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Visionary Nintendo President Yamauchi Dies

Posted by timothy on from the value-added dept.

First time accepted submitter trickstyhobbit writes "Former Nintendo president and majority stockholder Hiroshi Yamauchi has died. He was president of the company for over 50 years and saw the development of the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube among other devices." His career at Nintendo is worth reading about.

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  1. Re:slight correction. by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 5, Informative

    And I don't think anybody has forgotten Goldeneye 007 on the 64.