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Nintendo Pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi Passes Away At 85

Nintendo Pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi Passes Away At 85

  • Raynika Awotwi Raynika Awotwi
  • September 19, 2013
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Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi has died from pneumonia Thursday, the company has revealed. He was 85.

Yamauchi is accredited for transforming Nintendo from a simple playing card company to a videogame titan for more than half a century. He was president of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002; at the time, he held an executive advisory role until his passing.

Under Yamauchi’s presidency, Nintendo developed the Famicom (NES) game console in 1983, as well as the Game Boy handheld device. This, in turn, paved the way for an era in which players can enjoy games in the comfort of their own homes.

During the Nintendo Wii’s popularity, Forbes magazine named Yamauchi as Japan’s wealthiest man five years ago, with an estimated net worth of $7.8 billion. He was also recently ranked 13

th

on Forbes Japan’s rich list, with an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion.

Source: Reuters

 

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Raynika Awotwi

Raynika Awotwi

Raynika Awotwi is a writer for CGMagazine. She parlayed into CGM directly from an internship with Magazines Canada. Raynika loves to engage videogames in a deeper context, which is one of the essential reasons she connected magazines so much.
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