Elimination game: Who is the best developer?

[Words Of Wisdom]

Rubang B said:
Gunpei Yokoi made Super Mario Land (introducing my love, Daisy), Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (introducing Wario), Metroid, Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem, the Game Boy, the Game 'n' Watch, and he invented the D-Pad, quite possibly the most important interface change in video game history, so you don't have to use scummy arcade joysticks anymore Atari style. He also invented R.O.B., the Robotic Operating Buddy, the Love Tester, the Ultra Hand, the Virtual Boy, and the WonderSwan.

His philosophy behind the Game Boy, of using older cheaper technology in exciting innovative new ways to bring a great gaming experience to the public at a very low cost (i.e. sacrificing color for cheaper cost per unit and a much longer battery life than the Game Gear), is now the philosophy behind the Wii and the DS, which are conquering the world and changing gaming forever. I believe Yokoi is more important to Nintendo's hardware than either Miyamoto or Iwata today. He also produced Donkey Kong and a few more of Miyamoto's first games, as he was Miyamoto's mentor.

Yokoi and his R&D1 team of 45 geniuses were also responsible for Excitebike, Dr. Mario, Gyromite, Mario Paint, the Super Scope 6, and Duck Hunt.

What now punk? Aonuma just had the Zelda torch passed down to him from Miyamoto, but Miyamoto had the torch passed down to him from Yokoi. Yokoi IS A G-D.

He didn't invent the D-pad.

It was his team (which Tezuka was part of at one point) which did a lot of the great things.  He was a great man, but he wasn't a G-D.