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9/12/2021 8:27 am
The video game industry is in mourning. Today, December 9, it was announced that Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect of the NES and SNES, passed away on December 6 at the age of 78.
Uemura was born on June 20, 1943, in Tokyo, Japan. Due to the situation after the Second World War, the designer was forced to create his own toys as a child. It was this curiosity and ingenuity that led him to join Nintendo in 1972., where he began working in the division of Gunpei Yokoi, another of the great minds of the Great N.
However, his most important participation within the Japanese company was being the lead architect for the Famicom and Super Famicom, the two consoles that managed to give Nintendo a strong position in the video game industry. Uemura served as general manager of Nintendo’s research and development division until 2004.
During the NES and SNES years he also became a producer of titles such as Ice Climber, Golf, Tennis, Baseball, as well as the console ports of Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Mario Bros. Although in 2004 he retired, Uemura continued to offer support to Nintendo, and served as a teacher at Ritsumeikan University in Japan.
Rest in peace, Masayuki Uemura
Via: GamesIndustry.biz
