Creator of Nintendo consoles Masayuki Uemura passes away aged 78

Masayuki Uemura, the lead creator of Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, passed away earlier this week at the age of 78, Japan's Ritsumeikan University said in a statement. Uemura joined Nintendo in early 1970s and was tasked by then-President Hiroshi Yamauchi in 1981 with developing a home console for games. The cause of his death wasn't revealed.