Hiroshi Yamauchi died of pneumonia on September 19, 2013, and is survived by 4 children. Nintendo Co., Ltd. continues his legacy.
He may have never designed, developed, or wrote games, but through him, we now enjoy a massive and constantly growing video game industry. It was Hiroshi Yamauchi’s vision and strong beliefs in the future of console gaming that turned Nintendo into the powerhouse it is today –and with it, all the iconic legacies the Japanese game company bore fruit to. But more than the man who gave rise to console gaming, Mr. Yamauchi was also a philanthropist, and a family man.
