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    Gunpei Yokoi was the man behind the Game Boy and Metroid.

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

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    #1  Edited By Grooveraider
    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.
     
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    #2  Edited By BoG

    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.
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    #3  Edited By TheGTAvaccine
    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.
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    #4  Edited By Emilio
    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...
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