Spike Chunsoft

Spike Chunsoft
Native name
 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト
Kabushikigaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto
Formerly
 Chunsoft (1984–2012)
Subsidiary
Industry Video game industry
Founded April 9, 1984 (1984-04-09)[1]
Headquarters Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Koichi Nakamura (Chairman and CEO)
Mitsutoshi Sakurai (President and CEO)
Products
Number of employees
 200[2] (2016)
Parent Dwango
Website spike-chunsoft.co.jp

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト, Hepburn: Kabushikigaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto) is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video game and visual novels. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd and merged with Spike in 2012. It is owned by Dwango.[3]

The logo of Chunsoft before the Spike merger.

History

The company Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer and programmer who had clasped with Enix. The "Chun" in the company name, is from the company founder name's first kanji Naka (中), meanwhile Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong.[4] Spike Chunsoft is the creator of the Mystery Dungeon series, the first five installments of the Dragon Quest series of role-playing video games, and the graphic adventure game series Danganronpa and Zero Escape.

In 2017, Spike Chunsoft established a North American subsidiary based in Long Beach, California to carry out future localization of its games in addition to projects developed by 5pb games parent company Mages under a newly formed partnership.[5]

Titles

Developed games

Developed as Chunsoft

Developed as Spike Chunsoft

Published games

Games localized for Japanese release

Games localized for Western release

References

  1. ↑ "株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト". 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30.
  2. ↑ 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフトの公式サト (in Japanese). spike-chunsoft.co.jp. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ "株式会社ドワンゴ". Archived from the original on 2014-03-10.
  4. ↑ 志田英邦『ゲーム・マエストロ VOL.2 プロデューサー/ディレクター編(2)』毎日コミュニケーションズ、2000年、p.16。中村光一インタビュー。
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Kenka Bancho 6 Ready To Brawl In January 2015". November 9, 2014. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ 『ポケモン超不思議のダンジョン』公式サイト (in Japanese). Pokemon.co.jp. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Spike Chunsoft and tri-Ace's RPG Has A Bunch Of Valkyrie Profile-Like Features". July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ "One Piece: Burning Blood announced for PS4, PS Vita - Gematsu". September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Aksys Games Announces 3rd Game in Zero Escape Series". Archived from the original on 2015-08-06.
  11. ↑ "A new Fire Pro Wrestling game is coming to PS4, Steam". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03.
  12. ↑ "New Danganronpa V3 launches January 2017 in Japan - Gematsu". September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016.
  13. ↑ https://gematsu.com/2018/04/dena-and-spike-chunsoft-mystery-dungeon-team-announce-roguelike-rpg-seikimatsu-days-our-eras-end-for-smartphones
  14. ↑ Williams, Mike (April 25, 2017). "Danganronpa Team Announces Zanki Zero for PS4 and Vita". Archived from the original on April 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ Shigeta, Yuichi (July 6, 2018). "打越鋼太郎が手掛ける本格推理ADV『AI：ソムニウム ファイル』がPS4/Switch/PC向けに発表！". IGN (in Japanese). Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  16. ↑ "『シュタインズ・ゲート ゼロ』Steam版が5月9日より販売開始". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. April 25, 2018. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  17. ↑ Romano, Sal (March 23, 2018). "Steins;Gate 0 coming to PC via Steam on May 8". Gematsu. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  18. 1 2 3 Romano, Sal (March 23, 2018). "Steins;Gate Elite coming west for PS4, Switch, and PC in 2018". Gematsu. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  19. ↑ Romano, Sal (March 23, 2018). "428: Shibuya Scramble delayed to summer in the west". Gematsu. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  20. ↑ Barnett, Brian (March 23, 2018). "PixelJunk Monsters 2 Coming in May to Switch, PS4, and Steam". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
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