Artoon (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Āto~ūn) is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. The team is primarily affiliated in the United States with recent and current Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they have 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 Ōshima. 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. Currently, the developer has approximately 85 employees. The company's focus is to create original game content for various consoles.[2]
Artoon is currently situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. A secondary studio is maintained in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
Games developed by Artoon[ | ]
Game Boy Advance[ | ]
- Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (2001)
- Pinobee and Phoebee (2002)
- Ghost Trap (2002)
- The King of Fighters EX: Neo-Blood (2003)
- Yoshi's Universal Gravitation (2004)
Nintendo DS[ | ]
- Yoshi's Island DS (2006)
- Away: Shuffle Dungeon (2008)
- The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei (2009)
PlayStation[ | ]
- Pinobee (2003)
PlayStation 2[ | ]
- Ghost Vibration (2002)
- Swords of Yi (Cancelled)
- Swords of Destiny (2005)
PlayStation 3[ | ]
PlayStation Portable[ | ]
- Echoshift (2010)
Xbox[ | ]
- Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002)
- Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (2004)
Xbox 360[ | ]
- Blue Dragon (2006)
- Vampire Rain (2007)
Wii[ | ]
- The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei (2008)
- Club Penguin: Game Day! (2010)
- FlingSmash (2010)
References[ | ]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Artoon Profile Page. Retrieved on August 29, 2008
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official Artoon Profile Page. Retrieved on August 29, 2008 (English)