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Nintendo on company policy

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks at a briefing session on his company's policy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. Iwata outlined a new business strategy to spur sales of its consoles for purposes other than entertainment.

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Nintendo on company policy

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks at a briefing session on his company's policy in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2014. Iwata outlined a new business strategy to spur sales of its consoles for purposes other than entertainment.

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Nintendo to develop device to gauge people's sleep quality

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., briefs securities analysts on the company's business strategy at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014. Iwata said Nintendo will develop a device to measure people's sleep quality.

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Nintendo 1st-half net profit surges

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata attends a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said its group net profit in the fiscal first half surged, driven by a foreign exchange-related gain and solid sales of its Wii U home video-game console.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo incurs 46 bil. yen operating loss in FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about his company's earnings report for fiscal 2013 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2014. Nintendo incurred a group operating loss of 46.43 billion yen in the fiscal year that ended in March due mainly to sluggish sales of its Wii U home video game console and software.

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Nintendo president to halve his pay

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata tells a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 29, 2014, that he will halve his salary for five months from February to take responsibility for poor earnings at the major game console maker.

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Nintendo projects 25 bil. yen loss for FY 2013

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2014. Iwata said Nintendo expects to post a net loss of 25 billion yen for the year through March 2014, instead of an earlier projected profit of 55 billion yen, on weaker-than-expected game console and software sales in the yearend shopping season.

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Nintendo sees 1st April-Sept. black ink in 4 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The Japanese game giant said it returned to the black for the first time in four years on a first-half basis with a group net profit of 600 million yen, a turnaround from a net loss of 28.00 billion yen a year earlier, aided by exchange rate gains stemming from a weaker yen.

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Nintendo logs loss for 2nd year

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on April 24, 2013. The Kyoto-based game console and software maker the same day reported a group operating loss of 36.41 billion yen for the business year through March, its second straight annual loss, due to worse-than-expected game console sales.

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Nintendo slashes FY 2012 outlook

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2013. The game console maker revised downward its earnings outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March, forecasting a 20 billion yen group operating loss after seeing sluggish year-end sales.

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Nintendo President Iwata

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks during the company's strategy meeting for analysts in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012.

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Dragon Quest X to be released in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011, to announce a plan to release the game Dragon Quest X in 2012. The upcoming version of the popular role playing game series will be made for Nintendo's home game console Wii and its successor model Wii U.

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Unveiling of Nintendo's Wii U

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata unveils the company's new game console Wii U, which features a new type of controller with a touch screen that can double as a handheld gaming device, in Los Angeles on June 7, 2011. The console will be put on sale in 2012.

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Nintendo to launch larger-screen DS handheld console

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a new version of the Nintendo DS handheld game console at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2009. The Nintendo DSi LL has a larger 4.2-inch screen and provides a wider viewing angle.

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Nintendo to release DSi overseas next spring or summer

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks about the overseas release of the new version of its popular DS handheld game console, the DSi, at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31.

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Nintendo slashes outlook as higher yen erodes strong sales

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2008 at a press in Osaka on Oct. 30.

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Popular DS, Wii games boost Nintendo's profit to record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka on April 24 that the company's group net profit surged 47.7 percent from the previous year to a record high of 257.34 billion yen in fiscal 2007 due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles.

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Nintendo group net profit for FY 2006 surges 77%

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks about the company's earnings report for fiscal 2006 and business prospects for fiscal 2007 at a news conference in Osaka on April 26. Nintendo's group net profit surged 77.2 percent from the previous year to 174.29 billion yen on sales of 966.53 billion yen, up 89.8 percent, as its game consoles and software titles sold well.

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Nintendo's Wii not in competition with rival game consoles

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (L) delivers a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 7.

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Nintendo DS shipments hit 8.4 million units in 18 months

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on June 7. Iwata said that shipments of its hand-held Nintendo DS game machine reached 8.4 million units as of the end of May since its launch 18 months ago.

