Nintendo’s third president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was famously disinterested in video games, preferring to play more traditional Japanese board games. Despite this, he’s also known for modernising Nintendo and transforming the video game market.
Although we’ve heard plenty about Yamauchi’s life in the past, YouTuber Larry Bundy Jr has made a Fact Hunt video about the former Nintendo president, highlighting some of his “completely insane” policies. The clip runs just over 12 minutes and in that time covers Yamauchi’s dislike of JRPGs along with his public dispute with Square Enix (back then known as Square), his demands to be the only Yamauchi at Nintendo and even his supposed love of Tetris.
Take a look at the full video above and tell us in the comments what your memories are of this Nintendo president.