I cried on October 5, 1997 when I found out he died. I knew he was never going back to Nintendo after the shunning of Virtual Boy (which I still own; and proudly might I add!) and his inability to save public relations dealing with the console.
He was, and probably still is, the most creative person to ever grace electronic entertainment. His ability to understand not only what would be successful, but how to make that vision a reality makes him an impact that I believe the gaming industry will never be able to top. He pretty much gave us the Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Virtual Boy, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo Wii. It took the company ten years to overcome his loss and how did they do it? By duplicating his methods.
I still feel he is here. Everytime I play a Nintendo Wii or DS game, I know his integrity is what makes these pieces of hardware so enjoyable. I really miss you Gunpei... He was my hero coming up. Even more than Shiggy or John Carmack. The man is basically Ghaude in my eyes.
Great read. Very touching. How he died still hurts me to this day. And reading the news of it is still fresh in my head. I remember thinking Nintendo hired people to kill him because of his work with WonderSwan.
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