Well that was a shock. RIP Mr. Yamauchi.


For the few who don't know, Hiroshi Yamauchi was the man who turned Nintendo from a lowly playing card company into a video game powerhouse. You can read a bit more about him in the Time article about this death. -Zero

Hirokazu Tanaka (long-time Nintendo composer from 1980 to 1999) made some tribute remixes in Yamauchi-san's honor. These are posted here. ~ DrFinkelstein

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@Mr_Mustache
Pah, that's already been covered in here, Stache!

Posted by

ploot

on: 09/20/13, 01:11

A sad day for gaming.

Posted by

Brick

on: 09/20/13, 01:33

@ploot

I didn't read it!

Posted by

Mr_Mustache

on: 09/20/13, 01:40

R.I.P., Grandpa Nintendo.

Posted by

Anand

on: 09/20/13, 03:26

Thank you for making me a Nintendo Fan....

RIP Yamauchi.

Posted by

Smerd

on: 09/20/13, 05:03

Hip Tanaka makes two tracks dedicated to Hiroshi Yamauchi, remains a musical genius while doing so.

Posted by

r_hjort

on: 09/20/13, 20:46

NinSage said:

Apropo.

Posted by

Deerock69

on: 09/20/13, 21:53

@r_hjort Sad day.

Awesome music though.

Posted by

Zero

on: 09/21/13, 01:01

Chalk me up as one who thought he was into his 90's, the guy seemed immortal, though I also didn't hear about his health issues. It's tough to say how different the game industry would be without him, but one thing's for sure, Nintendo would probably still be just playing cards if not for him. Nobody's perfect, but even with his faults, no one could have turned Nintendo into a successful videogame company better than he did.

Also, did IGN's headline for this happen to read "Some Very Interesting Hiroshi Yamauchi News"?

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 09/21/13, 01:36

@Mop it up

No, but one of the commenters asked if anyone had thought about blowing the dust out of him and plugging him back in.

Posted by

Shadowlink

on: 09/21/13, 02:16

@Shadowlink Wow, that was... surprisingly disturbing...

Posted by

Mop it up

on: 09/21/13, 02:21

@Mop it up

It's IGN, you come to expect that.

Posted by

Shadowlink

on: 09/21/13, 02:26

Hirokazu Tanaka, a composer that worked at Nintendo for some of the eighties and all of the nineties, remixed the themes to Metroid and Super Mario Land in honor of the late passing of Hiroshi Yamauchi.

They sound great and I know Yamauchi would be proud.

Metroid Theme Remix:


Super Mario Land Theme Remix:

Posted by

DrFinkelstein

on: 09/23/13, 04:10

That Super Mario Land ending theme remix was fantastic.

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 09/23/13, 06:32

"A young Hiroshi Yamauchi, standing alongside Roy O. Disney, securing the infamous Disney playing card deal. "

Posted by

Secret_Tunnel

on: 09/24/13, 20:51

@Secret_Tunnel

Whoa, cool. Where'd you find that pic?

Posted by

GameDadGrant

on: 09/24/13, 22:45

@GameDadGrant

A guy on Twitter posted it.

Posted by

Secret_Tunnel

on: 09/25/13, 04:29