Iwata is named Person of the Year

Posted Dec 20th 2007 6:00PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: News

Who doesn't love the great Satoru Iwata. He's a very kind man and a pleasure to be around (this blogger knows, he met him a couple years ago). Not only that, but he has a good mind for business, as he's managed to turn Nintendo into a crazy-rich company with the hottest console and handheld on the market. Certainly, he deserves this honor.

He isn't the only person from Nintendo to be recognized, however. Next-Gen's list encompasses 25 people from the industry, and other notable Nintendo folk include George Harrison and Yoshiaki Koizumi (the director behind Super Mario Galaxy).

Tags: george-harrison, harrison, iwata, man-of-the-year, president, satoru-iwata, supermariogalaxy, yoshiaki-koizumi

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-20-2007 @ 10:55PM

hvnlysoldr said...

Huzzah for Iwata!

12-21-2007 @ 5:41AM

Backslash said...

And here I thought you were talking about Time.

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