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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata: “We Will Carry on the Spirit of Mr. Yamauchi”

Ravi Sinha — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:29:35 +0000

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who functioned as Nintenod’s third president, recently passed away at the age of 85. A true visionary, Yamauchi helped Nintendo climb to dominance, effectively cementing the company’s position as one of the strongest console manufacturers in history.

Current Nintendo president Satoru Iwata recently issued a statement regarding Yamauchi, saying that, “The entire Nintendo group will carry on the spirit of Mr Yamauchi by honouring, in our approach to entertainment, the sense of value he has taught us — that there is merit in doing what is different — and at the same time, by changing Nintendo in accordance with changing times.”

Following Yamauchi’s death, there were no updates on Nintendo’s social media channels. This was clarified to continue in the wake of his demise.

In remembrance of Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo will continue not to post on its social media channels today.

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) September 20, 2013

Stay tuned for more updates. In the meantime, you can read about Yamauchi’s passing here. What are your thoughts on Yamauchi? Let us know in the comments below.

Hiroshi Yamauchi Dies at Age 85

Pramath — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 23:52:33 +0000

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who took over Nintendo in 1949 and almost single handedly transformed it from a playing cards company to the video games behemoth that it is today, died in Japan yesterday. He was 85 years old.

Yamauchi’s contributions to the gaming medium were immense, and can never be overstated- he single handedly revitalized the console gaming market after the market crash of 1983, created modern home consoles as they exist today with a licensing model for third party games, and led Nintendo all the way through to 1999. Under him, Nintendo put out the NES, the SNES, and the Nintendo 64- arguably their greatest consoles, and among the greatest consoles ever released- and the GameBoy. He was also responsible for cultivating talent such as Yokoi and Miyamoto, and oversaw the development of franchises like Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, and The Legend of Zelda.

No matter what your thoughts are, or were, on Nintendo, and no matter what side of the fence you fall on today, this man is basically the father of a huge portion of modern gaming as we know it. Players who prefer PlayStation and Xbox owe as much to him as Nintendo fans do. A true legend of gaming has passed away. May he rest in peace.