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Nintendo reveals tentative release time for Wii console

LOS ANGELES, United States - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Los Angeles on May 9.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Iwata to become Nintendo president

KYOTO, Japan - Satoru Iwata (photo), a 42-year-old director of Nintendo Co., will succeed Hiroshi Yamauchi as president on May 31. Yamauchi, 74, who has been president for 52 years, will become an adviser and director without representative rights.

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Nintendo reveals tentative release time for Wii console

LOS ANGELES, United States - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Los Angeles on May 9. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo DS shipments hit 8.4 million units in 18 months

TOKYO, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on June 7. Iwata said that shipments of its hand-held Nintendo DS game machine reached 8.4 million units as of the end of May since its launch 18 months ago. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's Wii not in competition with rival game consoles

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (L) delivers a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 7. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo group net profit for FY 2006 surges 77%

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks about the company's earnings report for fiscal 2006 and business prospects for fiscal 2007 at a news conference in Osaka on April 26. Nintendo's group net profit surged 77.2 percent from the previous year to 174.29 billion yen on sales of 966.53 billion yen, up 89.8 percent, as its game consoles and software titles sold well. (Kyodo)

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Popular DS, Wii games boost Nintendo's profit to record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka on April 24 that the company's group net profit surged 47.7 percent from the previous year to a record high of 257.34 billion yen in fiscal 2007 due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo slashes outlook as higher yen erodes strong sales

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., speaks about the company's earnings forecast for fiscal 2008 at a press in Osaka on Oct. 30. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo to release DSi overseas next spring or summer

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata speaks about the overseas release of the new version of its popular DS handheld game console, the DSi, at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo's group net profit marks record high

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2008 in Osaka on May 7. Nintendo's group net profit rose 8.5 percent from the previous year to a record high of 279.09 billion yen due to the strong popularity of its DS and Wii game consoles. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Nintendo taps Managing Director Kimishima as new president

Tatsumi Kimishima, director of Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co., smiles during a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14, 2015. Kimishima, 65, who will become company president on Sept. 16, vowed to "keep alive the intentions" of his predecessor Satoru Iwata. Iwata died two months ago after leading the development of the company's Wii and DS game consoles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo taps Managing Director Kimishima as new president

Tatsumi Kimishima, director of Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co., is surrounded by reporters, after a press conference in Osaka on Sept. 14, 2015. At the press conference, Kimishima, 65, who will become company president on Sept. 16, vowed to "keep alive the intentions" of his predecessor Satoru Iwata. Iwata died two months ago after leading the development of the company's Wii and DS game consoles. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral held for Nintendo President Iwata

The coffin of Satoru Iwata, the president of Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co., is carried from the venue of his funeral in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 17, 2015. Iwata died July 11 of a tumor in his bile duct, aged 55. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo president Iwata dies at 55

Photo taken in March 2015 shows Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (R) and DeNA Co. President Isao Moriyasu shaking hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on their agreement to jointly develop game software for portable devices and launch a new membership service. The Nintendo president died of a bile duct growth on July 11, the Japanese video game maker said. He was 55. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo president Iwata dies at 55

Photo taken in May 2014 shows Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata. He died of a bile duct growth on July 11, 2015, the Japanese video game maker said. He was 55. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo reports 24.8 bil. yen FY 2014 operating profit, 1st profit in 4 yrs

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., briefs reporters on the company's consolidated financial results for the business year to March 31 at a press conference in Osaka on May 7, 2015. Nintendo posted a group operating profit of 24.77 billion yen ($207.5 million) for the year, its first operating profit in four years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo, mobile video game firm DeNA agree on capital tie-up

DeNA Co. President Isao Moriyasu (L) and Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata shake hands after a joint news conference in Tokyo on March 17, 2015. The two companies agreed on a capital and business tie-up to jointly develop game software for portable devices and launch a new membership service. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nintendo to launch larger-screen DS handheld console

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a new version of the Nintendo DS handheld game console at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2009. The Nintendo DSi LL has a larger 4.2-inch screen and provides a wider viewing angle. (Kyodo)

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Dragon Quest X to be released in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata (R) attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2011, to announce a plan to release the game Dragon Quest X in 2012. The upcoming version of the popular role playing game series will be made for Nintendo's home game console Wii and its successor model Wii U. (Kyodo)