Why Nintendo’s visionary abandoned it (Remastered)

Bonus videos and a Nebula discount: https://go.nebula.tv/lowspecgamer

Gunpei Yoko’s vision made Nintendo what it is. Why then was he so desperate to leave?

This is a compilation of 6 past Nintendo videos, re-edited, with errors fixed, with new voice actors and generally improved.

Events slightly adjusted or exaggerated for narrative (or dramatic) purpose.

Sidequest bonus content:

Game Boy Camera: https://nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-very-weird-story-of-the-game-boy-camera
Game Boy Color and its hidden tribute: https://nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-hidden-tribute-of-the-game-boy-color-design
Why is the famicom red?: https://nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-why-is-the-nintendo-famicom-red
The First Nintendo 3D Helmet: https://nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-failed-3d-headset-that-created-modern-nintendo
The Unexpected Origins of Game and Watch: https://nebula.tv/videos/lowspecgamer-the-unexpected-origins-of-mr-game-and-watch

Credits

Research and Writing: LowSpecAlex, F4mi
Voice over: LowSpecAlex
Editing: Henrique von Buren, LowSpecAlex
3D animation: Windy
Art by Maiku No Koe: https://twitter.com/maiku_no_koe
Spanish Translation, Audio editing and QA: Henrique von Buren
Camera work: LowSpecAlex
Thumbnail design: Maiku no Koe
Dubbed by: https://twitter.com/JesusHDoblaje

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
Stock Footage from Getty
Most of the music and music timing by Roccow: https://soundcloud.com/roccow
Smash Intro by Dango

Source for the historical bits:
History of Nintendo, Vol 4 by Florent Gorges
History of Nintendo Volume 2 by Florent Gorges
https://www.fastcompany.com/3050016/unraveling-the-enigma-of-nintendos-virtual-boy-20-years-later

Sources for how LCD work and their history:
Terry Scheffer, Jürgen Nehring (1997). Supertwisted nematic (STN) liquid crystal displays. Annual Review of Materials Research.
E P Raynes. C M Waters (1987). Supertwisted nematic liquid crystal displays.
Hirohisa Kawamoto (2012). The History of Liquid-Crystal Display and Its Industry. 2012 Third IEEE HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON)
https://www.britannica.com/technology/liquid-crystal-display
https://web.media.mit.edu/~stefan/liquid-crystals/node5.html

Source for the image of Uemura:
Famicom Tsushin magazine, July 1989. Scanned by: https://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/SFC_1989Q3.html
The ultimate Game Boy talk: https://youtu.be/HyzD8pNlpwI

Sources for some short clips on Donkey Kong ports:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYNMatF5hcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV5OYOiAb9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayzl_nQKcIk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9WwdVb-_A

This clip of the hyper beam was used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NZO454bvas

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