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* One of the more tragic examples -- [[Gunpei Yokoi]] was a creative genius at [[Nintendo]] that was making successes even before [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] became the public face of the company. On top of being the inventor of the D-pad that all gaming controllers use to this day, he created the ''[[Game and Watch|Game & Watch]]'' series that broke Nintendo into home video games, and later replicated this with the [[Game Boy]]. Serving as a producer, he also oversaw the creation of ''[[Metroid]]'', ''[[Kid Icarus]]'', ''[[Fire Emblem]]'', and ''[[Dr. Mario]]''. Then he made the Virtual Boy. The high-profile disaster of a system was discontinued within a year, by which time he had become ''persona non grata'' at Nintendo. Nintendo was notoriously cruel to the poor guy, too. After the Virtual Boy debacle, they made him man the booth at a trade show, which in Japanese corporate culture is considered entry-level work, and thus a severe insult to someone of Yokoi's stature. He eventually resigned and began development on the Japan-only handheld system, the WonderSwan, which did go on to be a reasonable challenger to the Game Boy's domination in Japan. But sadly he didn't live to see it as he died suddenly in a traffic accident in 1997. After his death, Nintendo paid tribute to him and still recognize him to this day as an important figure in the company's history... and are kind enough to his departed soul to just forget the Virtual Boy ever happened.