Motion footage of the late Gunpei Yokoi 1941 - 1997

Posted by Grooveraider

Greetings Nintendo Fans,

October 4th will be the anniversary of the late Gunpei Yokoi tragic death.
I was blessed to have met this brilliant man during the unveiling of Virtual Boy at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 1995 ). Many of you have never seen Mr. Yokoi but still photos. Well, I recently recovered the footage of me meeting Mr. Yokoi, 13 years ago. I thought i'd share the experience to all the Nintendo and gaming fans. To celebrate Mr. Yokoi's contributions to the gaming industry - I put together a short tribute to the man practically responsible for ressurrecting the gaming industry.

I've uploaded the Yokoi footage in two locations:

YouTube dot com/grooveraider

Vimeo dot com ( type "Gunpei" in the search )

Hope you enjoy :)

-Grooveraider-

Posted by Linko_16

The gaming world lost a brilliant mind that day.

Posted by Ant

just think, we could be playing the Virtual Boy 2 right now if he was still with us. :(

Posted by Prince Shondronai

Quoting Ant: just think, we could be playing the Virtual Boy 2 right now if he was still with us. :(

Sadly, no. Nintendo gave him the window seat and he quit after the first Virtual Boy flopped. I still think it's sad that the industry has let that commercial failure stunt exploration of the technology involved. The VB was ahead of its time.