Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi passes away

[GoodBytes]

The man who transformed Nintendo from a simple card game manufacture in 1949 when he becomes the president of the company, to this massive gaming console manufacture, and got the industry in North America back to it's feet after the Video Game Crash passed away at age 85 today.

He was Nintendo President officially until 2002 with the launch of the GameCube, where he stepped down. 53 years at working as president for Nintendo.

When Yamauchi became president of Nintendo in 1949, the company was a small playing cards manufacturer. In 1963 Yamauchi renamed Nintendo Playing Card to Nintendo and massively diversified the company's efforts. In the following years Nintendo set up a taxi company, a TV network, and even a chain of love hotels before getting into toys in 1966.

Nintendo's first toy was the Ultra Hand. It was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later go on to create Nintendo's wildly popular handheld electronic game series Game & Watch and the Game Boy. The story goes that Yokoi created the Ultra Hand, which was an extendable arm that could grab items, for his own amusement, but when Yamauchi saw the product he ordered that it be developed as a toy in time for Christmas.

With the success of the Game & Watch series established and employees such as Shigeru Miyamoto creating titles like Donkey Kong, Yamauchi oversaw the creation of the Famicom. It was to be Nintendo's first home games console, released worldwide as the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES was a huge risk for Nintendo, but is often credited as the catalyst for the rebirth of the videogame industry.

Yamauchi continued as President of Nintendo throughout its golden years, a period that saw the release of the Game & Watch series, the NES, the Game Boy, the SNES, the N64, and, finally, the GameCube.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4747566/hiroshi-yamauchi-nintendo-president-obituary

[iAsuno]

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[GoodBytes]

The man who transformed Nintendo from a simple card game manufacture in 1949 when he becomes the president of the company, to this massive gaming console manufacture, and got the industry in North America back to it's feet after the Video Game Crash passed away at age 85 today.

He was Nintendo President officially until 2002 with the launch of the GameCube, where he stepped down. 53 years at working as president for Nintendo.

When Yamauchi became president of Nintendo in 1949, the company was a small playing cards manufacturer. In 1963 Yamauchi renamed Nintendo Playing Card to Nintendo and massively diversified the company's efforts. In the following years Nintendo set up a taxi company, a TV network, and even a chain of love hotels before getting into toys in 1966.

Nintendo's first toy was the Ultra Hand. It was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later go on to create Nintendo's wildly popular handheld electronic game series Game & Watch and the Game Boy. The story goes that Yokoi created the Ultra Hand, which was an extendable arm that could grab items, for his own amusement, but when Yamauchi saw the product he ordered that it be developed as a toy in time for Christmas.

With the success of the Game & Watch series established and employees such as Shigeru Miyamoto creating titles like Donkey Kong, Yamauchi oversaw the creation of the Famicom. It was to be Nintendo's first home games console, released worldwide as the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES was a huge risk for Nintendo, but is often credited as the catalyst for the rebirth of the videogame industry.

Yamauchi continued as President of Nintendo throughout its golden years, a period that saw the release of the Game & Watch series, the NES, the Game Boy, the SNES, the N64, and, finally, the GameCube.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4747566/hiroshi-yamauchi-nintendo-president-obituary

[GoodBytes]

The man who transformed Nintendo from a simple card game manufacture in 1949 when he becomes the president of the company, to this massive gaming console manufacture, and got the industry in North America back to it's feet after the Video Game Crash passed away at age 85 today.

He was Nintendo President officially until 2002 with the launch of the GameCube, where he stepped down. 53 years at working as president for Nintendo.

When Yamauchi became president of Nintendo in 1949, the company was a small playing cards manufacturer. In 1963 Yamauchi renamed Nintendo Playing Card to Nintendo and massively diversified the company's efforts. In the following years Nintendo set up a taxi company, a TV network, and even a chain of love hotels before getting into toys in 1966.

Nintendo's first toy was the Ultra Hand. It was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, who would later go on to create Nintendo's wildly popular handheld electronic game series Game & Watch and the Game Boy. The story goes that Yokoi created the Ultra Hand, which was an extendable arm that could grab items, for his own amusement, but when Yamauchi saw the product he ordered that it be developed as a toy in time for Christmas.

With the success of the Game & Watch series established and employees such as Shigeru Miyamoto creating titles like Donkey Kong, Yamauchi oversaw the creation of the Famicom. It was to be Nintendo's first home games console, released worldwide as the Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES was a huge risk for Nintendo, but is often credited as the catalyst for the rebirth of the videogame industry.

Yamauchi continued as President of Nintendo throughout its golden years, a period that saw the release of the Game & Watch series, the NES, the Game Boy, the SNES, the N64, and, finally, the GameCube.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/19/4747566/hiroshi-yamauchi-nintendo-president-obituary

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[SirReallySam]

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perhaps, but still RIP

[Jozi]

There is something wrong with forum with these multi posts :huh:

[iAsuno]

There is something wrong with forum with these multi posts :huh:

most likely. with the last 3 topics having multiple threads, i don't see 3 people having a bad connection at the same time.

[GoodBytes]

Wow so many post! What the heck... and I posted it before the time mentioned.

The forum was not responding properly, I think it screwed up everything.

[Chiko]

RIP,

Thanks for the nitendoes

[R4STABAN]

I think they lay the CEOs to rest in the old nintendo headquarters don't they?

 

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[Mooshi]

Mr. Yamauchi, I will play the hell out of old SNES games in your honour!