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==History== Genius Sonority began operations in July 2001 for the original purpose of developing ''Pokémon'' games for home consoles and was officially incorporated in June 2002, with funding provided by [[Nintendo]] president [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]]’s Q Fund, a cash reserve used for Nintendo game company start-ups.<ref>{{cite web | date=August 8, 2002 | title=Yamauchi Q Fund sees Dragon Quest start-up | url=http://news.spong.com/article/3612/Yamauchi-Q-Fund-sees-Dragon-Quest-start-up | work=Spong.com | accessdate=2009-07-27}}</ref> Current shareholders of the company include Yamana Satoru, Nintendo, and [[The Pokémon Company]].<ref name="company"/> The company's founder and current president, [[Manabu Yamana]], is best known as a key person at [[Heartbeat (company)|Heartbeat]], a company that developed games in the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series for [[Enix]].<ref name="yamana">{{cite web | author=Long, Andrew | date=August 7, 2002 | title=Nintendo Lures RPG Talent | url=http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2002/080702d.html | work=RPGamer.com | accessdate=2009-07-27}}</ref> Yamana was joined in his efforts by members of [[Creatures Inc.]], the second-party Nintendo subsidiary responsible for the ''[[EarthBound (series)|Earthbound]]'' series.<ref name="yamana"/> As well as developing various ''Pokémon''-related titles, they also assisted in the development of ''[[Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors]]'' for the [[Wii]] with [[Eighting]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} The game was released in Japan in July 2007, and the rest of the world within ten months.
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