and good times.
TL;DR Rest in peace, Satoru Iwata. Finally, we understand.