STORY HIGHLIGHTS
-Hiroshi Yamauchi built Nintendo from a playing-card company into a video-gaming empire
-He oversaw such successes as the Game Boy, "Donkey Kong" and iconic characters such as Mario
-Yamauchi died Thursday in Japan at age 85
-He oversaw such successes as the Game Boy, "Donkey Kong" and iconic characters such as Mario
-Yamauchi died Thursday in Japan at age 85
Yamauchi took over the
company from his ailing grandfather as a university student in 1949 and
ran it until 2002 -- a remarkable span of 53 years.
He guided Nintendo from
its pre-electronic days as a maker of children's games through its
emergence as the creator of hugely popular video-gaming platforms such
as the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Game Boy, hit games such as
"Donkey Kong," and iconic characters such as Mario, the mustachioed
Italian plumber.
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