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Nintendo Voice Chat

The Heart of a Gamer: Remembering Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata 10 Years Later - NVC 769

Nintendo Voice Chat

IGN & Geek Media

Technology, Video Games, Leisure

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

10 years ago today, on July 11, 2015, the world lost a legend with the passing of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. This week, join Logan Plant and Peer Schneider – who had the opportunity to interview Mr. Iwata multiple times – for a special episode of Nintendo Voice Chat where they look back at the man who boldly led Nintendo for more than a decade, and discuss how his legacy is still impacting Nintendo today. From stories of Mr. Iwata saving EarthBound from a troubled development, to his most charming, memorable Nintendo Direct moments, come celebrate the man who meant so much to Nintendo fans across the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:07.1

We speak about the impact Y2K has had on women's body confidence and how Pamela has regained control.

0:12.9

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0:17.8

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0:20.8

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0:21.4

body confidence-building exercises, go to dove.com forward slash Y2K. That's Y2K spelled WHY2K.

0:30.3

Ten years ago today, on July 11, 2015, the world lost a legend with the passing of Nintendo

0:35.2

President Satura Awada. Coming up on a special episode of Nintendo Voice Chat, we're going to remember the man who boldly

0:40.9

led Nintendo for more than a decade and discuss how his legacy has left a lasting impact

0:45.3

on the company to this day.

0:47.3

On my business card, I am a corporate president.

0:51.3

In my mind, I am a game developer, but in my heart, I am a gamer.

0:57.0

Welcome to Nintendo Voice Chat. I'm Logan Plant, joined this week by Pair Schneider.

1:09.0

Hi, Per.

1:10.0

What's up, Logan? I'm really excited to have you here, Per, because you had multiple opportunities throughout your career to meet and interview Mr. Awada,

1:18.6

and I'm really excited to hear stories from those times.

1:21.6

Yeah, it's been, you know, a few opportunities, usually paired with Mr. Miyamoto or with someone else from the Nintendo of America side, like Biltrin was usually in the room.

1:34.4

But yeah, I've been in a couple of interviews.

1:38.0

Yeah, so this whole episode is going to be dedicated to Mr. Awata and talking about his time at Nintendo and his lasting legacy. And I think we should just kind of start with setting up who was Mr. Awada,

1:48.0

because in planning this episode and talking about it, it's been 10 years since he passed,

1:53.0

and the Switch wasn't out yet at the time.

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