Watch our video tribute to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata

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Last weekend, Nintendo lost its president and the world lost a gamer.

With Satoru Iwata gone, we wanted to look back at some of the ways that he connected so deeply with the people who loved Nintendo’s games. Check it out: