Gunpei Yokoi is forever my favourite developer. Definitely not the "best" - that's clearly Miyamoto. But above my love for Zelda and Mario is my love for the DS. I've spent more time playing my DS than I even did my N64, when I was a kid.

Yes, the DS came out far after Yokoi's death. But the DS never would've come to fruition without Yokoi's genius. Yokoi did create the Game & Watch, particularly the dual-screened Donkey Kong G&W. And he did create the Gameboy.

Where did Shigesato Itoi place?

Edit: He didn't. To be expected, I suppose.

Not enought Motherly love in this world.

I'm actually playing through Earthbound in its entirety for the first time (had many half-finished save files in the past, but this time is for reals). I finally see what all the fuss is about. It's a brilliantly understated game that breaks conventions and ... it's fun. Very clever game.

I guess people forget about Itoi like they forgot about Dre.

Didn't he get a gag order for life placed on him by nintendo? Games like pikmin were made just because he likes gardening. So he's never allowed to talk about what he likes personally because other developers may steal his idea and make a game out of it.

counter strike guys ahead of Gabe Newell? not sure if it even sounds right

I hope he has a big roll in Zelda Wii.

....... I do really think this guy is over rated, but that's just me

Why did you necrobump this 14 month old thread?

He is the Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan of the video game industry.