List of Iwata Asks interviews

Iwata Asks^[a] is a series of interviews conducted by former Nintendo president and chief executive officer (CEO) Satoru Iwata from 2006 until his death in 2015. In these interview articles, Iwata discusses with various colleagues select details about Nintendo and other developers' video game titles, hardware, and various aspects of the company.^[1] The discussions reveal historical background information on the development of games and hardware as well as the mindset of the creators at the time. Additionally, these interviews often showcase the friendly camaraderie between Iwata and other members of Nintendo as jokes and laughter are shown to be commonplace.^[2] They proved to be one of the most insightful collections of information on the development of Nintendo products available.^[3] Time's Matt Peckham referred to Iwata Asks as "a remarkable series" and "a Nintendophile's dream come true."^[4]

Satoru Iwata at GDC 2011

Content from Iwata Asks was featured in a book titled Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, published by Hobonichi.^[5] The book was first published in 2019 in Japan. An English translation was released in 2021.^[6]

List of interviews

Wii series

Topic	Date[nb 1]	Interviewee(s)	Title/Volume	English localization	Ref.
Wii	September 9, 2006	Genyo Takeda, Junji Takamoto, Kenichiro Ashida, Kou Shiota	Wii console		[8][9]
September 11, 2006	Genyo Takeda, Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenichiro Ashida, Akio Ikeda	Wii Remote		[10][11]
September 14, 2006	Takashi Aoyama, Tomoaki Kuroume, Kenichiro Ashida	Wii Channels		[12][13]
October 12, 2006	Katsuya Eguchi, Keizo Ota, Yoshikazu Yamashita, Takayuki Shimamura	Wii Sports		[14][15]
October 26, 2006	Yoshiyuki Oyama, Keisuke Nishimori, Koji Kitagawa, Atsushi Miyagi, Kentaro Tominaga, Aya Kyogoku	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess		[16][17]
November 22, 2006	Yoshio Sakamoto, Goro Abe	Wario Ware: Smooth Moves		[18][19]
Super Mario Galaxy	October 4, 2007	Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takao Shimizu	The Producer and Director		[20][21]
Kenta Motokura, Futoshi Shirai, Norihiro Aoyagi, Hideaki Shimizu, Koichi Hayashida		The Developers		[22]
Masafumi Kawamura, Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo		The Sound Team		[23]
Shigeru Miyamoto		Shigeru Miyamoto		[24]
Wii Fit	November 8, 2007	Shigeru Miyamoto	A New Creation		[25][26]
Takeshi Nagareda, Takao Sawano		The Wii Balance Board		[27]
Hiroshi Matsunaga, Tadashi Sugiyama		The Wii Fit Software		[28]
Arisa Hosaka, Mari Shibata, Yoshiyuki Oyama, Yohei Miyagawa, Toru Minegishi		Sound, Design and Planning		[29]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	January 30, 2008	Masahiro Sakurai	E3 2005: A Beginning		[30][31]
For First-time Gamers				[32]
