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{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
{{for multi|the British company|Matrix Games|the software protocol|Matrix (protocol)}}
{{Notability|Corp|date=December 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Matrix Corporation
| logo = matrixlogo.png
| native_name = 株式会社マトリックス
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Matorikkusu
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = July 1994
| location = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| key_people = Kosuke Ohori (president)
| industry = [[Video games industry|Video games]]
| products = [[#Games developed|See complete products listing]]
| revenue =
| num_employees = 100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/company/profile|title = 会社概要 | 会社案内 | 株式会社マトリックス}}</ref> (2023)
| homepage = {{URL|matrixsoft.co.jp}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Matrix Corporation'''|株式会社マトリックス|Kabushiki gaisha Matorikkusu}}, commonly referred to as '''Matrix Software''', is a Japanese [[video game developer]] located in [[Tokyo]]. Founded in July 1994 by former members of [[Climax Entertainment]] and [[Telenet Japan]], the company has since created games for a number of systems beginning with their [[action-adventure game]] title ''[[Alundra]]'' in April 1997. Matrix has teamed with other developers such as [[Square Enix]] and [[Chunsoft]] to produce games for existing franchises such as ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' and ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', as well as other [[anime]] and [[manga]] properties. In addition to game console development, Matrix Software has also made games for various Japanese [[mobile phone]] brands since 2001.

==Company history==
Matrix Software was founded in July 1994 by Kosuke Ohori and three friends who had each been involved in the video games industry for many years beforehand.<ref name="CH">{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/company/history.html |title=Matrix Software - Company History |year=2008 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |publisher=Matrix Software |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815054947/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/company/history.html |archivedate=2009-08-15 }}</ref> Kosuke, a veteran of the game development industry since high school, joined with former members of [[Climax Entertainment]] and [[Telenet Japan]] to create a company that he felt would "bring people serious game content".<ref name="President">{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/company/president.html |title=Matrix Software - Company Profile - President |year=2008 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |publisher=Matrix Software |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425140434/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/company/president.html |archivedate=2009-04-25 }}</ref> Nearly three years after their establishment, the company released their first game, ''[[Alundra]]'' for the [[PlayStation]] game console in April 1997, which would prove popular enough to receive [[Alundra 2|a sequel]] two years later.<ref name="Alundra2">{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/ps_alundra2.html |title=Matrix Software - Products - Alundra 2 |year=2008 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |publisher=Matrix Software |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705235125/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/ps_alundra2.html |archivedate=2009-07-05 }}</ref> In September 1999, Matrix obtained their first business partner in [[Chunsoft]], with whom they collaborated to create a spin-off to their popular ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series, ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]''.<ref name="Torneko">{{cite web|url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/ps_toruneko2.html |title=Matrix Software - Products - Torneko no Daibouken 2 |year=2008 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |publisher=Matrix Software |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310160640/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/ps_toruneko2.html |archivedate=2009-03-10 }}</ref> Since then, the company would join with other companies to create games for other entertainment franchises such as [[Yoshihiro Togashi]]'s ''[[YuYu Hakusho]]'', [[Eiichiro Oda]]'s ''[[One Piece]]'', and [[Square Enix]]'s ''[[Final Fantasy]]''.<ref name="Product">{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/product.html |title=Matrix Software - Products |year=2008 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |publisher=Matrix Software |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316050831/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/product.html |archivedate=2009-03-16 }}</ref> In later years, Matrix would focus on [[Mobile game|mobile games]], developing [[Casual game|casual games]] as well as ports of games in the ''[[Professor Layton]]'' series.{{fact|date=January 2025}}

