This month marked 19 years since a traffic accident claimed the life of one of the greatest innovators in Nintendo’s 127-year history. Gunpei Yokoi is still a well-known name among Nintendo fans, and more than anyone else, he may be responsible for the emergence of the Japanese company as one of the most successful video game companies in history. Yokoi joined Nintendo in 1965, when the company manufactured Japanese playing cards. His job was to maintain the machines that produced the cards. In