Silly is a lofty compliment! Updated on 19 April 2021
In 2015, so many of us mourned the passing of Satoru Iwata at the all-to-young age of 55 as if we d lost the closest of friends despite never having met. The impact of Nintendo s most charming leader is beautifully illustrated in Ask Iwata, a collection extracted from interviews conducted with friend and frequent collaborator Shigesato Itoi as well as from Iwata s own celebrated interviews with his developers.
Ask Iwata review
Publisher: VIZ Media
Availability: Out now digitally, physical copies releasing May 27th
Here was a man whose ambition was simply to make everyone happy, something he achieved on a scale that s almost unimaginable: anyone who s ever played a Wii or DS, the phenomenally successful consoles that opened up gaming for all and are perhaps his greatest legacy, will be able to appreciate that.