ghosttrainermickey

[ghosttrainermickey]

Hey cool cats, so I’m playing games for Extra Life (Australian, time difference, etc) right now! If you’re into the Pre-Sequel that’s what’s on right now, so come check it out! 

http://www.twitch.tv/glitchgamingtv

[ghosttrainermickey]

[ghosttrainermickey]

Facts everyone needs to know about Iwata:

He saved HAL Laboratories from going down under and was a key to Kirby’s creation as a series.

He reprogrammed the entire Mother 2 / Earthbound game in less than six months. He’s the reason it exists.

The last game he engineered was Super Smash Bros. Melee.. out of necessity. He re-coded that as well so it would meet its November 2001 release.

He cut his salary in half to keep Nintendo afloat rather than cut positions at the bottom.

He gave the speech titled “Heart of a Gamer” in 2005, a key time before the Wii’s release, which shocked the world in the following generation.

Designer first, executive second. One of the few, if not, the first and only president of a major gaming company who was a designer first and foremost.

He was the fourth President of Nintendo and the first not by blood relation to get the honors due to his previous years of leadership.

Iwata believed in open communication with the fans and the press. He believed in sharing his and other developers’ passion for video game design. Thus, he created a series called, “Iwata Asks.”

Overall, as president, he has helped carry Nintendo into the new millennium. He brought in the most memorable public face of gaming known as Reginald Fils-Aime, he orchestrated one of Nintendo’s finest, most shocking years in popular culture since the NES with the Wii, and shouldered the burden and took full responsibility of both the GameCube and the Wii U financially. A man with this much business savvy, personality, passion, and unselfishness… will surely, surely be missed in the gaming realm.

“Even if we come from different sides of the world, speak different languages, even if we eat too many chips or rice balls, even if we have different tastes in games, every one of us here today is identical in the most important way: each one of us has the heart of a gamer.” - Satoru Iwata, Heart of a Gamer

[ghosttrainermickey]

A very small tribute compared to the enormous legacy that this man left behind, but I felt that I had to make a little something to express my gratitude. Thank you so much for everything you’ve done for the gaming community. (Inspired by this post from earthboundtext)

[ghosttrainermickey]

Earthbound’s creator reflects on Iwata’s passing ⊟ 

Mother/Earthbound series creator Shigesato Itoi collaborated with Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s celebrated president and CEO who passed away suddenly over the weekend, a number of times over the years. Iwata is even said to have come in and saved Earthbound from programming issues that would’ve likely killed the project, and the two men had been friends since.

Itoi posted a farewell to his friend this morning – here it is translated by Yomuka/Lindsay Nelson (Hobonichi Techo translator):

“When I’m parting with a friend, regardless of the circumstances, I find it best to just say, ‘See you later.’ We’ll meet again. After all, we’re friends.

That’s right—nothing unusual about it. I’ll see you later.

You went on a trip far, far away, even though it was planned for many years from now. You wore your best outfit and said ‘Sorry for the short notice,’ though you didn’t say it out loud.

You always put yourself last, after you’d finished helping everyone else. You were so generous as a friend that this trip might be your very first selfish act.

I still can’t grasp what’s happened. It feels like I could still get a light-hearted e-mail asking me out to lunch at any moment—after you’ve made sure lunch wouldn’t disrupt my schedule, of course.

You can invite me out whenever you want. I’ll invite you, too.

So for now, let’s plan on meeting again. You can call me up whenever you like, and I’ll give you a call, too. I still have a lot to talk to you about, and if I come up with any particularly good ideas, I’ll let you know.

So let’s meet again.

No–I suppose we’re already meeting. Right here, right now.”

The sprites of Iwata and Itoi above come from an interview with the two conducted by Japanese magazine BRUTUS – read it in English here.

[ghosttrainermickey]

i put my feelings in a picture

Keep reading

[ghosttrainermickey]

When Satoru Iwata visited GameCenter CX ⊟ 

It was such a wonderful surprise when Iwata stopped by the GameCenter CX office to talk with Arino and watch him fumble through Balloon Fight – a game the Nintendo president actually programmed way back in the day! The mini-episode was full of magical moments like this one, moments we’ll miss now that Iwata’s passed on. I can’t believe this will never happen again..

Arino tweeted the message below today, explaining how we can celebrate the beloved executive (translated by Thomas James):

“Today’s a day for playing lots of games together as a family until you can play no more, only to do it all over again tomorrow. And as we do that, those games will light up our rooms. That’s how it should be, we can’t keep them in the dark because in my mind, more than anything, that’s what games are all about: keeping the house lit up.”

You can watch the subbed GameCenter CX mini-episode featuring Iwata and after the break. The screengrabs above are from Nina Matsumoto.

Keep reading

[ghosttrainermickey]

Interested in poorly produced youtube videos? Do I have a deal for you!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuehvJ4YViLGk0MMxKsaaBA?&ab_channel=GlitchGaming

A new gaming video every Sunday! Is a promise I just now made.

[ghosttrainermickey]

[ghosttrainermickey]

[ghosttrainermickey]

Only those with strong will shall live here

[ghosttrainermickey]

This is absolutely not what the Earth looks like, this is merely a model exaggerating (I think by approx 7000x I read somewhere but I'm not looking that up rn) the seas/trenches on Earth. It's certainly not a perfect sphere, but with the mass we're carrying gravity pretty much forces us to be spherical. All things told, we're more of an oval.

The Earth is lumpy.

[ghosttrainermickey]

tumblr psa: dont use ouija boards!!! you never know what kind of spirits you’re inviting into your life

me: nice try but none of u can stop me from using this glow in the dark hasbro piece of garbage 2 ask oscar wilde for fashion advice

[ghosttrainermickey]

thought this was an odd choice for the new trailer

Original post by airlesscell

[ghosttrainermickey]

[ghosttrainermickey]

[ghosttrainermickey]

Te entiendo, Link ⋆｡˚ (¦3[▓▓]