Genius Sonority

Short description: Japanese video game development studio

Genius Sonority, Inc.
ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Titles
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

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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. ↑ 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/.

## External links

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