Versus, Co-op and Share				[33]
The Subspace Emissary				[34]
Plethora of New Features				[35]
All-star Music				[36]
Once in a Lifetime Experience				[37]
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	February 29, 2008	Risa Tabata, Kensuke Tanabe	—		[38]
Mario Kart Wii	April 3, 2008	Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenichiro Ashida, Hideki Konno	—		[39][40]
Link's Crossbow Training	April 24, 2008	Shigeru Miyamoto	—		[41][42]
Wii Music	September 25, 2008	Shigeru Miyamoto	Shigeru Miyamoto		[43][44]
Makoto Wada, Junji Morii, Kazumi Totaka		The Developers		[45]
Kazumi Totaka, Koji Kondo, Shigeru Miyamoto				[46]
Animal Crossing: City Folk	November 13, 2008	Aya Kyogoku, Ryuji Kobayashi, Isao Moro, Hisashi Nogami	—		[47][48]
Wii MotionPlus	May 18, 2009	Keizo Ota, Kuniaki Ito, Noboru Wakitani, Junji Takamoto	—		[49][50]
Wii Sports Resort	June 4, 2009	Yoshikazu Yamashita, Takayuki Shimamura, Takuhiro Dohta, Kenta Sato	—		[51][52]
Punch-Out!!	July 13, 2009	Makoto Wada, Kensuke Tanabe, Shigeru Miyamoto, Genyo Takeda	—		[53][54]
Monster Hunter Tri	July 30, 2009	Kaname Fujioka, Ryozo Tsujimoto	—		[55][56]
Wii Fit Plus	September 29, 2009	Dr. Motohiko Miyachi	Volume 1		[57][58]
Volume 2				[59]
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor	October 22, 2009	Shingo Matsushita, Yurie Hattori, Hitoshi Yamagami, Masato Maegawa, Atsutomo Nakagawa, Yasushi Suzuki	—		[60][61]
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers	November 6, 2009	Akitoshi Kawazu	—		[62]
New Super Mario Bros. Wii	November 13, 2009	Shigeru Miyamoto	Volume 1		[63][64]
Toshihiko Nakago, Takashi Tezuka		Volume 2		[65]
Sanae Uchida, Eiji Mukae, Takayuki Ikkaku, Shigeyuki Asuke		Volume 3		[66]
Wii no Ma	November 20, 2009	Yusuke Beppu, Masaaki Yukawa, Yoshihiro Suzuki, Tony Ellison	—		[67]
NHK Kōhaku Quiz Gassen	December 25, 2009	Kenji Suzuki	—		[68]
Zangeki no Reginleiv	February 4, 2010	Kenji Suzuki, Takehiro Honma, Masatsugu Igarashi, Toshio Noguchi, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa	—		[69]
And-Kensaku	April 22, 2010	Tsuyoshi Kan	—		[70]
Super Mario Galaxy 2	May 11, 2010	Shigeru Miyamoto	Volume 1		[71][72]
Kenta Motokura, Takeshi Hayakawa (mistranslated as Kenzo Hayakawa), Kōichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi		Volume 2		[73]
Ryo Nagamatsu, Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo		Volume 3		[74]
Xenoblade Chronicles	May 19, 2010	Tetsuya Takahashi, Yoko Shimomura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Manami Kiyota, ACE+ (Chico), Tomori Kudo, Kenji Hiramatsu	Sound		[75][76]
Tetsuya Takahashi, Yuichiro Takeda		Story		[77]
Yurie Hattori, Genki Yokota, Hitoshi Yamagami, Koh Kojima, Tetsuya Takahashi		The Development Process		[78]
Metroid: Other M	July 29, 2010	Ryuzi Kitaura, Yosuke Hayashi, Yoshio Sakamoto	The Collaboration		[79][80]
