{"id":127808,"date":"2022-09-03T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-137085"},"modified":"2022-09-03T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:30:00","slug":"river-city-ransom-director-miracle-kidz-president-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/03\/river-city-ransom-director-miracle-kidz-president-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"River City Ransom Director &amp; Miracle Kidz President Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/19f4a67f71961\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/19f4a67f71961\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Worked on multiple classics at Techn\u014ds Japan<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMCAzMCI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <span>7 hours ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Jp. Large2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3acd3f305f18d\/jp-large2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNjIzIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"623\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3acd3f305f18d\/jp-large2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Jp. Large2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari Japanese box art<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got some incredibly sad news coming out of Japan today. Miracle Kidz president Mitsuhiro Yoshida passed away at the end of last month on August 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Yoshida worked at Techn\u014ds Japan (known best for the beat &#8217;em up series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/double_dragon\">Double Dragon<\/a>) &#8211; helping create classics like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/river_city_ransom\">Kunio-kun<\/a> (Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/river_city_ransom\">River City Ransom \/ Street Gangs<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/super_dodge_ball\">Super Dodge Ball<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/nintendo_world_cup\">Nintendo World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His current indie studio Miracle Kidz was comprised of former Techn\u014ds Japan employees and is also known for working on the Kunio-kun series, now under the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/06\/arc_system_works_now_owns_the_rights_to_all_of_technos_japans_titles\">ownership of Arc System Works<\/a>. Here&#8217;s the brief statement it released via social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Miracle Kidz President, Mitsuhiro Yoshida (\u5409\u7530\u6644\u6d69) passed away suddenly on August 30. He was the creator of the \u201cRiver City Ransom(Downtown Nekketsu)\u201d series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>On behalf of the community here at Nintendo Life, our thoughts go out to Mitsuhiro Yoshida&#8217;s family and friends.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mitsuhiro Yoshida, president of Miracle Kidz and one of the key creative figures behind classic Kunio-kun titles including NES Super Dodge Ball and River City Ransom, passed away suddenly on August 30. R.I.P.\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMLvskPV1m\">https:\/\/t.co\/pMLvskPV1m<\/a><\/span>\u2014 GSK | https:\/\/blacklivesmatters.carrd.co\/#donate (@gosokkyu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gosokkyu\/status\/1565926784692264961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/news\/2022\/09\/river-city-ransom-director-mitsuhiro-yoshida-has-passed-away\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/news\/2022\/09\/river-city-ransom-director-mitsuhiro-yoshida-has-passed-away\">timeextension.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com.ssl\/retro\/related-info\/872a27b4d2337bf6c9e3a12304b64cf2 @ 2022-09-03T21:39:56+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>See Also<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\">\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worked on multiple classics at Techn\u014ds Japan by Liam Doolan 7 hours ago Image: Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari Japanese box art We&#8217;ve got some incredibly sad news coming out of Japan today. Miracle Kidz president Mitsuhiro Yoshida passed away at the end of last month on August 30th. Yoshida worked at Techn\u014ds Japan (known best for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}