Nintendo Co's President and Chief Executive Satoru Iwata speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo May 8, 2014. Photo: Reuters/Toru Hanai
Nintendo Co Ltd Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died of cancer on July 11, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker's belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He was 55.
The death of the hands-on CEO and president, announced by Nintendo on July 13, comes at a critical time for the company which is betting that its new smartphone tie-up with online game maker DeNA will help make up for declining console sales.
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