Satoru Iwata was the man that got me into gaming. I actually had met him in America once during a convention for the Nintendo Wii back in 2007 for America. He was an extremely great man, and fun to talk to. We had talked about a few things about future events and what he wanted to bring to the world.
His greatest passion, was his very own job, a place he wished he could have done more throughout the years due to hospitalization. At the time, he wasn't that bad.. but I had asked if he would at least look into his medical history for himself at least. He said he would. He loved working for what he represented, as much as he wanted to express his own worlds from when he was a child. Much like Mr. Itoi, and Mr. Miyamoto, they all had a dream... Iwata... never finished his.
I only had seen him again at a convention here in America for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011-2012, I had asked how he felt and he just as he had said on social media "Progressing slowly". The things he thought about and the things he wanted to push through to the future generation was astonishing, meeting and speaking to him over coffee was the greatest thing I have ever experienced in my life.
During the time of developing The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and back During the Twilight Princess age, he had explained that he saw a huge chronological dating period.. and I had noticed the same, as well with other game titles, he saw himself over and over as a child.. just lost in a world. I felt sorry for him, I wanted him to explore other worlds instead of being lost in his own, but.. it seems I and we to and extent were far too late to give him a world he wished was a reality.
A Great Man, I will never Forget.
@Link @Kaynil