Hiroshi Yamauchi, who transformed his great-grandfather’s company Nintendo into a video game giant, died Thursday at age 85. Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who transformed video game giant Nintendo ...

Earlier today, we reported on the sad news that former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had passed away at the age of 85. For many younger Nintendo fans, the name might not mean anything ...

Donkey Kong, Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda: For Hiroshi Yamauchi ... interviewers. Yamauchi, a gruff and uncompromising businessman who autocratically transformed Nintendo from a purveyor ...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who transformed Nintendo into a videogame giant, has died at 85. A Nintendo spokesman tells BBC News that the company is today mourning the “loss of the former Nintendo ...

Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who ushered Super Mario, Donkey Kong into the world, died Thursday. Yamauchi, who died of pneumonia at a hospital in central Japan, was 85.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Japanese businessman that transformed Nintendo who used to make business card collection to become one of the leading gaming companies in the world, died at 85 years of age.

Editor's Note, September 19, 2013: With Hiroshi Yamauchi's passing, IGN wanted to give video game fans another opportunity to reflect on his incredible story and enduring legacy. This story ...

Yamauchi, who led Nintendo from 1949 to 2002, was mainly depicted as a businessman, not a cultural paradigm-shifter. The New York Times: Hiroshi Yamauchi, who transformed his great-grandfather’s ...

Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi has died at the age of 85, due to complications from pneumonia. Yamauchi joined the company in 1949 and stepped down in 2002. He is credited with ...

Here’s how it works. This week the world said goodbye to former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi, a man who influenced the video game industry - from its infancy and well beyond - perhaps as ...

Longtime president of Nintendo Hiroshi Yamauchi has passed away at the age of 85 due to complications from pneumonia. While Yamauchi has been largely out of the spotlight for the past decade ...

This week the world said goodbye to former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi, a man who influenced the video game industry - from its infancy and well beyond - perhaps as much as anyone.