Takehiko Hosokawa, Takayasu Morisawa, Hidekatsu Nagasawa, Yutaka Saito, Taiyo Aramaki, Kazutaka Otsuka, Ryo Koike		Development Staff		[81]
Wii Party	August 5, 2010	Hiroshi Sato, Miyuki Hirose, Shuichiro Nishiya, Atsushi Ikeda	—		[82][83]
The Last Story	August 17, 2010	Hironobu Sakaguchi	—		[84][85]
Kirby's Epic Yarn	October 7, 2010	Emi Watanabe, Nobuo Matsumiya, Atsushi Kono, Kentaro Sei, Etsunobu Ebisu	—		[86][87]
Super Mario All-Stars	October 21, 2010	Ryo Nagamatsu, Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo	The Music		[88][89]
Naoki Mori, Tadashi Sugiyama		The Developers		[90]
Donkey Kong Country Returns	December 1, 2010	Kynan Pearson, Mike Wikan, Tom Ivey, Kensuke Tanabe, Risa Tabata	—		[91][92]
Pandora's Tower	May 23, 2011	Chikako Yamakura, Toru Hoga, Hirofumi Irie, Takao Nakano, Hitoshi Yamagami	—		[93][94]
Wii Play: Motion	June 30, 2011	Toyokazu Nonaka, Etsunobu Ebisu, Yuichi Mizobe, Hirosato Funaki, Ryusuke Niitani, Takehiko Hosokawa, Keita Eto, Jun Taniguchi, Yuji Naka, Naoto Ohshima, Shinya Takahashi	—		[95][96]
Rhythm Heaven Fever	July 20, 2011	Takafumi Masaoka, Masami Tone, Ko Takeuchi, Mitsuo Terada, Koji Kamada, Hiroshi Iida	—		[97][98]
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	October 18, 2011	Eiji Aonuma, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Ryuji Kobayashi, Ryo Tanaka	Wii MotionPlus Inspires New Controls		[99][100]
Haruyasu Ito, Yutaka Hiramuki, Shigeyuki Asuke, Hidemaro Fujibayashi		The Dense Forest		[101]
Yoshiyuki Oyama, Takafumi Kiuchi, Kentaro Tominaga, Hidemaro Fujibayashi		The Dense Volcano and Enemy Monsters		[102]
Koji Kitagawa, Yohei Fujino, Hiromu Takemura, Hidemaro Fujibayashi		The Dense Desert and New System		[103]
Masato Mizuta, Hanako Hisada, Daiki Iwamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Hidemaro Fujibayashi		The Dense Sky and Town		[104]
Shigeki Yoshida, Hajime Yakai, Naoki Mori, Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Eiji Aonuma		The Dense Script and Direction		[105]
Hanako Hisada, Tomomi Marunami, Tomomi Iwasaki, Akiko Hirono, Arisa Hosaka		Female Staff		[106]
Eiji Aonuma		Those Who Played The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Hundreds of Hours		[107]
Go Vacation	October 20, 2011	Masaya Kobayashi, Yozo Sakagami	—		[108][109]
Kirby's Return to Dream Land	October 21, 2011	Shigefumi Kawase, Shinya Kumazaki, Hiroaki Nakano, Tadashi Kimitake	—		[110][111]
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games	December 6, 2011	Emi Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Yamane, Eigo Kasahara, Osamu Ohashi	—		[112][113]
Kiki Trick	December 27, 2011	Noriyuki Sato, Yoshio Sakamoto, Shinichi Sakamoto	—		[114]
Project Zero 2: Wii Edition	April 5, 2012	Keisuke Kikuchi, Makoto Shibata	—		[115][116]
Dragon Quest X	July 23, 2012	Jin Fujisawa, Yosuke Saito, Yuji Horii	—		[117]

