Shigeru Miyamoto Comments on Satoru Iwata’s Passing

<p>Nintendo EAD general manager&comma; Shigeru Miyamoto&comma; has issued a statement regarding <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;nintendos-satoru-iwata-has-passed-away&sol;">the passing<&sol;a> of Nintendo President and CEO&comma; Satoru Iwata&comma; at the age of 55&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am surprised at this sudden news and overcome with sadness&comma;” Mr&period; Miyamoto said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal&period; The 62 year-old has worked with Nintendo for over 30 years&comma; creating such series as <em>Donkey Kong&comma; Pikmin&comma; F-Zero&comma; The Legend of Zelda <&sol;em>and&comma;<em> Super Mario Bros<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is now serving as acting Representative Director of Nintendo alongside the company&&num;8217&semi;s integrated research division boss&comma; Genyo Takeda&period; Prior to his newfound role as Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s joint-head&comma; Mr&period; Miyamoto headed Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Entertainment and Analysis Development branch &lpar;EAD&rpar; in which he helmed this year&&num;8217&semi;s<em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;e3-215-star-fox-zero-hands-on-impressions&sol;">Star Fox Zero<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though elections have yet to be held by Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s board for the company&&num;8217&semi;s presidency&comma; Mr&period; Miyamoto is assumed to be a leading candidate – as is Mr&period; Takeda&period; The 66 year-old engineer has served the company for over 40 years&comma; as both one of the lead architects of the original Wii and as the creator of the <em>Punch-Out&excl; <&sol;em>game series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We will continue bringing you more updates on these new changes at Nintendo as they develop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blogs&period;wsj&period;com&sol;japanrealtime&sol;2015&sol;07&sol;13&sol;shigeru-miyamoto-seen-as-possible-nintendo-successor&sol;">WSJ<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;