R.I.P. Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927-2013)

By Nebojsa Radakovic

RIP, Yamauchi-sama. Many gamers might remember the name Hiroshi Yamauchi, but for anyone that doesn’t, he’s an important figure in the world of video games. He was the third president of Nintendo (remember, Nintendo was founded in the late 1800s) and ran the company from 1949 until the early 2000s, and was the man in…

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