Death of a video game pioneer: Former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at age 85

Updated at 9:47 a.m. Pacific with quote from Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the shrewd Japanese businessman who moved Nintendo into the video game business and made it a world leader, has died. He was 85.

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