Creatures (company)
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | November 8, 1995 |
| Headquarters | Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Hirokazu Tanaka (President) |
| Products | Various video game titles for Nintendo |
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Number of employees
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84[1] (as of April 2014) |
| Website | creatures.co.jp |
Creatures Inc. (株式会社クリーチャーズ Kabushiki-gaisha Kurīchāzu?) is an affiliate of Nintendo and a Japanese video game development company. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc.[2] It is well known for producing Pokémon card games and toys. Its current President is Hirokazu Tanaka. The company has its headquarters on the second floor of the Gobancho KU Building (五番町KUビル Gobanchō KU Biru?) in Chiyoda, Tokyo,[3] in proximity to the Japan Rail Ichigaya Station.[4]
Contents
History
Creatures, Inc. was established on November 8, 1995.[5]
Previously Creatures had its headquarters on the 7th floor of the Nintendo Kanda Building (任天堂神田ビル Nintendō Kanda Biru?) in Sudachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.[6] At a later point it was headquartered in the fifth floor annex of the kawasakiteitoku Building (川崎定徳ビル kawasakiteitoku Biru?) in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo.[7] Creatures are also well known for making Pokémon card games and toys for the Pokémon Franchise.[8]
Ape Inc. was founded in March 1989 and Shigesato Itoi became its chief executive officer. Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi had wanted to support new talent in game design. Liking Itoi's work, he proposed the idea of the company to Itoi and invested in it. Ape's staff included Tsunekazu Ishihara, who later became the Pokémon Company's CEO, and Ashura Benimaru Itoh, a renowned illustrator. They began work on Mother, which released in July. Its music was composed by Hip Tanaka, who later became the second CEO of Creatures.[9] The team continued with work on Mother 2. When the project began to falter, Satoru Iwata of HAL Laboratories was brought in to help the project. The game was released in August 1994 and the Ape team dismantled. Creatures began in 1995 under CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara and former staff from Ape.[9]
List of games developed
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mother (1989)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- EarthBound (1994)
- Mario's Super Picross (1995)
Nintendo 64
- EarthBound 64 (1999, Cancelled)
Game Boy
- Mario's Picross (1995)
- Pocket Camera (1998)
Game Boy Color
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game) (1998)
- Chee-Chai Alien (2001)
Game Boy Advance
- Machop at Work (2001) E-reader
- Kingler's Day (2001) E-reader
- Nonono Puzzle Chalien (2004)
- Pokémon Emerald (2005)
- Mother 3 (2006, Japan only)
Nintendo DS
- PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS (2005)
- Project Hacker (2005) (with Red Entertainment)
- Pokémon Ranger (2006–2007) (with HAL Laboratory)
- Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008)
- Personal Trainer: Walking (2008) (with Nintendo and Engines)
- Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (2010)
Wii
- PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (2009)
- PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond (2011)
References
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- ↑ "Company." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Access Map." (Direct image link) Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Company Profile." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "設立 1995年11月8日"
- ↑ "Creatures Welcome Page." Creatures Inc. March 2, 2000. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "千代田区神田須田町1–22任天堂神田ビル7F"
- ↑ "Welcome to Creatures Inc." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "東京都中央区日本橋3-2-5川崎定徳ビル別館5F."
- ↑ "Creatures Pokémon game cards and toys." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "ポケモンカードゲームXY スーパーレジェンドデッキ60「ゼルネアスEX・イベルタルEX」2014.11.14"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://earthboundcentral.com/2009/03/quick-history-of-the-mother-series/
External links
- Creatures Inc., the official Japanese website
- Creatures Inc. HTML English
