Ask Iwata, New Book Compiling Satoru Iwata Interviews, Is Available Now

Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Nintendo's Legendary CEO is finally available in English. The book launched today, April 13, in physical and digital editions in North America. Amazon is offering a small discount on the book right now, dropping the price to $20.49. The book, which originally released in 2019, was localized by Viz Media.

The 176-page book, in part, compiles various transcripts from a decade of interviews in the "Iwata Asks" series, a project he worked on from 2006 until his death in 2015. Iwata Asks typically featured Iwata and Nintendo developers discussing popular first-party series releases, hardware, and more. The series went in-depth on the Wii, Nintendo DS, 3DS, and Wii U, from both a hardware philosophy as well as the platforms' software libraries. There are also contributions from Iwata's collaborators such as Shigeru Miyamoto.

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$20.49 (was $23)

Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Nintendo's Legendary CEO is available for $20.49 in hardcover and $12 digitally for Kindle.

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The book was originally edited and published by Japanese company Hobonichi, which was founded by Shigesato Itoi, the director of the beloved SNES game Earthbound. Viz Media, the book's English-language publisher, commonly releases manga adaptations of video games, including The Legend of Zelda.

You can read some of Iwata's insightful interviews ahead of the book's release, as Nintendo has a wide assortment of transcripts from the series on its website. There are also a few Iwata Asks videos on Nintendo's YouTube channel.