Mr iwata standing in water
the caspian sea
The Caspian Sea is such a large lake it is called a sea. It became landlocked due to tectonic uplift and a fall in sea level. This change occurred millions of years before Mr Iwata was born.
lake baikal
This impressive body of water is located somewhere around the area of Russia. It is the most voluminous freshwater lake in the world and could contain over a trillion Mr Iwatas and there would still be room for a few million Shigeru Miyamotos.
yangtze river
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. Mr Iwata is the fourth Nintendo president.
lake kussharo
Like Mr Iwata, Lake Kussharo is Japanese. It is said that a monster – called ‘Kussie’ – lives in the lake. There is no evidence to suggest Mr Iwata has ever seen Kussie, or if he even believes Kussie exists.
boston public garden lake
Although largely obscured by trees from this angle, there’s a suspension bridge over the middle of the lake at Boston’s Public Garden. Similarly, Nintendo, where Mr Iwata works, also has a bridge – the Game & Watch handheld game Turtle Bridge.
river thames
This oil on canvas by English painter Ernest R. Fox is dated 1884. Incredibly, Nintendo was founded in 1889. Mr Iwata joined HAL Laboratory – a subsidiary of Nintendo – in 1983, around 100 years later.
london 2012 olympics aquatic centre
Japan won 11 swimming medals at the London 2012 Olympics. Despite being from Japan, Mr Iwata was not on the swimming team as he is the Nintendo president and not a swimming Olympian.
the water out of jaws
The 1975 movie classic about a water shark that needs a bigger boat was made by movie director Steven Spielberg. Later in his career, Spielberg attended world famous electronic entertainment expo E3. Mr Iwata is a regular E3 attendee, so it’s possible the two bumped into each other and chatted about Wii Tennis or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
where godzilla lives
Godzilla is a radioactive dinosaur that comes out of the ocean and smashes stuff up. Although not really equipped with destructive eye-laser-beam-eye-laser-eyes, Mr Iwata is very good at holding new technology and having his picture taken and being the president of Nintendo.
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