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Did you know? To this day, the inventor of the D-pad, according to its patent, is attributed to Ichiro Shirai and not Gumpei Yokoi.

This allegedly because when it came to sign the patent application, Shirai, working for Nintendo's legal department, went to ask for Yokoi's signature who was busy and told Shirai to "sign it yourself".

Said and done, that's how a lawyer technically became the inventor of the directional pad.

&Watch

patents.google.com/patent/US46

#nintendo #dpad #game #patent

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Se7h 💻 🐃 🐧 · @Se7h
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C'est dingue comment une simple croix directionnelle te change la vie. Fini de se dézinguer le pouce sur les niveaux speedrun ✌😏

#nintendoswitch #dpad #croixdirectionnelle #joycon #supermariomaker2 #hori

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