Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi dies

[Sop]

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former president of Nintendo who took the company from a maker of playing cards to an industry giant in the video gaming world has died today, aged 85. RIP

The company confirmed the news in an emailed statement.
A spokesman said the firm was in mourning over the "loss of the former Nintendo president Mr Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sadly passed away this morning."

Mr Yamauchi ran the firm for 53 years, and was its second-largest shareholder at the time of his death.
The company confirmed the news in an emailed statement.
A spokesman said the firm was in mourning over the "loss of the former Nintendo president Mr Hiroshi Yamauchi, who sadly passed away this morning."
He died of pneumonia at a hospital in central Japan, the company said, adding that a funeral will take place on Sunday.
Mr Yamauchi ran the company from 1949 until 2002.
In that time, he took what was a small-time collectable trading card company and built it into one of the most recognisable - and successful - video games brands today.
"Hiroshi Yamauchi transformed a run-of the-mill trading card company into an entertainment empire in video games," said Ian Livingstone, co-founder of Games Workshop and former chairman of publisher Eidos.
"He understood the social value of play, and economic potential of electronic gaming. Most importantly he steered Nintendo on its own course and was unconcerned by the actions of his competitors. He was a true visionary."
Rob Crossley, associate editor of Computer and Video Games magazine, told the BBC: "You cannot overestimate the influence the man had on the games industry."
"He spearheaded Nintendo as they moved into the arcade business, with hits such as Donkey Kong.
"This man was the president of Nintendo during the NES, the SNES, the N64 and the Gamecube - the first two were transformative pieces of electronic entertainment."

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[Skullx]

RIP my Nintendo connoisseur.

 

[megabug7]

Please merge my thread with this one (or vice versa)

Thanks

Very sad

 

[Ericthegreat]

May he rest in peace.

 

[Sop]

very sad day for the gaming world indeed

 

[Vengenceonu]

Your Source isnt hyperlinked to anything.

 

[AlanJohn]

R.I.P in peace

 

[signz]

R.I.P in peace

Rest in peace in peace? Yeah...........

@topic: May you rest in peace, oh great Hiroshi. You sure changed the world for the better.

 

[EZ-Megaman]

Rest in peace... the gaming industry wouldn't be what it is today without him.

 

[Ethevion]

Damn, the gaming world has lost one of the best. Rest in peace.

 

[Sop]

Your Source isnt hyperlinked to anything.

Sorry, fixed it.

 

[Seratonin]

R.I.P, may god bless you.

 

[porkiewpyne]

May he rest in peace.

 

[krzz]

R.I.P

 

[Black-Ice]

A big changing factor in the world.
RIP man.

 

[Jiehfeng]

R.I.P Mr. Nintendo
Thanks for all the things you did to the world!

 

[PolloDiablo]

RIP and leave luck to heaven

 

[kehkou]

He left quite a legacy. Now Nintendo is synonymous with video game.
彼は平和で休むことがあります。

 

[Duo8]

Hope Nintendo won't be like Apple after they lost Steve Jobs.

 

[Patxinco]

R.I.P.