Hiroshi Yamauchi, Former Nintendo Visionary, Dies at 85

SweX · Sep 19, 2013

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who turned Nintendo from a small maker of playing cards into a global videogame giant, died Thursday from pneumonia. He was 85 years old.

During his tenure as president from 1949 to 2002, Yamauchi, a scion of Nintendo’s founding family, transformed the Kyoto, Japan, company into a force that shaped the world’s videogame industry.
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SweX · Sep 19, 2013

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who ran Nintendo Co. for 53 years and was once ranked Japan’s richest man, has died, the company said. He was 85.
Yamauchi passed away yesterday, Kyoto-based Nintendo said in an e-mailed statement. Yamauchi was the company’s second-largest shareholder with about 10 percent of the stock, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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guest · Sep 20, 2013

May he rest in peace and all of his works will be rewarded.

SweX · Sep 21, 2013

REMEMBERING HIROSHI YAMAUCHI: Man who popularized the home video game console

Former Nintendo Co. President Hiroshi Yamauchi, who died on Sept. 19 at age 85, tirelessly pushed amusement in the home to the next level for more than half a century.

“I am a seller of entertainment,” Yamauchi always said.

Even after the game console became a worldwide sensation, Yamauchi stuck with his belief as a “seller of entertainment.”

“Video games are merely one type of entertainment,” Yamauchi once said. “Because they are not necessities of life, they cannot sell well unless they are really amusing.”

“You should do what other people will not do,” Yamauchi repeatedly told current Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and other executives.
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http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/business/AJ201309200046

Raza0007 · Sep 22, 2013

Nintendo was my first ever game console and Mario Brothers was the first game I ever played on it. I have fond memories of those times.

Imagine a life without Mario Brothers!

RIP Mr. Yamauchi.

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