The producer of a few of Sega’s best video games had been unwell in recent times.
Considered one of Sega’s most prolific builders has died.
Rieko Kodama, who served in a manufacturing and directorial function for Sega video games from Alex Kidd to seventh Dragon and was finest identified for producing the pre-online Phantasy Star video games and Skies of Arcadia, handed away in Might on account of an undisclosed sickness. It was not formally identified till a tribute was found within the recently-released Mega Drive Mini II, however was confirmed in a Twitter put up by former Treasure workers member Yosuke Okunari (as posted at IGN). Sega declined to make a press release on the day out of respect for the household.
Born in 1963, Kodama joined Sega in 1984 and her debut work was as a personality designer for SG-1000 title Champion Boxing (additionally the debut work for Yu Suzuki). After engaged on artwork for Alex Kidd in Miracle World, she went on to create the artwork for 1987’s Phantasy Star. Her work continued by the remainder of the collection on the Genesis/Mega Drive, and into the 1995/1998 RPG primarily based on the Magic Knight Rayearth anime collection for the Saturn. Her later works embrace Dreamcast / GameCube RPG Skies of Arcadia, the seventh Dragon collection together with 2016 3DS title seventh Dragon III Code: VFD, and the Sega Ages title on Change.
Kodama was one of many first main feminine recreation builders, particularly in Japan; she was as soon as known as “the primary girl of RPGs” by Nintendo Energy. She obtained the Pioneer Award from the Sport Developer’s Affiliation, however was unable to journey to the 2019 ceremony on account of sickness.
