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| Maou 2842th Post
  
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|  "Re(6):Mr. Iwata has passed away" , posted Tue 14 Jul 02:13:  
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Itoi's words are perfect as always..
Lighting the Maou Itoi translator signal
Sure. I'm no poet, and Iggy, Chaz, or Prof might be able to write some prettier English, but just so you have it:
Whenever we part,
I think we should say "let's meet again."
Since we're friends, we meet again.
That's only natural.
Yep. Let's meet again.
Said you were heading on quite a long journey.
It was planned to be so much later on than this.
You said, without putting it in words,
"So sorry, something came up suddenly,"
Putting on your best clothes.
You were always trying to help others,
Putting them before yourself.
You were that kind of friend,
So this journey might be the first time you put yourself first.
Actually, I still don't believe anything yet.
It feels like an e-mail will just pop in,
And we'll make a plan to go eat.
Just like always,
You can invite me anytime, saying,
"If you think you'll have time..."
Or if you like, I can do the inviting.
So anyway, "let's meet again."
Give me a call anytime, any place;
I'll be calling too, you know.
There's some things I'd like to chat about,
And I'll want to let you know when I think of something good.
Let's meet again.
No, actually, we're meeting here, even now.
Thank you for coming to my Hobonichi (webpage) today.
I feel like I found something that powerlessness can do.
人間はいつも私を驚かせてくれる。不思議なものだな、人間という存在は．．．
[this message was edited by Maou on Tue 14 Jul 02:44] |
| nobinobita 1436th Post
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| "Re(7):Mr. Iwata has passed away" , posted Wed 15 Jul 10:51
quote:
Itoi's words are perfect as always..
Lighting the Maou Itoi translator signal
Sure. I'm no poet, and Iggy, Chaz, or Prof might be able to write some prettier English, but just so you have it:
Whenever we part,
I think we should say "let's meet again."
Since we're friends, we meet again.
That's only natural.
Yep. Let's meet again.
Said you were heading on quite a long journey.
It was planned to be so much later on than this.
You said, without putting it in words,
"So sorry, something came up suddenly,"
Putting on your best clothes.
You were always trying to help others,
Putting them before yourself.
You were that kind of friend,
So this journey might be the first time you put yourself first.
Actually, I still don't believe anything yet.
It feels like an e-mail will just pop in,
And we'll make a plan to go eat.
Just like always,
You can invite me anytime, saying,
"If you think you'll have time..."
Or if you like, I can do the inviting.
So anyway, "let's meet again."
Give me a call anytime, any place;
I'll be calling too, you know.
There's some things I'd like to chat about,
And I'll want to let you know when I think of something good.
Let's meet again.
No, actually, we're meeting here, even now.
Thank you for coming to my Hobonichi (webpage) today.
I feel like I found something that powerlessness can do.
Thanks for the excellent translation Maou. This is sad sad sad news.
Iwata was everything a leader should be and more. Like unreasonably great. This is a great loss to the world.
Nintendo is a special company. A while ago I met a family friend who had just taken up a job at Nintendo of America on the corporate side of things. He had previously worked for a very internationally renowned American entertainment corporation. He was a very very smart guy with an excellent resume.
He confided in me that he HATED working at Nintendo.
It was such a terrible, weird place. He couldn't understand how they could give so much power to the game designers. Exasperated, he said they were treated like "rock stars" and given the run of the place. He didn't know why they were making such "weird" games like Splatoon that didn't have any proven market. He couldn't understand how they were allowed to continue refining games right up to the last minute before shipping. It killed him that they relied so little on market research and focus groups. He firmly believed that marketing should be driving what games they made. It was a very alien place to him, completely unlike any other enterprise level business he had worked for previously. The idea that the creative people were in charge flipped his entire world upside down.
Thank you Iwata, for helping to create this nightmare world for my friend haha.
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