Tag: Hiroshi Yamauchi
News Coleco's Failed Negotiations With Nintendo Apparently Resulted In The Birth Of The Famicom
"The rest is history"
Time Extension recently got the chance to speak to Coleco exec Bert Reiner about the history of the American toy and console maker. According to his account, there was a time when Nintendo almost ended up buying and marketing the 1982 video game system 'ColecoVision' for Japan but negotiations fell through. The former Coleco...
Random '70s Photo Reminds Us That Once Upon A Time, Nintendo Ran A Taxi Firm
Crazy! Taxi?
It's well documented that Nintendo, despite being one of the world's leading creators of video games, didn't start out in the field. The company was founded 1889 to create playing cards, and over the course of the next few decades would try its hand at several other markets – including toys, 'love hotels' and even instant rice. These...
News Family Office Of Former Nintendo CEO Backs Plans For Takeover Of Japan Systems
Plans in place to spend billions of yen to see management buyout completed
The Yamauchi No. 10 Family Office is supporting a management buyout of software firm Japan Systems Co., Bloomberg is reporting. While this news doesn't directly impact Nintendo, it's an interesting development which involves the legacy of one of the firm's most important...
Feature The Unsung Genius Who Tempted Nintendo's President To Pick Up A Joypad
"He could see the Promised Land, but wasn't allowed to enter it"
The world of video games, like any other, is full of seemingly inconsequential moments which cause ripples that become shockwaves that can determine not just the course of a single company, but the entire industry. With Nintendo, there are numerous moments like this; Gunpei Yokoi's...
News Back In 1979, Nintendo's President Said Everyone Should Copy Each Other's Ideas
"We need to abandon this idea of secrecy"
Nintendo is a company that prides itself on coming up with new ideas and innovating wherever possible - both in terms of hardware and software. However, it's worth noting that wasn't always this way. Prior to the release of Donkey Kong - the company's first genuine hit in the video game arena - it was happy...
Random Banjo-Kazooie Was Actually Named After A Nintendo President's Grandchild And Son
Case closed
Last year in March, there was a story doing the rounds about Rare's famous bear and bird from the 1998 Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie being named after the grandchild and son of the former Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi. History suggested that Banjo's name was based on a musical instrument of the same name, and Kazooie's name was...
Random The Real Reason N64 Lost To PlayStation? Depressing Games And Lonely Players, Apparently
That's according to late Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, anyway
Prior to the release of the PlayStation, it's fair to say that Nintendo was the biggest player in the global video game industry. It had already conquered much of the world with its NES, and the SNES – despite stiff competition from Sega – had established itself as one of the...
Random Were Banjo And Kazooie Named After A Nintendo President's Grandchild And Son?
Rethinking history
If you're a fan of Nintendo trivia, you may or may not have heard this one before. Apparently, Banjo and Kazooie from Rare's 1998 Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie are (at least partly) named after the grandchild and son of former Nintendo president, Hiroshi Yamauchi. This is according to some "amazing trivia" game writer and...
Video The "Completely Insane" Policies Of Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi
Saving the day with his draconian ways
Nintendo's third president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was famously disinterested in video games, preferring to play more traditional Japanese board games. Despite this, he's also known for modernising Nintendo and transforming the video game market. Although we've heard plenty about Yamauchi's life previously, in...
News Late Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi Inducted Into 2016 Consumer Technology Hall Of Fame
As "Video Game Futurist"
Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi has been inducted into the 2016 Consumer Technology Hall of Fame. Yamauchi - who relinquished his presidency in 2002 to Satoru Iwata and sadly passed away in 2013 - has been recognised in the "Video Game Futurist" category. He joined Nintendo in 1949 and oversaw the company's...
News Yamauchi's Heirs Have "Desire To Sell" Shares In Nintendo, Claims Report
Nintendo willing to splash $1.1 billion in buyback deal
It was previously reported that Nintendo was looking to buy back as many as 10 million of its own shares in a buyback deal, and today more details regarding that arrangement have been revealed. Bloomberg is reporting that the heirs of
News Seattle Mariners Hold A Moment's Silence For Hiroshi Yamauchi
The team paid their respects before the game against Kansas City Royals
Seattle Mariners held a moment of silence for Hiroshi Yamauchi, the team's majority owner, before their game against the Kansas City Royals yesterday. The former Nintendo President, who guided the company into the age of video games, died last week at the age of 85. In 1992 he...
News Howard Lincoln: Nintendo Has "No Plans" to Sell Stake in Mariners MLB Team
The late Hiroshi Yamauchi kept the team in Seattle
One of the many stories surrounding the remembrance of former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi is how he's considered the saviour of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, taking a majority share of the organization in 1992 when its previous owner was about to sell it to a Florida group. Yamauchi's...
Feature Hiroshi Yamauchi - The Man Who Made Nintendo
We pay tribute to the former Nintendo president, who died today
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 — Yamauchi's time in charge lasted from 1949 to 2002, and Nintendo's recent glory years have...
News Nintendo's Former President, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Has Passed Away
He was 85 years old
Update: Satoru Iwata has issued the following short statement: We will continue to treasure the values Yamauchi taught us - that what makes you unique lies at the core of entertainment. And we at Nintendo will continue to change the company flexibly to adapt to the times, as Yamauchi did, to carry on his spirit. Original...
News Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi Slumps To 13th In Japan's Rich List
Nintendo's former figurehead impacted by tumbling share value
Having $2.1 billion in the bank would make us very happy indeed, but that amount of cash can only secure you 13th place in Japan's rich list, according to Forbes. Former Nintendo President Hiroshi Yamauchi used to be sitting pretty at the top of Japan's richest people, but his fortunes...
News Hiroshi Yamauchi Gives Millions to Cancer Treatment Hospital
Former Nintendo president opens new centre in Kyoto
Under the fifty-year reign of Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo went from a tiny company to the multi-billion pound giant we know today, so it's no surprise to hear Mr Yamauchi is still pretty well-off when it comes to cash. He's not buying solid gold race cars and diamond-encrusted TVs though: he's...
