Saturo Lwata Nintendo’s president dies at 55!

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in World news July 13, 2015

Nintendo president Saturo Lwata was reported in a short statement by the Company, which said that he passed on Saturday due to bile duct failure.

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Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was originally founded in 1889 to produce handmade hanafuda cards. It eventually became one of the most prominent figures in today’s video game industry, being the world’s largest video game company by revenue.

Saturo became Nintendo’s director in 2000, then became its fourth president in 2002 succeding Hiroshi Yamauchi. He also became the CEO of Nintendo of America in 2013.

Saturo has had a long back ground with Nintendo the gaming Company, this is after joining the Company in 1983 to work on games like Ballon Fight ,& Earth bond.

Saturo Lwata survived E3 in 2014 due to surgery but his health hasn’t seen to be in difficulty since.

Saturo’s life time at the gaming Company he has been interested in jazzing with fans along with appearing in digital events.
He also interviewed other developers on Nintendo’s site where he hosted a column called Lwata Asks

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