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Yamauchi to Retire from Board

 

(April 28, 2005)

 

Hiroshi Yamauchi, former president of Nintendo, has announced that he will be retiring from his management role with the company later this year.

 

Having stepped down from his role as president in 2002, a position that held since his father's death in 1949, Yamauchi took on a role in management, acting as an advisor, and allowing Satoru Iwata to take over as president.  Despite Yamauchi's plans to bow out from his current role on June 29, he will still act as a consultant, though it is unknown 

how much input he will have in this role.  Yamauchi had a major role in the creation of the Nintendo DS, as well as the company's recent entry into the world of animation, and with the Revolution more or less finalized, it can be assumed that Yamauchi's influence will extend at least into the next generation of games.

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