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RIP Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi

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  • 19-09-2013 11:11am
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    johnny_ultimate
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    He's the man who pushed Nintendo to embrace electronic gaming over Hanafuda cards. He was key to the policy of 'games as art', pushing for quality over quantity for consoles. He was, frankly, one of the most pivotal forces in making gaming the force that it is today.

    RIP, Hiroshi Yamauchi.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24160150


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    Skerries
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    BeerWolf
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    RIP ol' man!


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    Clover
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    R.I.P Mr Nintendo.


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    ShadowHearth
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    R.I.P.


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    richymcdermott
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    I dont think i ever heard of the guy before but RIP


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    Retr0gamer
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    RIP you crazy table flipping son of a bitch. He was a total nut ball but without him the world would have had to play Master System instead of the NES and that would be a horrible fate :P
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    richymcdermott
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    RIP you crazy table flipping son of a bitch. He was a total nut ball but without him the world would have had to play Master System instead of the NES and that would be a horrible fate :P

    Master system 4 life


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    o1s1n
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    Did anyone blow on him just to make sure? :pac:

    RIP dude, I still think you should have kept up Nintendo's adult Hanafuda cards.


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    wes
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    R.I.P


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    Allyall
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    Just heard.

    R.I.P.

    http://snd.sc/1aRpTHb

    http://snd.sc/1dw1wjl

    from http://wiiudaily.com/2013/09/nintendo-composer-remixes/
    Famed Nintendo composer Hirokazu Tanaka has remixed two of the most iconic Nintendo theme songs in honor of the passing of Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo. Both Metroid and Super Mario Land were remixed as tributes to Yamauchi, as both are titles Tanaka worked on while Yamauchi was president of the company.


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