Fukio Mitsuji
Encyclopedia
, also known as 'MTJ', was a Japanese game designer and game artist
.
Mitsuji is best known for his work at Taito
, where he created popular arcade platform
game Bubble Bobble
and its follow-up Rainbow Islands
. He later ran a game design school, and worked freelance creating games such as Magical Puzzle Popils
for Game Gear.
Game artist
A game artist is an artist who creates art for one or more types of games. Game artists are responsible for all of the aspects of game development that call for visual art...
.
Mitsuji is best known for his work at Taito
Taito
Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa...
, where he created popular arcade platform
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
game Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble
is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding...
and its follow-up Rainbow Islands
Rainbow Islands
is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The game is subtitled "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" and is the sequel to Taito's hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year...
. He later ran a game design school, and worked freelance creating games such as Magical Puzzle Popils
Magical Puzzle Popils
Magical Puzzle Popils is a stage based puzzle, platform, video game for the Sega Game Gear. It was released in the early 1990s by Tengen in Japan...
for Game Gear.
List of major works
| Title | Year released | Platform | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Dead Heat | 1985 | Arcade | |
| Land Sea Air Squad | 1986 | Arcade | Staff |
| Halley's Comet | 1986 | Arcade | |
| Bubble Bobble Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding... |
1986 | Arcade | Game Design, Character Design |
| Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The game is subtitled "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" and is the sequel to Taito's hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year... |
1987 | Arcade | Story and Game Design, Character Design |
| Syvalion Syvalion is an arcade video game released by Taito in 1988. The player controls a metal dragon with shooter gameplay. This game was designed by Fukio Mitsuji, creator of Bubble Bobble.It was re-released for PC, PS2 and Xbox as a part of Taito Legends 2 in 2006.-Trivia:... |
1988 | Arcade | Staff |
| Darius II Darius II (arcade game) Darius II, released outside of Japan as Sagaia, is a 1989 arcade video game by Taito. It is the direct sequel to Darius, first released in arcades in 1989. The arcade version kept the same three-screen format as the first game... |
1989 | Arcade | Game Designer |
| Volfied Volfied is an arcade game released by Taito in 1989.A port for MS-DOS has been developed by Empire Interactive and published by Taito in 1991.... |
1989 | Arcade | Game Design, Character Design |
| Magical Puzzle Popils Magical Puzzle Popils Magical Puzzle Popils is a stage based puzzle, platform, video game for the Sega Game Gear. It was released in the early 1990s by Tengen in Japan... |
1991 | Game Gear |
External links
- Wayback Machine archive of MTJ Game Designer's School website
- Fukio Mitsuji interviewed by CVG
- Video interview from Taito LegendsTaito LegendsTaito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in October 2005. The games were originally developed by Taito Corporation. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation...
compilation