On 09/19/2013 at 08:16 PM,
by
daftman
I know some others have posted the news but in case you haven't heard, Hiroshi Yamauchi died this morning at the age of 85. He was Nintendo's president during the NES, SNES, and N64 years and is the one responsible for getting them into the electronics business in the first place. USGamer has a great retrospective/tribute on their website. Check it out here. Yamauchi did much to shape the industry we all love and though he hasn't been active at Nintendo since 2005, it's still sad to see him go.