Watch: A heartfelt tribute to the late Satoru Iwata of NintendoMumbai, Mar 17(AZINS) If parts of your childhood have ever been defined by extended sessions of games like Super Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong, Satoru Iwata is the person to thank for it. Iwata, who served as the fourth president and CEO of the iconic gaming company Nintendo, passed away suddenly last year at age 55 leaving millions of saddened fans among the worldwide gaming community.

Recently at the Game Developers Conference underway underway in San Francisco, the Game Developers Choice Awards team honored this stalwart with an animated short that highlighted some of his greatest inventions--contributions that played a huge role in the evolution of computer gaming as the world knows it.

Among the visuals in this three-minute clip set to a gently lilting piano solo is the recognizable Mario character, the Game Boy and the iconic Wii controller. If you’re a hardcore gamer who’s ‘been there’, it’s bound to bring a tear.