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Tatsumi Kimishima is the current president of Nintendo. He succeeded the late Satoru Iwata as president on September 14, 2015, following his death from a bile duct growth on July 11, 2015. Kimishima is credited under Special Thanks in Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid: Samus Returns.