![PEOPLE:
Masayuki Uemura, age 77. Engineer at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004. Creator of the Famicom.
Hiroshi Yamauchi. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002.
QUOTE:
Uemura: The colors [of the Famicom] were based on a scarf Yamauchi liked. True story.
There was also a product from a company called DX Antenna, a set-top TV antenna, that used the color scheme. I recall riding with Yamauchi on the Hanshin expressway outside of Osaka and seeing a billboard for it, and Yamauchi saying, “That’s it! Those are our colors!” Just like the scarf. We’d struggled with the color scheme. We knew what the shape would be, but couldn’t figure out what colors to make it. Then the DX Antenna’s colors decided it. So while it ended up looking very toy-like, that wasn’t the intent. The idea was making it stand out.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreigap6czycwoqf3m6ilh53olmtl5tgkuu6zmjxhffgdaytkex5o3ga)
PEOPLE: Masayuki Uemura, age 77. Engineer at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004. Creator of the Famicom. Hiroshi Yamauchi. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002. QUOTE: Uemura: The colors [of the Famicom] were based on a scarf Yamauchi liked. True story. There was also a product from a company called DX Antenna, a set-top TV antenna, that used the color scheme. I recall riding with Yamauchi on the Hanshin expressway outside of Osaka and seeing a billboard for it, and Yamauchi saying, “That’s it! Those are our colors!” Just like the scarf. We’d struggled with the color scheme. We knew what the shape would be, but couldn’t figure out what colors to make it. Then the DX Antenna’s colors decided it. So while it ended up looking very toy-like, that wasn’t the intent. The idea was making it stand out.
Uemura on how he and Yamauchi chose the design for the Famicom, 2020.
Source: Kotaku
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![PEOPLE:
- Masayuki Uemura, age 77. Engineer at Nintendo from 1971 to 2004. Creator of the Famicom.
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 92. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002.
QUOTE:
Uemura: [Former President Hiroshi Yamauchi] loved hanafuda and card games. I remember once, early on, a birthday party for an employee and he showed up and got right into hanafuda with everyone.
He was a Kyotoite. It’s a city with a lot of long-running businesses, some maybe five or even six hundred years old. In the hierarchy of the city, traditional craftspeople rank at the top. Nintendo, as a purveyor of playthings like hanafuda or Western playing cards, originally ranked down at the very bottom. Doing business in that environment made him very open to new ventures. He wasn’t interested in specializing. He was keenly interested in new trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreicux2ohbdrhslpowgmsqrwh54ia25fteem6aifv5o6dpgj6uelvxm)
![PEOPLE:
- Satoru Iwata, age 42. GM of Nintendo’s Corporate Planning Division. Two months later, he was President.
- Shigeru Miyamoto, age 49. General Producer of Nintendo EAD. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more.
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 74. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002.
QUOTE:
Q: Mr. Yamauchi has been speaking recently about retirement. Do you know who will replace him?
Iwata: For some time now, he’s been saying that he will retire. However, he hasn’t said what his plan is. He may have a plan, but he hasn’t announced it. I don’t know what his plan is.
Miyamoto: Since all of you made it here so early, I'm sure you're looking for more solid answers. I can tell you that it won’t be me. [laughs]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreihzpsp2a77aeb7b67wffut6wnuzgcsvd7bha2ypqvobx6axqfkkie)
![PEOPLE:
Shigeru Miyamoto, age 64. Creator of Zelda, Mario, & more. Creative Fellow at Nintendo.Hiroshi Yamauchi. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002.
QUOTE:
"Miyamoto: [Mr. Yamauchi] left several lasting nuggets of philosophy to the company. …
This is something obvious in the world: If you’re trying to do the same thing as everyone else, you get further and further from the top.
If you want to be in second place or third place, you can do what other people are doing. … If you’re doing something on your own, something unique, when the spotlight hits, you’re already at the top before you know it. … And that’s why I think you’ve got to take risks to become number one. If you want to be number one by doing the same thing as other people, you’ve got to be kind of tough.
And because we’re not tough, we can’t fight with other people. [laughs]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreihu725ljdpb4ytmczqxdo625owvsxhvfe6rrrdqnsn5pzvyjoap2m)
![PEOPLE:
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949-2002.
QUOTE:
"Yamauchi: The most important thing we looked for in a supplier [of Famicom components] was the brain to cope with us. Unfortunately, we found that most companies are not flexible. Most companies move too slowly. That was not acceptable. "](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreie4sbdzmddbipx6t3qesdsnfki45dkopbot5t24uuluqmqsphb6ee)
![PEOPLE:
- Hiroshi Yamauchi, age 65. President of Nintendo from 1949 to 2002.
QUOTE:
"Yamauchi: The [Famicom Network System] shows how the Famicom has outgrown it’s single purpose as an amusement system. It is our important business target this year.
… The Famicom and NES will be the computer system that will popularize networks."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreiazq4qsbv2jtiah6pbylqlq7nkkwx24w55u3dm5n2le6niyvmvfwq)
