You finally got there. Congratulations. Yes, it's a memorial.
I was going to start giving references to those, but figured it wasn't worth it.
I feel like in that example flowers or visiting the grave are the symbols of reverence. Not the tombstone. Tombstones aren't really sacred or inherently respectful things. They generally just imply death. Which is why I don't like this. "Satoru Iwata. He's dead." That's all you really get from this.
The memorial in the game: he had nothing to do with, that says nothing about him other than he's dead, and is diegetically in some guy's backyard? That's a really shitty and insulting memorial. I was thinking of something like the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when I mentioned memorials. Something that doesn't have a literal grave stone on it and pays tribute to what they did in life.
Again you're out of touch with reality. There are memorial tombstones all over the place. Some of them don't even have names on them let alone someone buried with them.
Sure they do, two examples below. I'd imagine Iwata's family being well-balanced inviduals, so yeah I assume they are okay with this. The pictures are from World of Warcraft and Guild Wars.
"Anthony Ray Stark 1961-2005"
"Thyst, 1277-1327"
Do you think practitioners of this would be okay with this kind of depiction of his grave? I don't really know what you think you're trying to teach me. I don't actually literally think this is what Iwata's grave looks like. I know that it's how the developers of this game created his fictional grave to look like. That's what the issue is. I must misunderstand your point or you misunderstood mine because it has nothing to do with what I've been saying.
No one in this thread have said tombstones or shrines aren't respectful or honorable.
Aren't those examples done with the permission of their friends or family?
Please don't try and invoke someone's family. You don't speak for them. That really is disrespectful
you keep using Iwatas friends and family as a shield to your argument
No I wouldn't call them out on it, that would be disrespectful to them. I would think to myself that they are acting odd. But I would call out random people in the internet who aren't Iwata's family. Especially if they are trying to use Iwata's family who haven't commented on this issue at all, to push their own narrative. It's insulting and disrespectful. If Iwatas family feels they want the tribute removed, that's fair. They knew Iwata best and also might know how he would have about something like this. Not sure why OP thinks they have a say that it should be removed.
My apologies if I came across as insulting to you or anyone else. You have your way of respecting or honoring people who have passed away and I wish to respect that.
Somehow, this is the first post I read in this thread and I can already tell that I'm in for a wild ride.
If it was like a tribute in the credits then I can understand not reaching out to people who might have known him to ask permission.
