What is Gunpei Yokoi?
{{Japanese name|Yokoi}} {{Infobox Person |name=Gunpei Yokoi |image= |image_size=250px |caption=Gunpei Yokoi |birth_date={{birth date|1941|9|10|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] |death_date={{Death date and age|1997|10|4|1941|9|10}} |death_place= | occupation =Game designer |spouse= }} {{nihongo|'''Gunpei Yokoi'''|横井 軍平|Yokoi Gunpei|September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997}}, also romanized as '''Gumpei Yokoi''', was a [[video game]] [[design]]er for [[Nintendo]]. He created the [[Game Boy]] and [[producer|produced]] the [[Metroid (series)|''Metroid'' series]] of video games. He was also a [[mentor]] to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]].{{fact|date=June 2008}} Yokoi's last invention, the [[Virtual Boy]], was not a success. He left Nintendo and started a company called Koto Laboratory. His main product idea at this company was the WonderSwan, which came out in 1999, two years after he died. {{video-game-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yokoi, Gunpei}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:1997 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese video game designers]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:People from Kyoto Prefecture]] [[Category:Nintendo people]]