Metroid Database.com

There are two books out now in Japan on the late Gunpei Yokoi, the producer of the first three Metroid games and the creator of the Game Boy. The first is Gunpei Yokoi's House of Games Returns, a reprint of the legendary original (and now super-expensive) 1997 book. This book contains Mr. Yokoi's philosophy on game development, specifically the theory of "lateral thinking of withered technology," in which old, cheap technology that is well-understood is repurposed for something new and creative. This is the same philosophy as behind the Game Boy and Nintendo's Wii console. The second appears to be a brand new biography of Gunpei Yokoi, Father of Games: Gunpei Yokoi, the Man Who Created the DNA of Nintendo. The book was written by someone who knew him.

There do not appear to be any current plans to translate these books into English.

Until next time...
Captain Commando