Genius Sonority
Genius Sonority (ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社, Jiniasu Sonoriti Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese video game development studio, whose staff consists of programmers who have previously worked on the Dragon Quest series of video games.
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Type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | June 2002[1] |
Headquarters | Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Key people | Manabu Yamana (president, CEO)[1] |
Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
Number of employees | 22[2] |
Website | https://www.geniussonority.co.jp/ |
History
Genius Sonority was incorporated in June 2002 for the original purpose of developing Pokémon games for home consoles, with funding provided by Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi’s Q Fund, a cash reserve used for Nintendo game company start-ups.[3] Current shareholders of the company include Yamana Satoru, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company.[1] The company's founder and current president, Manabu Yamana, is best known as a key person at Heartbeat, a company that developed games in the Dragon Quest series for Enix.[4] Yamana was joined in his efforts by members of Creatures Inc., the second-party Nintendo subsidiary responsible for the EarthBound series.[4]
As well as developing various Pokémon-related titles, they also co-developed Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for the Wii with Eighting.[5] The game was released in Japan in July 2007, and the rest of the world within ten months.
Titles
Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
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2003 | Pokémon Colosseum | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
2005 | Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | ||
2006 | Pokémon Trozei! | ||
Pokémon Battle Revolution | |||
2007 | Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors | Square Enix | Co-developed with Eighting |
100 Classic Book Collection | Nintendo | ||
2008 | Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell | Disney Interactive | |
2010 | Otona no Renai Shōsetsu: Harlequin Selection[6] | Nintendo | |
2011 | Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
2012 | The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave | Genius Sonority | |
The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves | |||
2013 | The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll | ||
2014 | Pokémon Battle Trozei | The Pokémon Company | |
The Denpa Men RPG Free! | Genius Sonority | ||
2015 | Pokémon Shuffle | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
2017 | The New Denpa Men | Genius Sonority | |
2020 | Pokemon Cafe Mix[7] | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company |
References
- "会社紹介 (About Us)". GeniusSonority.jp (in Japanese). April 1, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- "ジニアス・ソノリティ".
- "Yamauchi Q Fund sees Dragon Quest start-up". Spong.com. 2002-08-08. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- Long, Andrew (2002-08-07). "Nintendo Lures RPG Talent". RPGamer.com. Archived from the original on 2002-08-13. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- Gantayat, Anoop (2007-01-23). "Dragon Quest Swords Update". IGN. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
- Nintendo.co.jp
- "Pokémon Café Mix for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details". Nintendo. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)