==Games developed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Publisher(s) !! Platform(s)
|-
| {{dts|1997|04|11|format=y}} || ''[[Alundra]]'' || [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]] || rowspan="5"| [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
|-
| {{dts|1998|02|26|format=y}} || ''[[Nectaris series|Nectaris: Military Madness]]'' || [[Hudson Soft]]
|-
| {{dts|1999|05|20|format=y}} || ''Tamago de Puzzle'' || Sony Computer Entertainment
|-
| {{dts|1999|09|15|format=y}} || ''[[Torneko: The Last Hope]]'' || [[Enix]]
|-
| {{dts|1999|11|18|format=y}} || ''[[Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins]]'' || rowspan="2"| Sony Computer Entertainment
|-
| {{dts|2002|02|14|format=y}} || ''[[Dual Hearts]]'' || rowspan="7"| [[PlayStation 2]]
|-
| {{dts|2002|10|31|format=y}} || ''[[Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko no Daibōken 3]]'' || Enix
|-
| {{dts|2002|12|19|format=y}} || ''Toukon Inoki Michi: Puzzle de Daa!'' || [[Pacific Century Cyber Works]]
|-
| {{dts|2004|03|25|format=y}} || ''[[Dragon Quest V]]'' || [[Square Enix]]
|-
| {{dts|2004|06|29|format=y}} || ''[[The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigi no Dungeon]]'' || [[Arika]]
|-
| {{dts|2005|03|31|format=y}} || ''Onmyou Taisenki: Byakko Enbu'' || [[Bandai]]
|-
| {{dts|2005|05|19|format=y}} || ''[[List of YuYu Hakusho video games#YūYū Hakusho Forever|YūYū Hakusho Forever]]'' || [[Banpresto]]
|-
| {{dts|2005|06|23|format=y}} || ''Onmyou Taisenki: Hasha no In'' || rowspan="2"| Bandai
|-
| {{dts|2005|12|01|format=y}} || ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure|Futari wa Precure Max Heart: Danzen! DS]]'' || [[Nintendo DS]]
|-
| {{dts|2006|08|24|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy III (2006 video game)|Final Fantasy III]]'' || Square Enix || Nintendo DS, [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[PlayStation Portable]]
|-
| {{dts|2006|09|14|format=y}} || ''[[Cluster Edge]]'' || [[Marvelous Entertainment]] || PlayStation 2
|-
| {{dts|2006|12|02|format=y}} || ''[[Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King]]'' || Banpresto || [[Wii]]
|-
| {{dts|2007|03|15|format=y}} || ''[[Lost in Blue 2]]'' || [[Konami]] || rowspan="3"| Nintendo DS
|-
| {{dts|2007|08|30|format=y}} || ''[[List of One Piece video games#One Piece Gear Spirit|One Piece Gear Spirit]]'' || [[Bandai Namco Games]]
|-
| {{dts|2007|12|20|format=y}} || ''[[Lost in Blue 3]]'' || Konami
|-
| {{dts|2007|12|20|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy IV (2007 video game)|Final Fantasy IV]]'' || rowspan="3"| Square Enix || Nintendo DS, iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2008|02|18|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy IV: The After Years]]'' || [[Mobile game|Mobile]], [[Wii]], iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2008|04|17|format=y}} || ''Maji de Manabu: LEC de Ukaru - DS Hishou Boki 3-Kyuu'' || rowspan="3"| Nintendo DS
|-
| {{dts|2008|11|01|format=y}} || ''[[Avalon Code]]'' || Marvelous Entertainment
|-
| {{dts|2008|11|06|format=y}} || ''[[Nostalgia (video game)|Nostalgia]]'' || [[Tecmo]]
|-
| {{dts|2009|08|06|format=y}} || ''[[Tales of VS.]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=株式会社マトリックス/製品/PSP/TALES OF VS |url=http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/psp_tovs.html |publisher=Matrix Software |accessdate=13 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816210530/http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/consumer/psp_tovs.html |archivedate=16 August 2009 }}</ref> || Bandai Namco Games || PlayStation Portable
|-
| {{dts|2009|10|29|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light]]''<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.square-enix.co.jp/hikarino4sensi/ |title = 光の4戦士 -ファイナルファンタジー外伝- | Square Enix}}</ref> || rowspan="5"| Square Enix || Nintendo DS
|-
| {{dts|2009|11|19|format=y}} || ''[[Dragon Quest III]]'' || Mobile, iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2010|02|25|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' || iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2010|09|06|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions]]'' || rowspan="2"| Mobile, Android, iOS
|-
| {{dts|2010|11|24|format=y}} || ''Dragon Quest Monsters: Wanted!''