Nintendo DS series

Topic	Date[nb 1]	Interviewee(s)	Title/Volume	English localization	Ref.
Jam with the Band	June 11, 2008	Shinji Kitahara, Noriko Kitamura, Koichi Kyuma	Volume 1		[118][119]
September 2008	Masaru Nishita, Noriko Kitamura	Volume 2		[120][121]
Rhythm Heaven	July 11, 2008	Kyohei Seki, Takafumi Masaoka, Masami Yone, Ko Takeuchi, Kazuyoshi Osawa			[122]
Tsunku			[123]
Style Savvy	October 17, 2008	Norihito Ito, Yurie Hattori, Hitoshi Yamagami, Azusa Tajima	—		[124]
Nintendo DSi console	October 24, 2008	Yui Ehara, Kentaro Mita, Masato Kuwahara	Hardware		[125]
Shigeru Miyamoto, Yusuke Akifusa, Masahiro Imaizumi, Yoshihiro Matsushima, Tomoaki Kuroume		Internal Software		[126]
Satoshi Furukawa, Eiichi Shirakawa, Shinya Takahashi		Browser		[127]
Taku Sugioka, Naoko Mori, Goro Abe		Wario Ware: Snapped!		[128]
Koichi Kawamoto, Shinya Takahashi		Brain Age Express		[129]
Hideaki Shimizu, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Junya Kondo, Yeppei Ninomiya		Flipnote Studio		[130]
Yoichi Kotabe, Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshiaki Koizumi		Yoichi Kotabe		[131]
Personal Trainer: Walking	October 27, 2008	Masaru Shimomura, Kiyoshi Mizuki, Naoya Morimura, Noriko Akita	—		[132][133]
WarioWare D.I.Y.	April 22, 2009	Taku Sugioka, Takumi Hatakeyama, Goro Abe	—		[134]
Tomodachi Collection	June 11, 2009	Masanori Nakagawa, Daisuke Shiiba, Ryutaro Takahashi	—		[135]
Dragon Quest IX	July 3, 2009	Yuji Horii, Koichi Sugiyama	—		[136]
Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS	August 20, 2009	Shinya Takahashi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Kanako Tsugihashi, Shinji Kitahara			[137]
Naruko Kodama, Hirotsugu Nagao, Michio Sakamura			[138]
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver	September 4, 2009	Shigeki Morimoto, Tsunekazu Ishihara	—		[139]
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks	November 19, 2009	Eiji Aonuma, Daiki Iwamoto	The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks		[140]
Toshihiko Nakago, Takashi Tezuka, Eiji Aonuma	The History of Handheld The Legend of Zelda Games		[141]
Nintendo DSi XL	December 14, 2009	Takaki Fujino, Masaki Amano, Masato Kuwahara, Kazuo Yoneyama	—		[142]
Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem	July 14, 2010	Kouhei Maeda, Masahiro Higuchi, Toru Narihiro	—		[143]
Pokémon Black and White	September 10, 2010	Tsunekazu Ishihara, Junichi Masuda, Ken Sugimori	—		[144]
Touch de Oboeru Hyakuninisshu: Chotto DSi Shiguredono	November 17, 2010	Shigeru Miyamoto, Takao Shimizu, Takao Sawano, Kenji Nishizawa	—		[145]
Eigo de Tabisuru: Little Charo	January 19, 2011	Risa Junna, Shinichi Nagano	—		[146]
Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure	April 22, 2011	Masato Kuwahara, Daisuke Fukumoto, Masahiko Ota			[147]
Manabu Yamana, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Kaori Ando			[148]
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2	June 14, 2012	Junichi Masuda, Takao Unno, Tsunekazu Ishihara	—		[149]

