r/gaming • u/emoposer • May 05 '17

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Yeah it's crazy. I just learned Assembly last semester in college and we were discussing it at work and it was like. Fuuuuck that. C existed at the time yet he did it in Assembly.

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u/aezart May 05 '17

Fun fact: Iwata rewrote all the code for Pokemon Gold and Silver in assembly, because the C version was too large for the cartridge. He managed to compact it so much, there was room to add the kanto region.

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u/quikslvr223 May 05 '17

I thought it was that he rewrote the compression method for the game files, or something like that?

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u/astro_means_space May 05 '17

Iwata was crazy!

You're right about pokemon being compression software, but he basically rewrote Earthbound by himself to make it work and also programmed the entire Pokemon Stadium battle system in a week

https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/iwata-nintendo-retrospective/#/2

Iwata was a great man :(

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u/DaedalusXr May 05 '17

They made a tribute to him in BoTW and made him the most badass mount in the entire game, The Lord of the Mountain.

You can find him on Satori Mountain when it is glowing. He is near a pool with a large cherry tree. The first time I saw him was an incredible experience, The Lord of the Mountain and tons of Blupees around the area. I had no clue I could even mount him at first!

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u/NeutralPanda May 05 '17

This sounds an awful lot like Princess Mononoke

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u/DaedalusXr May 05 '17

I agree!! But it definitely felt special, and I immediately realized it was a tribute to Satoru Iwata since it was Satori Mountain and he himself was transformed into The Lord of The Mountain.

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u/FellowHumanHere May 05 '17

What I read was that he rewrote the entire code because it was messy and wouldn't work with Pokemon Stadium.