Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GunpeiYokoi
I've always heard about this rumor that Nintendo (or more specifically, Hiroshi Yamauchi himself) ordered the death of Gunpei Yokoi. For reasons ranging from punishment for the failure of the Virtual Boy to fear that under his direction, the Wonderswan could damage Nintendo's dominance of the handheld market. But I've never really given it any serious thought until now. And even now, I'm not really sure what to think about it. I guess all I can say is that while I don't necessarily believe it, I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out that it were true.
How about you, GAF?
Unfortunately, Yokoi never lived to see the results of that. While slowing up near a traffic accident, another car plowed into his, killing him at the scene. There was some controversy surrounding his death (mostly pertaining to the fact that the driver of the car that hit Yokoi's car was a known member of the Yakuza), although most dismiss such discussion as a Conspiracy Theory. The funny thing is that there are some conflicting accounts of the man's death. Other sources report that it was Yokoi himself who had just been in a minor fender bender and was blindsided by the gangster's car when he got out to survey the damage. Also suspicious is the fact that in both versions, a man by the name of Etsuo Kiso, who worked for Nintendo, was somehow involved in the fatal accident.
I've always heard about this rumor that Nintendo (or more specifically, Hiroshi Yamauchi himself) ordered the death of Gunpei Yokoi. For reasons ranging from punishment for the failure of the Virtual Boy to fear that under his direction, the Wonderswan could damage Nintendo's dominance of the handheld market. But I've never really given it any serious thought until now. And even now, I'm not really sure what to think about it. I guess all I can say is that while I don't necessarily believe it, I wouldn't be surprised at all to find out that it were true.
How about you, GAF?