Yesterday, Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth players got to play as Satoru Iwata The former head of Nintendo died in 2015. Every year since, he’s appeared in the game on December 6, his birthday. Afterbrith never made it to Wii U or 3DS, so was the first time the tribute was on a Nintendo platform.
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