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Title: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, September 19, 2013, 08:28:54 AM

According to this story (http://www.vg247.com/2013/09/19/nintendo-president-hiroshi-yamauchi-has-died-at-85-reports-suggest/), Hiroshi Yamauchi has died.  He was 85.  About as sad as news can get in the game industry.  RIP, Yamauchi-san.

This is their source. (http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASHD1901A_Z10C13A9000000/)

Title: Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, September 19, 2013, 10:00:06 AM

Aww man, that sucks.

Title: Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: Cobra951 on Thursday, September 19, 2013, 10:07:34 AM

Well and truly.  :(

Title: Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: TheOtherBelmont on Thursday, September 19, 2013, 12:40:30 PM

That's sad news.  Whatever state Nintendo is in now, no one can deny the legacy he left behind.  He was one of the main forces that turned Nintendo from a playing card company into a video game company and the video game industry would have been a very different place without him.

Title: Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, September 19, 2013, 04:36:46 PM

Definite bummer. I mean, I think most of Nintendo's good decisions came under his watch, really. The downturn happened mostly after he left (at least in the worst ways).

Title: Re: Hiroshi Yamauchi has died
Post by: K-man on Friday, September 20, 2013, 06:27:07 AM

Guy is in a way responsible for some of my best childhood memories.