Nintendo 3DS series

Topic	Date[nb 1]	Interviewee(s)	Title/Volume	English localization	Ref.
Nintendo 3DS	January 7, 2011	Shigeru Miyamoto, Shigesato Itoi	And That's How the Nintendo 3DS Was Made		[150]
January 27, 2011	Kenichi Sugino, Ryuji Umezu, Hideki Konno	Hardware Concept		[151]
February 3, 2011	Junichiro Miyatake, Yui Ehara, Hironori Akai, Hiroki Goto, Kazunori Koshiishi	Exterior and Mechanical Design		[152]
February 8, 2011	Hideki Konno, Shigeru Miyamoto	Nintendogs + Cats		[153]
February 25, 2011	Shigeru Miyamoto	Asking Mr. Miyamoto Right Before Release		[154]
March 10, 2011	Kiyoshi Mizuki, Toshiaki Suzuki, Kouichi Kawamoto, Yusuke Akifusa, Ryutaro Takahashi, Tomoaki Kuroume	Built-in Software		[155]
Third Party Developers	February 10, 2011	Akihiro Hino	Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask		[156]
February 15, 2011	Hisashi Koinuma	Samurai Warriors: Chronicles		[157]
February 17, 2011	Shinji Enomoto	Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 for the 3DS		[158]
February 22, 2011	Yozo Sakagami	Ridge Racer 3D		[159]
February 24, 2011	Yoshinori Ono	Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition		[160]
April 27, 2011	Akari Uchida	New LovePlus		[161]
May 12, 2011	Yosuke Hayashi	Dead or Alive		[162]
May 19, 2011	Masachika Kawata	Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D Resident Evil: Revelations		[163]
June 23, 2011	Makoto Yoshizumi	Tales of the Abyss		[164]
December 5, 2011	Kaname Fujioka, Ryozo Tsujimoto	Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate		[165]
January 19, 2012	Masachika Kawata, Koshi Nakanishi, Kota Suzuki, Tsukasa Takenaka, Yoshizumi Hori	Resident Evil: Revelations		[166]
February 9, 2012	Katsuhiro Harada, Kouhei Ikeda	Tekken 3D: Prime Edition		[167]
February 13, 2012	Ichiro Hazama	Theatrhythm Final Fantasy		[168]
February 28, 2012	Hiroshi Utsumi, Motoshi Takabe, Makoto Osaki	Hatsune Miku and Future Stars: Project Mirai		[169]
April 3, 2012	Tetsuya Nomura	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance		[170]
April 26, 2012	Kenichi Ogasawara	Shin Sangoku Musou VS		[171]
May 17, 2012	Taichi Inuzuka, Yuji Horii	Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D		[172]
June 12, 2012	Daisuke Kanada, Shigeo Komori	Etrian Odyssey IV		[173]
June 28, 2012	Yoshifumi Hashimoto	Rune Factory 4		[174]
September 18, 2012	Naotaka Hayashi, Tomoya Asano	Bravely Default		[175]
October 10, 2012	Takaharu Terada, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, Soichiro Morizumi, Kensuke Tsukanaka	Project X Zone		[176]
October 25, 2012	Yasuhiro Anpo, Shintaro Kojima	E.X. Troopers		[177]
November 22, 2012	Shu Takumi, Akihiro Hino	Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney		[178]
January 31, 2013	Sachiko Sugimura, Shintaro Majima, Noriyoshi Fujimoto, Yuji Horii	Dragon Quest VII		[179]
Steel Diver	May 10, 2011	Giles Goddard, Takaya Imamura, Tadashi Sugiyama, Shigeru Miyamoto	—		[180]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	May 26, 2011	Mahito Yokota, Koji Kondo	Sound		[181]
Toshio Iwawaki, Eiji Aonuma, Takumi Kawagoe, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Toru Osawa		Original Development Staff Part 1		[182]
Kazuaki Morita, Makoto Miyanaga, Satoru Takizawa, Yoshiki Haruhana, Eiji Aonuma		Original Development Staff Part 2		[183]
Eiji Aonuma, Takao Shimizu, Nagako Ikuta, Shun Moriya, Takashi Tonooka, Koichi Ishii		Development Staff		[184]
Shigeru Miyamoto		Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto		[185]
Nintendo eShop	June 6, 2011	Kenta Tanaka, Takao Nakano, Daiji Imai, Kazuto Nakaya	—		[186]
Star Fox 64 3D	July 5, 2011	Mitsuhiro Takano, Tusuke Amano, Dylan Cuthbert, Shigeru Miyamoto	—		[187]
Pokédex 3D	August 9, 2011	Tsunekazu Ishihara, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Rie Takeuchi, Katsunori Orimoto	Pokédex 3D		[188]