|-
| {{dts|2011|02|03|format=y}} || ''[[White Knight Chronicles: Origins]]'' || Sony Computer Entertainment || PlayStation Portable
|-
| {{dts|2011|05|26|format=y}} || ''Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan'' || Bandai Namco Games || Nintendo DS
|-
| {{dts|2011|07|28|format=y}} || ''[[Groove Coaster]]'' || [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] || iOS
|-
| {{dts|2012|09|21|format=y}} || ''[[Layton Brothers: Mystery Room]]'' || [[Level-5 (video game company)|Level-5]] || iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2013|03|28|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' || rowspan="5"| Square Enix || iOS, Android, [[Microsoft Windows]]
|-
| {{dts|2013|11|27|format=y}} || ''[[Dragon Quest (video game)|Dragon Quest]]'' || rowspan="2"| iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2013|11|28|format=y}} || ''Dragon Quest Portal App''
|-
| {{dts|2014|01|15|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' || iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows
|-
| {{dts|2014|06|26|format=y}} || ''[[Dragon Quest II]]'' || iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2015|02|03|format=y}} || ''Hachamecha! Gremlins Wars'' || [[Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment]] || iOS
|-
| {{dts|2015|07|01|format=y}} || ''[[Groove Coaster|Groove Coaster 2]]'' || Taito || rowspan="2"| iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2015|02|12|format=y}} || ''[[Final Fantasy Dimensions II]]'' || Square Enix
|-
| {{dts|2015|11|19|format=y}} || ''[[Omega Labyrinth]]'' || [[D3 Publisher]] || [[PlayStation Vita]]
|-
| {{dts|2016|03|10|format=y}} || ''[[Groove Coaster|Groove Coaster 3: Link Fever]]'' || rowspan="2"| Taito || rowspan="2"| [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
|-
| {{dts|2017|03|16|format=y}} || ''[[Groove Coaster|Groove Coaster 3EX: Dream Party]]''
|-
| {{dts|2017|07|06|format=y}} || ''[[Omega Labyrinth Z]]'' || D3 Publisher || [[PlayStation 4]], PlayStation Vita
|-
| {{dts|2018|03|29|format=y}} || ''[[Groove Coaster|Groove Coaster 4: Starlight Road]]'' || Taito || Arcade
|-
| {{dts|2018|09|26|format=y}} || ''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village|Professor Layton and the Curious Village HD]]'' || Level-5 || iOS, Android
|-
| {{dts|2018|11|29|format=y}} || ''Billion Road'' || Bandai Namco Entertainment || [[Nintendo Switch]], Windows
|-
| {{dts|2018|12|5|format=y}} || ''[[Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box|Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box HD]]'' || Level-5 || iOS, Android
|-
| rowspan="5" |2019
|''Omega Labyrinth Life''
|D3 Publisher
|PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
|-
|''DJ Nobunaga''
|Square Enix
| rowspan="8" |iOS, Android
|-
|''Balloonio''
| rowspan="4" |mspo
|-
|''Cube Runnings''
|-
|''Crowd Rescue''
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|''Pie Throw''
|-
|''[[Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia]]''
|[[Happinet]]
|-
|[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future|''Professor Layton and the Unwound Future HD'']]
|Level-5
|-
|''Samurai Slash''
|[[Ketchapp]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel Saikyo Battle Royale]]''
|Konami
|Nintendo Switch
|-
|''Rogue Vill''
|[[GungHo Online Entertainment]]
|iOS, Android
|}

==See also==
* [[Climax Entertainment]]
* [[Telenet Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.matrixsoft.co.jp/ Matrix Software Homepage] {{in lang|ja}}

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