The video game industry has only come so far by standing on the shoulders of Yokoi. He had the balls to stand up to Nintendo and the whole video game industry with his crazy wacky idea that battery life was more important than power or even having color or more than 4 shades of cream spinach. But it was this idea that led to the Game Boy outselling the entire industry at the time.
And it's not just video games. Yokoi's everywhere. Who hasn't seen a Love Tester or an Ultra Hand?