News: Ex-Nintendo president has died

Kings.

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Ex-Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi -- who revolutionized the video game industry by introducing the world to Super Mario -- died this morning of pneumonia at a hospital in Japan.

Yamauchi introduced the Nintendo Entertainment System to America in 1985, and followed up by launching the greatest video game franchises in history, including Super Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong.

Hiroshi left the company in 2002 -- but reportedly refused to accept his retirement pension allegedly worth between $9 to $14 million dollars ... claiming Nintendo could put it to better use.

With an estimated net worth of around $2.1 billion, Hiroshi was ranked the 13th richest man in Japan at the time of his death.

Hiroshi was 85. He is survived by his wife and 3 kids.

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/19/hirosh...dead-nintendo/

OMG

classiccity98

he didn't create mario lol shigeru miyamoto did

I Am Music

He was one of the richest men in japan he didn't need no measly 14 million pension.
Nintendo has been around since the late 1800's as well quite a legacy he left us.

He hired the guy who made mario he wasn't into video games just a business man but i guess you could say he had a part in it. He did hire him after all.

gabrielmm

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Originally posted by classiccity98

he didn't create mario lol shigeru miyamoto did

I came to post this... thanks!

rip old guy from Nintendo.

ozlovezashlee

Belle

Wrong. Miyamoto made Mario. That's common knowledge.

Callum

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Originally posted by classiccity98

he didn't create mario lol shigeru miyamoto did

I was about to post this. It's just a simple case of the OP misinterpreting the article though since it says he "introduced the world to Super Mario." Easy mistake to make if you didn't already know who actually created Mario.

RIP though, a true revolutionary.

highwayuni

I broke a heel running in here thinking it was Miyamoto. This is so sad though, his legacy will live on forever

H-I-M

I ran IN here thinking Miyamoto had died.
But then I went to a big game forum and saw no one was talking about it, and I was like...

AMIT

I saw it on tumblr, RIP.

I Am Music

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Originally posted by H-I-M

I ran IN here thinking Miyamoto had died.
But then I went to a big game forum and saw no one was talking about it, and I was like...

That's really sad i mean if it wasn't for him there wouldn't have been a mario or maybe there would have been. But would it have been as successful without Nintendo's backing and promo?

Auris

Nooo

James Maslow

Sapphire

rest in peace

your legacy >>>> life

mike_10

Rest In Peace

Sorbet

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Originally posted by Belle

Wrong. Miyamoto made Mario. That's common knowledge.

Basically.

Anyway, RIP