List of Iwata Asks interviews

Iwata Asks (社長が訊く) is a series of interviews conducted by former Nintendo president and chief executive officer (CEO) Satoru Iwata from 2006 until his death in 2015. In these interview articles, Iwata discusses with various colleagues select details about Nintendo and other developers' video game titles, hardware, and various aspects of the company.[1] The discussions reveal historical background information on the development of games and hardware as well as the mindset of the creators at the time. Additionally, these interviews often showcase the friendly camaraderie between Iwata and other members of Nintendo as jokes and laughter are shown to be commonplace.[2] They proved to be one of the most insightful collections of information on the development of Nintendo products available.[3] Time's Matt Peckham referred to Iwata Asks as "a remarkable series" and "a Nintendophile's dream come true".[4]

Content from Iwata Asks was featured in a book titled Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, published by Hobonichi.[5] The book was first published in 2019 in Japan. An English translation was released in 2021.[6]

A similar series of interviews called Ask the Developer started in 2021.

List of interviews

Ask the Developer

Ask the Developer is a series of interviews with Nintendo developers so they can "convey in their own words Nintendo's thoughts about creating products and the specific points they are particular about", similarly to Iwata Asks. The first entry to Ask the Developer was published on July 1, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch game Game Builder Garage.[279]

See also

• List of Nintendo Direct presentations
• Nintendo Network

External links

• Iwata Asks segments
• in Japanese
• in English (UK version)