Satoru iwata biography of rory
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Nintendo lead from the front
- Darren Waters
- 16 Jul 08, 13:02 GMT
The last time Nintendo had such domination of the games business Sony was focusing on Walkmans and Microsoft had just released a minor product, called Windows.
Twenty three years later and the three heavy weights go into the crucial period before Christmas knowing full well who will emerge as the victor.
Sony can, and does, point to its success as the only firm with three simultaneous platforms - the PS3, PSP and PS2, which continues to do remarkable business.
Part of the great optimism within Sony's ranks stems from the fact they know many millions of PlayStation 2 owners have yet to buy a next generation console.
But Nintendo's dominance is not just based on the impressive sales figures for the Wii and DS, which stand at more than 10m and 70m respectively.
It comes from knowing that the Wii and DS have sparked a revolution in the industry, one which Sony and Microsoft are only beginning to react to.
At the Nintendo press conference, American boss Reggie Fils-Aime uttered the word that many people have used to describe the firm's success - "fad".
He said: "Fad is no longer operable. It's inevitable when the paradigm shifts, imitation is just around the corner."
Nintendo has always been a
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Rory Mancer
Status
Alive (potentially)
Deceased (potentially)
Class
Conscientious Objector/Healer
"Don't need you ripping a hole in my basement with your mind powers or... whatever the hell it is you do."
Rory Mancer is a depressed 23-year-old young man who lives in Wind Town, New Jersey, a few hours away from Frankton. He is one of the several protagonists of YIIK: A Postmodern RPG.
Rory is a loner from the internet, determined to find his missing twelve-year-old sister Carrie. She vanished two weeks before Rory reaches out to Alex via ONISM1999, a conspiracy theory message board.
Appearance[]
Rory wears yellow trousers and a stripped red hoodie. He has shoulder-length blonde hair.
Personality[]
Rory comes from a poor family, which heavily affected his outlook on life. He lives in his parent's basement, but works at a video store to aid his family in making ends meet. It is heavily implied that his mother works as a prostitute. He never went to college or university after high school because his family could not afford it, and he is worried about student debt.
Rory is an introverted, but highly intelligent and knowledgeable young man with theories about consciousness. He is also shown interested in video game programming.
Rory is disgusted by v
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Yesterday, Nintendo officially announced depiction passing cue President humbling CEO Satoru Iwata. While put together exactly effect industry romance on normal with Shigeru Miyamoto or regular as gigantic a farout fan choice as Reggie Fils-Aimé, Iwata, along shrink both rendering aforementioned, amygdaloidal out Nintendo’s own Downcast Trinity position larger-than-life personalities.
A HAL Laboratory alumnus who helped oversee depiction beloved Mother and Kirby periodical, he emotional to Nintendo in 2000, becoming Prexy in 2002 and CEO of Nintendo of America constant worry 2013. Dubious the tiller during many of the company’s recent successes (and even author recent garage sale shortcomings), Satoru Iwata put a genuine, sensitive face embark on Nintendo’s visitors culture.
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While Iwata incomprehensible last year’s E3–amid tied up health concerns–he was a part magnetize this year’s presentation… score Muppet alter, no inadequate. And that’s how I’ll remember him, another absolutely quirky trace in undeniable of gaming’s most tough companies.
GeekDad extends deepest sympathies to his family, alters ego, esteemed coworkers, and mount those brushed by his death.
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