Tsunekazu Ishihara, Muneaki Ozawa, Norio Matsumura		Pokémon Rumble Blast		[189]
Hana to Ikimono Rittai Zukan	September 22, 2011	Shinji Kitahara, Kanako Tsugihashi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Shinya Takahashi	—		[190]
Naruko Kodama, Hirotsugu Nagao, Michio Sakamura		—		[191]
Mario Kart 7	October 21, 2011	Hideki Konno	Nintendo Direct		[192]
November 25, 2011	Tom Ivey, Vince Joly, Ryan Powell, Yuji Ichijo, Masaaki Ishikawa, Yoshihisa Morimoto, Hideki Konno	Joint Development with Retro Studios		[193]
	Kenta Nagata, Yusuke Shiraiwa, Kosuke Yabuki, Hideki Konno	In-house Staff		[194]
Super Mario 3D Land	October 27, 2011	Daisuke Tsujimura, Hideyuki Sugawara, Kenta Motokura, Koichi Hayashida	Super Mario 3D Land		[195]
Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto		The Producers		[196]
Freakyforms		Kensuke Tanabe, Hiroshi Moriyama	—		[197]
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir	December 27, 2011	Kozo Makino, Toshiharu Izuno, Keisuke Kikuchi	—		[198]
Swapnote	January 26, 2012	Yu Kitai, Daiji Imai, Motomasa Kondo, Satoshi Takenouchi	—		[199]
Kid Icarus: Uprising	February 22, 2012	Masahiro Sakurai	—		[200]
Fire Emblem Awakening	March 21, 2012	Tohru Narihiro, Masahiro Higuchi, Kouhei Maeda, Toshiyuki Kusakihara, Kozaki Yusuke, Genki Yokota, Hitoshi Yamagami	—		[201]
Culdcept	April 24, 2012	Shinya Saito, Kohei Takeshige, Hideo Suzuki	—		[202]
Nintendo Pocket Football Club	May 30, 2012	Hiroyuki Sonobe			[203]
				[204]
Brain Age: Concentration Training	July 18, 2012	Dr. Ryuta Kawashima	Volume 1		[205]
Yuichiro Ito, Noriko Kitamura, Kouichi Kawamoto, Shinya Takahashi		Volume 2		[206]
Nintendo 3DS XL	July 20, 2012	Junichiro Miyatake, Kumpei Fujita, Takashi Murakami, Shoya Tanaka, Kazunori Koshiishi	—		[207]
New Super Mario Bros. 2	July 24, 2012	Masaaki Ishikawa, Yusuke Amano	—		[208]
HarmoKnight	August 29, 2012	Shigeru Ohmori, James Turner, Junichi Masuda	—		[209]
Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!	September 6, 2012	Yuji Ichijo, Kaori Miyachi, Keisuke Terasaki, Jason Howard, Trancred Dyke-Wells	—		[210]
Style Savvy: Trendsetters	October 22, 2012	Hiromasa Tsujii, Koji Tamura, Shun Sasaki, Yurie Hattori, Hitoshi Yamagami	—		[211]
Animal Crossing: New Leaf	October 31, 2012	Koji Takahashi, Isao Moro, Aya Kyogoku	—		[212]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity	November 15, 2012	Shinichiro Tomie, Seiichiro Nagahata, Tsunekazu Ishihara	—		[213]
Paper Mario: Sticker Star	November 29, 2012	Kensuke Tanabe, Shingo Igata, Naohiko Aoyama, Kenji Nakajima, Tare Kudo	—		[214]
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon	March 22, 2013	Chad York, Bryce Holliday, Brian Davis, Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshihito Ikebata	—		[215]
Tomodachi Life	April 11, 2013	Mai Okamoto, Eisaku Nakae, Ryutaro Takahashi, Yoshio Sakamoto	—		[216]
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team	July 2, 2013	Tomomi Sano, Akira Otani, Hiroyuki Kubota, Yoshihiko Maekawa	—		[217]
StreetPass Relay Points	September 6, 2013	Masayoshi Matsuoka, Yusuke Inoue, Taisuke Kawahara, Masatoshi Yamazaki, Hideki Konno	—		[218]
Pokémon X and Y	October 10, 2013	Junichi Masuda, Tsunezaku Ishihara	—		[219]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	November 19, 2013	Koji Takahashi, Kentaro Tominaga, Shiro Mouri, Hiromasa Shikata, Eiji Aonuma	—		[220]
Nintendo 3DS Guide: Louvre	November 27, 2013	Shigeru Miyamoto	—		[221]
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D	February 13, 2015	Tomomi Sano, Tomohiro Yamamura, Eiji Aonuma, Mikiharu Ooiwa	—		[222]
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D	March 27, 2015	Tetsuya Takahashi	—		[223]
Rhythm Heaven Megamix	June 11, 2015	Tsunku	—		[224]
Fire Emblem Fates	June 24, 2015	Hitoshi Yamagami, Genki Yokota, Shin Kibayashi, Kouhei Maeda, Masahiro Higuchi	—		[225]

