I was planning to post this before my computer started messing up on me on this site.
I'll post some of what I said from my DA journal: I didn't agree with the way he ran Nintendo and like many people, I may have found myself annoyed with his excuses but I never once doubted that he was a good person who did a lot for Nintendo and gaming as a whole. He seemed like a really happy, friendly guy and that's very rare to see a CEO or anyone in a position of that sort who's like that. I wish I could have met him at least once.
Either tomorrow or the next day, I plan on doing a drawing in tribute to Iwata. If anybody would like, I'll share it once it's complete.
EDIT: I'd be lying if I said I wasn't crying my eyes out less than a half an hour ago because of this. The last time I found myself this upset over the death of a person I never got to meet was when Satoshi Kon died back in 2010.