When Satoru Iwata passed away three years ago, I was made aware of a Youtuber who was looking for help translating various Iwata related articles and interviews for use in a tribute that he was put together. At that point I was beginning to better figure out the types game-related material that I was interested in translating, and they tended to be interviews or behind-the-scenes type things. So I was pretty happy when I found out the material that needed to be translated was a series of transcribed conversations between Satoru Iwata and famed copywriter/game designer/a little bit of everything Shigesato Itoi. The conversations were posted on Hobonichi's website, Hobonichi being the Itoi-founded company that designs and produced various lifestyle goods such as their Techo Planners/Organizers. Continue Reading