Wii U series

Topic	Date[nb 1]	Interviewee(s)	Title/Volume	English localization	Ref.
Wii U console	October 11, 2012	Nobuyuki Akagi, Yasuhisa Kitano, Ko Shiota, Genyo Takeda	—		[226]
Wii U GamePad	October 17, 2012	Tat Iwamoto, Masato Ibuki, Kenichi Mae, Kuniaki Ito, Toru Yamashita	—		[227]
Miiverse	November 7, 2012	Junya Kondo, Kiyoshi Mizuki	The Producers		[228]
November 8, 2012	Kazuyuki Motoyama, Yoshiomi Kurisu, Shunsaku Kato, Hideto Yuzawa	The Developers		[229]
Internet Browser	November 9, 2012	Munetaka Tsuda, Tetsuya Sasaki	—		[230]
Wii U Chat	November 12, 2012	Fumihiko Tamiya, Atsushi Watanabe	—		[231]
New Super Mario Bros. U	November 16, 2012	Shigeyuki Asuke, Daiki Iwamoto, Masataka Takemoto	—		[232]
ZombiU	November 27, 2012	Gabrielle Shrager, Guillaume Brunier, Xavier Poix, Yves Guillemot	—		[233]
Nintendo x Wii Karaoke U	December 4, 2012	Yurie Hattori, Hitoshi Yamagami, Kazunori Ikami, Yukio Nakatani, Yuuki Yoshimitsu	—		[234]
Nintendo Land	December 7, 2012	Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Yoshikazu Yamashita, Takayuki Shimamura, Katsuya Eguchi	—		[235]
Nintendo TVii[nb 2]	December 11, 2012	Yoji Kamikawa, Hirodoku Oda	—		[236]
Wii Street U	February 7, 2013	Shinya Takahashi, Toshiaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Ohashi, Kei Kawai	—		[237]
Game & Wario	March 28, 2013	Naoko Mori, Goro Abe, Yoshio Sakamoto	—		[238]
Dragon Quest X	March 29, 2013	Jin Fujisawa, Yosuke Saito	—		[239]
New Super Luigi U	July 4, 2013	Masataka Takemoto, Takashi Tezuka	—		[240]
The Wonderful 101	August 11, 2013	Hideki Kamiya	Hideki Kamiya		[241]
Hitoshi Yamagami, Shingo Matsushita, Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya		Development Staff		[242]
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD	September 18, 2013	Masanao Arimoto, Takuhiro Dohta, Satoru Takizawa, Daiki Iwamoto, Eiji Aonuma	—		[243]
Wii Sports Club	October 29, 2013	Ryunosuke Suzuki, Kozo Makino, Takayuki Shimamura	—		[244]
Super Mario 3D World	November 14, 2013	Yoshiaki Koizumi, Koichi Hayashida, Kenta Motokura, Shigeru Miyamoto	—		[245]
Fit Meter	December 6, 2013	Yugo Hayashi, Hiroshi Matsunaga, Tadashi Sugiyama, Tadaharu Kitado, Nozomu Tooyama	—		[246]
Xenoblade Chronicles X	April 28, 2015	Genki Yokota, Koh Kojima, Kazuho Hyodo, Yuichiro Takeda, Tetsuya Takahashi	—		[247]
Splatoon	May 21, 2015	Shintaro Sato, Seita Inoue, Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Yusuke Amano, Hisashi Nogami	—		[248]

