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Hiroshi Yamauchi R.I.P.
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I noticed I missed the "I" on the end after posting. Hopefully a mod would add the "I" on.
A sad day to be sure.
rokkerkory
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aww man, RIP! He had a huge impact on VG and his legacy will live on.
He had a huge impact, sure, but he also loaded down nintendo with basically every bad habit that still drags that company down to this day, including the contentious and selfish relationship it has with third parties.
He was a blessing, and a curse at the same time.
He was a blessing, and a curse at the same time.
Despite Grall's unneeded negativity....Yamauchi was a man who helped turn video games into what they are today and popularized and revitalized the market. I'm glad he was who he was. He was the largest shareholder of Nintendo up until he died so maybe his family can have some good influence on Nintendo.
I know the man had a love for baseball and even owned the Seattle Mariners and saved them from going to Florida.
I know the man had a love for baseball and even owned the Seattle Mariners and saved them from going to Florida.
Jesus christ, you just can't help yourself, can you?
ArcticCircle
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True old school warrior. I still can't belive how successful Nintendo became under his leadership. Stories about him are as amazing as his ability to spot the talent.
He was just about polar opposite of what I want from games and gaming but there's no doubt that he won. For majority of the people in my age group, Nintendo was the gaming and gaming system(s). My systems, from Vic-20 to c64, from Amiga to 386 are nothing but weird northen euro niche.
Sometimes people wonder what kind of world post console crash would have been without Nintendo. Since I kinda lived thru that - Lots of simulators, starategy and (west based) roleplaying games. And text / point and click adventures... and crap loads of bad Atari ports.
He was just about polar opposite of what I want from games and gaming but there's no doubt that he won. For majority of the people in my age group, Nintendo was the gaming and gaming system(s). My systems, from Vic-20 to c64, from Amiga to 386 are nothing but weird northen euro niche.
Sometimes people wonder what kind of world post console crash would have been without Nintendo. Since I kinda lived thru that - Lots of simulators, starategy and (west based) roleplaying games. And text / point and click adventures... and crap loads of bad Atari ports.
What. Nothing I said was wrong, or insulting. Yamauchi guided Nintendo to create the modern console ecosystem as we know it today (with the exception of online e-shops), a system which persisted basically unchanged for damn near 30 years - remarkable in of itself - but not everything he did was good for Nintendo. For example, he screwed over Sony, causing them to go and create the Playstation (biggest threat to Nintendo since ever, up until the xbox 360), and alienated previously Nintendo-exclusive Square, due to N64 cartridges. N64 itself was only mildly successful, and Gamecube even less so.Jesus christ, you just can't help yourself, can you?
It's not speaking ill of the dead to paint a balanced picture, you'll find similar recounts in the obiturary of any famous person.
But he also took the massive risk of putting out a console after the gaming crash in the 80's that single handedly restarted the entire industry. Without that audacious move we wouldn't be enjoying the games we do now.
east of eastside
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Microsoft should buy Yamauchi's shares to take controlling interest in Nintendo.
EDIT:
Nintendo shares jumped 4% in Tokyo, obviously investors see the prospects for change now his reign is over.
EDIT:
Nintendo shares jumped 4% in Tokyo, obviously investors see the prospects for change now his reign is over.
This thread wasn't about his stock options, wealth, business decisions, etc... but, just a moment of saying R.I.P. to an gaming industry veteran and pioneer.
Well the sad matter of fact is that whereas nobody rejoyce, it could have positive consequences on the company. Pachter claims and claims again that nothing were to change at Nintendo HQ till he was, even remotely, in charge. Now he was not wishing to die asap.
This thread wasn't about his stock options, wealth, business decisions, etc... but, just a moment of saying R.I.P. to an gaming industry veteran and pioneer.
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That's what I said as well - you just used more heroic words.
In any case, as big an impact as he had, at times like these I find myself missing Gumpei Yokoi even more (D-pad, Game&Watch, Gameboy, Metroid and so on.) Of course, without Yamauchi, none of Yokoi's great inventions would likely have seen the light, so it's all a karmic circle, somehow...
Wasn't he retired by now? Nintendo have not posted a loss since potentially before 1997. So he did a good job back then, and he was the creator of some of the best games of my childhood. I am not that much into Nintendo consoles right now, but he directed some awesome games.
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