Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata (December 6, 1959 - July 11th, 2015) was the 4th and previous president of Nintendo.

Biography
He became president in 2002. Satoru used to work at HAL as a programmer and helped create major games such as Kirby's Dream Land. In 1993, Satoru was promoted as the president of HAL Laboratory. On April 24, 2013, Iwata announced at the year end shareholders meeting that he was taking the role of CEO of Nintendo of America, alongside his duties and Global President. Former NoA CEO Tatsumi Kimishima was given the roll of Nintendo Corporate Ltd. Managing Director. Satoru Iwata also hosted a set of interviews called Iwata Asks. Iwata also hosted most of the Nintendo Direct.

In July of 2015, Iwata died due to a bile duct growth. The news was reported by a statement from Nintendo of Japan.

Games
Judging by a picture, Iwata was originally to star in some kind of dancing game along with Olimar and Villager (although the screenshot may be fake).