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Forums - Gaming Discussion - the japanese game designer elimination game - *YOKOI GONE, MIYAMOTO WINS*

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Gunpei Yokoi:
Hardware
- Game & Watch.
- R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)
- Game Boy.
- Virtual Boy.
- WonderSwan.
- Yokoi articulated his philosophy of "Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology". Mr. Yokoi refused to release a color version until technology permitted a color handheld that would last a significant period under the power of a few batteries. Indeed, Mr. Yokoi's persistence saw the Game Boy, with a greater game library and long battery life, dominate the handheld market while the color screen Game Gear and Atari Lynx failed due to high battery consumption and expensive purchase price.



Software
- Mario Bros. He proposed the multiplayer concept and convinced his co-worker to give Mario some superhuman abilities, such as the ability to jump unharmed from great heights.
- Produced several R&D1 games, such as Kid Icarus and Metroid.
- Fire Emblem.
- Super Mario Land
- Balloon Kid
- Battle Clash
- Panel de Pon



Yokoi explained many of the intricacies of game design to Miyamoto at the beginning of his career, and the project only came to be approved after Yokoi brought Miyamoto's game ideas to the president's attention.



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+yokoi
-miyamoto



baloofarsan said:

Gunpei Yokoi:
Hardware
- Game & Watch.
- R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)
- Game Boy.
- Virtual Boy.
- WonderSwan.
- Yokoi articulated his philosophy of "Lateral Thinking of Withered Technology". Mr. Yokoi refused to release a color version until technology permitted a color handheld that would last a significant period under the power of a few batteries. Indeed, Mr. Yokoi's persistence saw the Game Boy, with a greater game library and long battery life, dominate the handheld market while the color screen Game Gear and Atari Lynx failed due to high battery consumption and expensive purchase price.



Software
- Mario Bros. He proposed the multiplayer concept and convinced his co-worker to give Mario some superhuman abilities, such as the ability to jump unharmed from great heights.
- Produced several R&D1 games, such as Kid Icarus and Metroid.
- Fire Emblem.
- Super Mario Land
- Balloon Kid
- Battle Clash
- Panel de Pon



Yokoi explained many of the intricacies of game design to Miyamoto at the beginning of his career, and the project only came to be approved after Yokoi brought Miyamoto's game ideas to the president's attention.


I revere Gunpey Yokoi, I use to had a sig about him some may remember!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n29CicBxZuw

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yokoi 44
miyamoto 62



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Game_God said:
baloofarsan said:

Gunpei Yokoi:
Hardware
- Game & Watch.
- R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)
- Game Boy.
- Virtual Boy.
- WonderSwan.


Software
- Mario Bros.
- Produced several R&D1 games, such as Kid Icarus and Metroid.
- Fire Emblem.
- Super Mario Land
- Balloon Kid
- Battle Clash
- Panel de Pon

I revere Gunpey Yokoi, I use to had a sig about him some may remember!

Are all the "facts" OK. I am no expert on Yokoi.



+Miyamoto
-Yokoi



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

baloofarsan said:
Game_God said:

I revere Gunpey Yokoi, I use to had a sig about him some may remember!

Are all the "facts" OK. I am no expert on Yokoi.

It's missing a few things. 

Yokio supervised Miyamoto in the making of Donkey Kong
He also produced Kid Icarus.
Supervised Miyamoto for Mario

If it wasn't for Yokio's supervision, Mario would die from the falling damage associated with high jumps.  It is Yokoi's supervision that lead us to the Mario we know and love which ironically will be Miyamoto biggest strength.



baloofarsan said:
Game_God said:

I revere Gunpey Yokoi, I use to had a sig about him some may remember!

Are all the "facts" OK. I am no expert on Yokoi.


He made several of Nintendo toys before they made videogames, if I remember well he was involved in the console controllers making too!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n29CicBxZuw

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no movement yet, seems this will take time.

miyamoto 62
yokoi 44