Earlier today, we reported on the sad news that former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had passed away at the age of 85. For many younger Nintendo fans, the name might not mean anything ...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, a gruff, uncompromising businessman who transformed a playing card company into a titan of electronic games, has died. He was 85.

The death Thursday of longtime Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, at age 85, is the rare occasion, like the passing of Steve Jobs, when even those of ...

Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who ushered Super Mario, Donkey Kong into the world, died Thursday. Yamauchi, who died of pneumonia at a hospital in central Japan, was 85.

Hiroshi Yamauchi — who transformed his great-grandfather’s playing-card company, Nintendo, into a global video game powerhouse — died Thursday in Kyoto, Japan. He was 85. The cause was ...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the Japanese businessman that transformed Nintendo who used to make business card collection to become one of the leading gaming companies in the world, died at 85 years of age.

Editor's note: Hiroshi Yamauchi, the visionary former president of Nintendo, passed away on September 19 at the age of 85. Yamauchi was notoriously private; he rarely made public appearances or ...

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who transformed Nintendo from a maker of playing cards and board games into a global videogame giant, has died at 85, according to various reports.

Yamauchi was thinking ahead when, in 2004, he transferred all his interests in the team to Nintendo of America, ensuring maximum stability of the majority ownership, according to the Seattle Mariners.

Japanese billionaire Hiroshi Yamauchi felt so indebted to Seattle, he once offered to buy 100 percent of the Mariners to keep them right where they are today. Major League Baseball rejected that ...

Japanese businessman Hiroshi Yamauchi died Thursday at age 85, and news reports noted how the former president of Nintendo sold his majority ownership stake in the Seattle Mariners nine years ago ...