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Genius Sonority

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Genius Sonority, Inc.
Native name
ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedTemplate:Sda[1]
HeadquartersNihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Key people
Manabu Yamana (president, CEO)[1]
ProductsGames for Nintendo video game consoles
Number of employees
20 (2024)[2]
WebsiteGenius Sonority

Genius Sonority, Inc. (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.

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 affiliate, which jointly owns the Pokémon Company and IP along with Nintendo and Game Freak.[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.

Genius Sonority's current flagship franchise is The Denpa Men, an RPG franchise revolving around forming a party by catching creatures known as "Denpa Men", who are randomly generated based on nearby Wi-Fi signals. The first game in the franchise, Software:The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, was released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012, and several games followed, including a mobile title and an entry for Nintendo Switch.

Titles

Year Title Platform Publisher Notes
2003 Pokémon Colosseum GameCube Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
2005 Software:Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness GameCube
2006 Pokémon Trozei! Nintendo DS
Pokémon Battle Revolution Wii
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Wii Square Enix Co-developed with Eighting
100 Classic Book Collection Nintendo DS Nintendo
2008 Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell Nintendo DS Disney Interactive
2010 Otona no Renai Shōsetsu: Harlequin Selection [6] Nintendo DS Nintendo
2011 Software:Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure Nintendo DS Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
2012 Software:The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave Nintendo 3DS Genius Sonority
The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves Nintendo 3DS
2013 The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll Nintendo 3DS
2014 Pokémon Battle Trozei Nintendo 3DS Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
The Denpa Men RPG Free! Nintendo 3DS Genius Sonority
2015 Pokémon Shuffle Nintendo 3DS, Android, iOS Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
2017 The New Denpa Men Android, iOS Genius Sonority
2020 Pokémon Café ReMix[7] Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS Nintendo/The Pokémon Company
2024 The New Denpa Men RPG Free! Nintendo Switch Genius Sonority

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "会社紹介 (About Us)" (in ja). GeniusSonority.jp. April 1, 2008. https://www.geniussonority.co.jp/about/. 
  2. ↑ "ジニアス・ソノリティ". https://www.geniussonority.co.jp/about/. 
  3. ↑ "Yamauchi Q Fund sees Dragon Quest start-up". Spong.com. 2002-08-08. https://spong.com/article/3612/Yamauchi-Q-Fund-sees-Dragon-Quest-start-up. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Long, Andrew (2002-08-07). "Nintendo Lures RPG Talent". RPGamer.com. https://archive.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2002/080702d.html. 
  5. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (2007-01-23). "Dragon Quest Swords Update". IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/23/dragon-quest-swords-update. 
  6. ↑ Nintendo.co.jp
  7. ↑ "Pokémon Café Mix for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details". https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-cafe-mix-switch/. 



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