Other interviews and specials

Topic	Date[nb 1]	Interviewer(s)	Interviewee(s)	Title/Volume	English localization	Ref.
Iwata Asks	October 5, 2006	Yasuhiro Nagata	Satoru Iwata	Turning the Tables: Asking Iwata		[249][250]
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon	August 1, 2008	Masahiro Sakurai	Toru Narihiro	—		[251]
Nintendo DSi		Yasuhiro Nagata	Satoru Iwata	Turning the Tables: Asking Iwata		[252]
Game & Watch	April 15, 2010	Satoru Iwata	Masao Yamamoto, Makoto Kano, Takehiro Izushi	—		[253]
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection	October 15, 2008	Satoru Iwata	Takashi Aoyama, Yosuke Hatayama, Kazuhiro Fujiwara	—		[254]
Game Seminar 2008	January 26, 2009	Satoru Iwata	Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami	Animal Crossing		[255]
Game Seminar 2009	January 15, 2010	Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto	Takahashi Ryutaro, Mai Okamoto, Asuka Ito, Hatahan Umino	Tomodachi Collection		[256]
Wii · DS software you are looking Guide	January 22, 2010	Satoru Iwata	Shinji Hatano, Toshiro Takeuchi, Yuko Oda, Yuzuru Sakai	—		[257]
E3 2010	June 16, 2010	Satoru Iwata	Shigeru Miyamoto	Nintendo 3DS		[258][259]
Hideki Konno					[258][260]
Masahiro Sakurai			Kid Icarus: Uprising		[258][261]
Hideki Konno			Nintendogs + Cats		[258][262]
Eiji Aonuma, Shigeru Miyamoto			The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword		[258]
Warren Spector			Epic Mickey		[258]
June 17, 2010	Kensuke Tanabe		Donkey Kong Country Returns		[258]
Wii Games	August 26, 2010	Satoru Iwata	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yoshio Sakamoto	Hironobu Sakaguchi × Yoshio Sakamoto		[263][264]
Super Mario 25th Anniversary	September 13, 2010	Shigesato Itoi	Shigeru Miyamoto	Shigesato Itoi Asks in Place of Iwata		[265][266]
Satoru Iwata		Masayuki Uemura, Hiroshi Imanishi	NES & Mario		[267]
		Yoshiaki Koizumi, Hiroyuki Kimura, Hideki Konno, Katsuya Eguchi	Super Mario Developers		[268]
		Shiho Fujii, Ryuhei Matsuura, Keiichiro Yoshida, Sayaka Nishimura, Yusuke Amano	Super Mario Developers 2		[269]
		Toshihiko Nakago, Koji Kondo, Yakashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto	Original Super Mario Developers		[270]
Game development	January 25, 2011	Satoru Iwata	Hironobu Sakaguchi, Tetsuya Takahashi	In Conversation with Takahashi & Sakaguchi		[271][272]
The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary	November 10, 2011	Satoru Iwata	Shigesato Itoi, Shigeru Miyamoto	Creative Small Talk		[273]
Wii U	June 8, 2011	Satoru Iwata	Shigeru Miyamoto	E3 2011: Wii U		[274]
Nintendo TVii[nb 3]	December 20, 2012	Reggie Fils-Aimé	Zach Fountain, Masaki Okahata, Brad Pelo	Reggie Asks		[275]
PlatinumGames	January 25, 2013	Satoru Iwata	Atsushi Inaba, Tatsuya Minami	—		[276][277]
Nintendo European Research & Development	May 21, 2013	Satoru Iwata	Jérôme Larrieu, Alexandre Delattre	—		[278]

See also

• Video games portal

• List of Nintendo Direct presentations
• Nintendo Network

Notes

1. All dates are of the original transcription of the interviews on the Japanese Nintendo website.^[7]
2. Although this segment was not localized, Nintendo of America produced their own version with the company's president, Reggie Fils-Aimé, as the interviewer.
3. This special was produced by Nintendo of America and differs from the original Nintendo TVii segment of Iwata Asks.

1. Japanese: 社長が訊く, Hepburn: Shachō ga Kiku; lit. The President Asks