Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi, Console Gaming Pioneer, Dies

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Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Japanese businessman who transformed Nintendo from a playing cards company into a video game giant, has died at the age of 85.

Yamauchi became Nintendo’s president in 1949. He began to pioneer console gaming in the late 1970s, becoming personally involved in the design of many games. However, the company did not have an international hit until it took up designer Shigeru Miyamoto’s Donkey Kong (1981), which earned Nintendo a global reputation.

Yamauchi relinquished all posts in Nintendo by 2005 but remained its largest shareholder and one of Japan’s wealthiest men, with a fortune estimated at over $2 billion.

Source: [Time] [BBC] http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/5039366.html/'>Arama

[North and South]

RIP and thank you

[The Voice]

RIP and thank you

[JimmyTutron]

RIP

mad respect for this man. Nintendo would not have been the amazing company it is today if not for him. Thank You.

[mglsts]

A great man, his legacy will live on for a very long time. RIP.

[Ron Swanson]

RIP

[HappyS]

R.i.p and thank you

 

You've done a great job.

[DHenchanted]

RIP and thank you

[Chonnabi]

RIP and thank you

[silicon soul]

RIP and thank you

[Scribbles]

RIP and thank you

[Qri]

RIP

[J T]

RIP and thank you

[mistakesweremade]

RIP 

[ad08]

omg so sad, may he RIP

much respect to him as Nintendo played such a big role in my childhood

his contributions to the gaming world will never be forgotten

[His Majesty Robosexual]

Thank you you wonderful and brilliant SOB. RIP.

[Ridesy]

Thank you for your hard work and without you we wouldn't have the great Nintendo franchises we have today. RIP.

[Hey Im K]

R.I.P

[Hemlock]

RIP

 

Nintendo was such a big part of my childhood. 

[Freakedbydubulge]

RIP

his games were a big part of my childhood 

[sgtninjago]

While my love for Nintendo has wane down over the years, I still remember having the SNES as my first system and the great games that came with it.

 

His contributions to the gaming world will always be held in the highest regard and a legacy to be looked at.

 

RIP and thanks for the memories.

[Step]

R.I.P to him  

 

Great man with a great legacy

[ppinilla]

My childhood without Nintendo hadn't been the same and for that, my respect for this person and his visionary mind, R.I.P. and thanks -_-

[gayness]

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