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Arzest

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Arzest Corporation
Native name
株式会社アーゼスト
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJune 25, 2010
HeadquartersYokohama, Japan
Key people
Number of employees
80
Websitewww.arzest.jp/english/index.html

Arzest Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社アーゼスト, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Āzesuto) is a Japanese video game development company that develops games for video game consoles. It was formed on June 25, 2010 by key members of Artoon, which was also founded by Executive Vice President Naoto Ohshima, best known as the character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as his nemesis Doctor Eggman. Arzest was also founded by key Artoon and Sega members who worked on the Panzer Dragoon series.

Company profile

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They were recruited by Nintendo to work on mini-games in Wii Play: Motion for the Wii. According to their portion of the credits of the game, as many as a dozen of former Artoon and Sega employees now work at Arzest.

They worked on additional new features of one of the main Nintendo 3DS built-in software applications StreetPass Mii Plaza, such as adding SpotPass features to Puzzle Swap among others.

Arzest has since released several retail games on the 3DS: Yoshi's New Island in 2014, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 2016, and Hey! Pikmin in 2017.

Games

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Game Year Platform(s) Notes
Wii Play: Motion 2011 Wii Developed games: Spooky Search, Jump Park, and Cone Zone
StreetPass Mii Plaza 2011 Nintendo 3DS Built-in app for console; also developed StreetPass Explorers / Mii Trek
Time Travelers 2012 3DS, PSP, PS Vita Character modeling
Slot Monsters 2013 Android, iOS
Yoshi's New Island 2014 3DS Published by Nintendo
Terra Battle 2015 Android, iOS Co-developed with Mistwalker
Boost Beast Android, iOS, Browser, Kindle, Nintendo Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 2016 3DS Not involved in the Wii U version
Hey! Pikmin 2017 Published by Nintendo
Terra Wars[2] 2018 Android, iOS Co-developed with Mistwalker
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey 2019 3DS Developed Giant Battles section, Published by Nintendo
Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle 2020 Android, iOS Programmed rhythm game, Published by Idea Factory
Balan Wonderworld 2021 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch Co-developed with Square Enix (under the Balan Company brand) and published by Square Enix
Fantasian iOS Co-developed with Mistwalker
Sonic Superstars[3] 2023 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch Co-developed with Sonic Team

References

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  1. ^ Ohshima, Naoto [@NaotoOhshima] (July 7, 2022). 株式会社アーゼストの代表取締役社長に就任致しました。これまで同様にゲームデザイナーとして、ゲームを作って参ります。今後ともご支援をよろしくお願いします。ありがとうございました。 (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Terra Wars".
  3. ^ "Sonic Superstars is developed by original designer's studio, Sega confirms". VGC. 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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