Satoru Iwata will not be attending E3 in Los Angeles this year due to health-related reasons. A Nintendo representative confirmed the news to Polygon this morning.
“He’s been instructed by his physician not to travel overseas in the immediate future, and so he will not be making the trip to Los Angeles,” said Nintendo’s Vice President of corporate affairs Cindy Gordon in an email.
Iwata’s illness appears to be just a minor setback as Gordon states the Nintendo President will still be doing his day-to-day duties with the company.
“Please understand that it is business as usual for Mr. Iwata, and he continues his normal duties as president of Nintendo Co., Ltd. while he remains in Japan. As always, he will be actively involved in all of Nintendo’s activities at the show.”
Nintendo will be hosting a digital event at E3 2014 in lieu of a traditional press conference this year on Tuesday, June 10. No word whether or not the streaming digital event has been previously taped (with Iwata hosting) or that it will be live.
Whatever the case, get well soon, Iwata-san.
Zac Morris
So in other words… no Zelda…
Mattiac
🙁 I hope Iwata-san feels better soon!
Mattiac
Is Hotmail blocked by the way? I can’t
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but it works when I use my other e-
mailaddress. I was told you were
going to look into it, but I have
not heard anything from you since.
Mattiac
Just a test. If this works it means
that my Hotmail address is blocked
for some unknown reason. 🙁
Harrison Milfeld
Mattiac – We got your email, we are looking into the problem. I’ll ask Lewis or Daniel if it can be fixed.
MikeIsaPoet
The Directs are always pre-streamed. Think how messy the Japan to American Treehouse transitions would be if they were live. Plus the music in the background with no ambiance gives that away too. It’s very very likely he already filmed his part.
tomcat
Iwata needs to leave Nintendo for good.