Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview
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his insightful interview with Satoru Iwata originally appeared in the 1999 quarterly edition of jp Used Games magazine. It captures Iwata in his role as President of HAL Laboratory, just before his transition to Nintendo the following year. Smash Bros. and Pokemon Snap had just been, but much of the interview is spent talking about HAL's early days as a third-party Nintendo developer. Towards the end, Iwata expounds on his philosophy of programming and game design; his ideas align neatly with Nintendo's design ethos and tellingly foreshadow the latter days of his career there.
