Former Nintendo President dead.
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/19/former-nintendo-president-dies-at-85
R.I.P to the man who helped make the gaming industry what it is today.
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Wow, R.I.P to the man who changed Nintendo from a card trading company to a global video game company.
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Rest in Peace, Hiroshi Yamauchi.
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It takes a really good business man to not play video games, yet make some completely genius decisions. Some sad news indeed.
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I just found out minutes ago! I couldn't believe it. I was just minding my business going to Wikipedia just to see if a new picture of him was posted recently, only to be met with a date of death in the entry. Still shocked.
Farewell, Yamauchi-san, you will be missed.
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Fun fact: Yamauchi supposedly never played a video game in his life.
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Rest in Peace, Hiroshi Yamauchi. You were a great man.
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At 9/20/13 01:53 PM, DoctorStrongbad wrote: Rest in Peace, Hiroshi Yamauchi. You were a great man.
And this I have no doubt about for he and the Nintendo company itself brought the Video Gaming Industry back on it's feet after The Great Video Game Crash that took place in the year 1983.
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At 9/20/13 02:04 AM, LemonCrush wrote: Fun fact: Yamauchi supposedly never played a video game in his life.
Then how was he able to understand the gamer mind then?
Not even play-testing his own product?
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It's a real shame. If not for him, a lot of my favourite franchises may not ever have existed.
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At 9/22/13 01:05 PM, tsukikomi wrote:At 9/20/13 02:04 AM, LemonCrush wrote:Then how was he able to understand the gamer mind then?
Not even play-testing his own product?
He had a mind for business, he knew what would be popular just based on trends.
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At 9/22/13 01:05 PM, tsukikomi wrote: Then how was he able to understand the gamer mind then?
He didn't. That's why he hired guys like Miyamoto.
Miyamoto was the creative side, Yamauchi was the businessman
