Genius Sonority
Topic: Company
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| 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/ |
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.
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.
Titles
| Year | Title | Publisher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Pokémon Colosseum | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| 2005 | Pokémon XD | ||
| 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 | Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| 2012 | The Denpa Men | 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
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "ジニアス・ソノリティ". https://www.geniussonority.co.jp/about/.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Long, Andrew (2002-08-07). "Nintendo Lures RPG Talent". RPGamer.com. https://archive.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2002/080702d.html.
- ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (2007-01-23). "Dragon Quest Swords Update". IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/23/dragon-quest-swords-update.
- ↑ Nintendo.co.jp
- ↑ "Pokémon Café Mix for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details". https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-cafe-mix-switch/.
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