Company:Artoon
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Fate | Absorbed into AQ Interactive (parent company) |
| Founded | August 27, 1999[1] |
| Defunct | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Yokohama, Japan[2] |
Key people | Naoto Ohshima (founder)[1] |
| Owner | AQ Interactive |
Artoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999. It became a subsidiary of AQ Interactive in May 2004 and became a wholly owned subsidiary in June 2005. The team was primarily affiliated in the United States with Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.
Key Artoon personnel include Yoji Ishii, Manabu Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Takeshita, Yutaka Sugano, Masamichi Harada, Takuya Matsumoto and Naoto Ohshima. When the company formed, it drew personnel and talent from several of Sega's development teams, particularly those which worked on Sonic the Hedgehog (created by Ōshima), and Panzer Dragoon.[citation needed] The developer had approximately 85 employees. The company's focus was to create original game content for various consoles.[2] Artoon became defunct when the parent company, AQ Interactive, filed for bankruptcy.
Artoon was situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan . A secondary studio was maintained in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.
Artoon, along with feelplus and Cavia, were all absorbed into parent company AQ Interactive.[3]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Pinobee | Hudson Soft | Game Boy Advance, PlayStation |
| 2002 | The King of Fighters EX: Neo-Blood | Game Boy Advance | |
| 2002 | Ghost Vibration | Eidos Japan[4] Infogrames Europe[5] |
PlayStation 2 |
| 2002 | Pinobee and Phoebee | Hudson Soft | Game Boy Advance |
| 2002 | Ghost Trap | Eidos Interactive | |
| 2002 | Blinx | Microsoft Game Studios | Xbox |
| 2004 | Blinx 2 | ||
| 2004 | Yoshi Topsy-Turvy | Nintendo | Game Boy Advance |
| 2005 | Swords of Destiny | Marvelous Entertainment | PlayStation 2 |
| 2006 | Blue Dragon | Microsoft Game Studios | Xbox 360 |
| 2007 | Vampire Rain | AQ Interactive | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
| 2007 | Yoshi's Island DS | Nintendo | Nintendo DS |
| 2008 | The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei | AQ Interactive | Wii |
| 2008 | Away | Nintendo DS | |
| 2009 | The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Uta Dekichatte Kei | ||
| 2009 | Echoshift | Sony Computer Entertainment | PlayStation Portable |
| 2010 | Club Penguin: Game Day! | Disney Interactive Studios | Wii |
| 2010 | FlingSmash | Nintendo | |
| 2011 | The Last Story |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Artoon Profile Page. Retrieved on August 29, 2008 (in Japanese)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official Artoon Profile Page. Retrieved on August 29, 2008
- ↑ "Artoon And Feelplus Also Absorbed Into AQ Interactive // Siliconera". http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/13/artoon-and-feelplus-also-absorbed-into-aq-interactive/.
- ↑ "Ghost Vibration?". June 5, 2002. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/06/05/ghost-vibration.
- ↑ "Atari UK". http://www.uk.atari.com/index.php?pg=game_detail&productID=99.
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