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Gunpei Yokoi is a person that is credited in 22 games

In Memory of Toy & Game Inventor Gunpei Yokoi 1941 - 1997

Topic started by Grooveraider on Sept. 19, 2008. Last post by Emilio 1 year, 2 months ago.

Post by Grooveraider (2 posts) See mini bio

October 4th will be the anniversary of the late Gunpei Yokoi tragic death.
I was blessed to have met this brilliant man during the unveiling of Virtual Boyat the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 1995 ). Many of you have never seen Mr. Yokoi but still photos. Well, I recently recovered the footage of me meeting Mr. Yokoi and I thought i'd share the experience to all the Nintendo and gaming fans. To celebrate Mr. Yokoi's contributions to the gaming industry - I put together a short tribute to the man practically responsible for ressurrecting the gaming industry.

I've uploaded the Yokoi footage in two locations:

Vimeo ( for best video quality ): http://www.vimeo.com/1501372

YouTube ( my retro gaming channel ):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyTBA46eyY

Please spread the word about Gunpei Yokoi - I feel he doesn't get
enough credit in the gaming industry. I dunno wether or not the industry
would've recovered from the 1984 Crash hadn't it been for Mr. Yokoi and
Miyamoto.

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Post by BoG (2,790 posts) See mini bio

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Yokoi conceived Metroid, so of course he is awesome. Maybe if he had lived, we'd have some good Wii games.

Ha, I kid.

The Wii will never have good games.

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Post by TheGTAvaccine (2,184 posts) See mini bio

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BoG said:

"Yokoi conceived Metroid, so of course he is awesome. Maybe if he had lived, we'd have some good Wii games.
Ha, I kid.
The Wii will never have good games.
"

Touche good sir. Touche.

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

Post by Emilio (1,468 posts) See mini bio

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TheGTAvaccine said:

"BoG said:
"Yokoi conceived Metroid, so of course he is awesome. Maybe if he had lived, we'd have some good Wii games.
Ha, I kid.
The Wii will never have good games.
"
Touche good sir. Touche."

Classic.

This man was GENIOUS. I wonder what kind of crazy ideas he would have added to the Wii and DS...

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago

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