, also known as "MTJ", was a Japanese

game designer Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...

and

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

. Mitsuji is best known for his work at

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...

, where he created popular arcade

platform Platform may refer to: Technology * Computing platform, a framework on which applications may be run * Platform game, a genre of video games * Car platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models * Weapons platform, a system or ...

game ''

Bubble Bobble is a 1986 platform video game, platform arcade game developed and published by Taito. It was distributed in the United States by Romstar, and in Europe by Electrocoin. Players control Bub and Bob, two dragons that set out to save their girlfrien ...

'' and its follow-up ''

Rainbow Islands is a 1987 in video gaming, 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito Corporation, Taito. The arcade version was licensed to Romstar for North American manufacturing and distribution. The game is subtitled "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" and ...

''. He later ran a game design school, and worked freelance creating games such as ''

Magical Puzzle Popils ''Popils'', known in Europe as ''Popils The Blockbusting Challenge'' and in Japan as , is a stage-based puzzle platform video game for the Sega Game Gear. It was released in the early 1990s by Tengen in Japan. It has the option of English or Jap ...

'' for

Game Gear The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, ...

. According to reports from Japanese Bubble Bobble forums, Mitsuji passed away on the 11th of December, 2008, at the age of 48. The cause was attributed to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by kidney problems.

List of confirmed works

List of other works

References

External links

Fukio Mitsuji interviewed by CVG
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Taito Legends ''Taito Legends'' is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. The games were originally developed by Taito. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games f ...

compilation {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitsuji, Fukio 1960 births 2008 deaths Japanese video game designers Taito people