R.I.P. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Who Made Nintendo a Video Game Company
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I never knew Nintendo was founded in 1889, and wasn’t even a video game company until Yamauchi came along.
A piece of our childhood is gone. May he find his place among the clouds in world 2.0.
h/t Someguy
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