Gunpei Yokoi is one of the most important figures in the history of Nintendo. One of the engineers who helped turn the company into what it is today, ...

Gunpei Yokoi, as Miyamoto's first supervisor and mentor, was the man who made the man. Gunpei Yokoi's time on this side of eternity was cut short. We never know how much time we're going to have.

Today is the 65th anniversary of the birth of the late Gunpei Yokoi. Ordinarily I don't take suggestions from PR representatives for blog ideas. It's not fair to me or you. But when a Namco Bandai ...

At Nintendo, Gunpei Yokoi was one of the company's most beloved and respected employees. A jovial, easy-going guy who loved British cars. His name is now synonymous with the company as he spent ...

Gunpei Yokoi pretty much created the handheld gaming market. His line of Game & Watch systems eventually paved the way for Nintendo's full-fledged portable gaming system, the Game Boy, also ...

Gunpei Yokoi’s last major release at Nintendo was the Virtual Boy. It was a disaster, and there has long been speculation that it caused Yokoi to resign. In an article he wrote before his tragic ...

The Bandai WonderSwan, designed by the legendary Gunpei Yokoi, is a unique and fascinating handheld console that, despite its limited commercial success, boasts a rich library of games.

Gunpei Yokoi felt that TV-based games had reached their limits and saw stereoscopic 3D as a logical next step to take video games into a new era of design.

Yokoi’s first Game & Watch unit, Ball, featured a simple juggling game.It was sleek, compact, and unlike anything else at the time. From there, the series exploded. Between 1980 and 1991 ...

When Massachusetts-based company Reflection Technology, Inc. pitched their head-tracking prototype device called the Private Eye, veteran Nintendo designer Gunpei Yokoi leaped at the chance to ...