The man who took Nintendo from card games to video games has passed away. Former Nintendo head Hiroshi Yamauchi died of pneumonia today at the age of 85.
Yamauchi steered the company into the realm of video game with the NES, and was responsible for the SNES, Nintendo 64, and the GameCube. Handheld games were also brought to gamers through the GameBoy under his eye. He vacated his post as president in 2002, but stayed on as an executive advisor.
Without this man, Nintendo and gaming would not be what it is today. Shigeru Miyamoto wouldn't have happened to Nintendo without Yamauchi, and we would not have some of the best games ever in our hands. So thanks, Yamauchi. Thanks.
-- Reuters via Joystiq
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