Yoshihisa Kishimoto was a Japanese video game designer known primarily for his involvement with Technōs Japan. He was best known for his work on beat 'em up games as the original creator of the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon game franchises, having worked on the original arcade and NES installments in both series. While not the first side-scrolling martial arts action games, as they were predated by Kung-Fu Master, they established the general template and conventions used by the beat 'em up genre
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Double Dragon shaped our childhoods and defined an era of gaming. Remembering its creator, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, and the joy his game brought us.
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the creator of Double Dragon, has died at 64, leaving behind a legacy that's shaped the gaming landscape for decades.
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of Double Dragon, has passed away at 64, leaving behind a legacy that shaped the beat-'em-up genre.
