1-Up Studio

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Template:Nihongo foot (stylized as "1-UP STUDIO"), formerly Template:Nihongo foot is a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded on June 30, 2000 by Square alumni Shinichi Kameoka and Kouji Tsuda, who worked on the Mana series. The studio developed games for both Nintendo and Square Enix, including Magical Vacation and Sword of Mana.

On February 1, 2013, the company announced that due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo, they were undergoing a change in internal structure. As a result, the company took on its current name. At the same time, Kameoka left to form a new studio, Brownies.

Since the 2010s, the company has mainly worked as a support studio to Nintendo EPD, with its staff mainly consisting of artists, game designers, and programmers.[1]

History

Brownie Brown logo, in brown, containing a gnome between the words
Logo as Brownie Brown

1-Up was founded on June 30, 2000 as Brownie Brown, and consisted of many 2D artists formerly of Square. Founders Shinichi Kameoka and Kouji Tsuda had previously worked on the Mana series on the Game Boy and Super NES platforms.[2] They left Square due to "differing ideals." The studio's name came from the Brownies, fairies of Scottish folklore said to be hardworking and friendly, which Kameoka believed fit the team's style (a Brownie is featured in the studio's logo).[3] He elaborated that he wanted to make Game Boy Advance games, leading to the creation of Brownie Brown.[4]

The company's first original creation was the Japan-only Magical Vacation for the Game Boy Advance, which was released in 2001. Another popular title developed by Brownie Brown was Sword of Mana, which was created for and published by Square Enix. Thought to be a new title in the Seiken Densetsu series, it was actually an enhanced remake of the first game in the series, Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (known as Mystic Quest in Europe and Final Fantasy Adventure in North America).

The company has also been credited with the development of Mother 3 in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy Advance, and Magical Starsign (Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align in Japan) for the Nintendo DS. Brownie Brown expressed interest in a Nintendo DS port of Mother 3 if Nintendo asked them to make it, and that they would like it to be enjoyed by fans abroad.[5]

While the company only developed games for Nintendo's handheld consoles up to this point, the company had previously announced a title for the GameCube, named Gofuku, which was scheduled for release in 2005 and announced alongside Magical Starsign.[6][7]

The company later released Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS, developed alongside Mistwalker,[8] and entered into the downloadable games market in 2009 with A Kappa's Trail, a DSiWare game.[9] Brownie Brown also worked on the DS title Livly Garden, based on a browser game from So-net Entertainment, released in Japan on January 28, 2010,[10] and aided in the development of two Level-5 titles, Professor Layton's London Life, a bonus game included with Professor Layton and the Last Specter, and Fantasy Life, for the DS and 3DS respectively.[11]

On February 1, 2013, the company announced on their original official website that, as a result of their recent development cooperation efforts with Nintendo, Brownie Brown had undergone changes in internal structure, which included officially changing its name to 1-Up Studio and becoming a support studio for Nintendo.[4][12] Upon the changes, Kameoka left 1-Up Studio to found Brownies, seeking to make original games.[4][13] In the same year, Yoshiaki Koizumi became part of the board of directors of the company as one of its directors.[14]

In 2020, the company moved its headquarters to the new Nintendo Tokyo Office building at Kanda Square, Tokyo with Nintendo EPD Tokyo, Nintendo PTD Tokyo, HAL Laboratory Head Office and Tokyo R&D Center, and Game Freak.[15]

Games developed or co-developed

As Brownie Brown

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Role[16]
2001 Magical Vacation Game Boy Advance Nintendo Lead developer
2003 Sword of ManaTemplate:Efn Square Enix
2006 Mother 3Template:Efn Nintendo
Magical Starsign[17] Nintendo DS
2007 Heroes of ManaTemplate:Efn Square Enix
2008 Blue Dragon Plus[18] AQ Interactive
2009 A Kappa's Trail Nintendo DSi Nintendo
Professor Layton's London Life[19]Template:Efn Nintendo DS Level-5 Co-developer
2010 Livly Garden Marvelous Entertainment Lead developer
2011 Super Mario 3D Land[20]Template:Efn Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Design, level design
2012 Fantasy LifeTemplate:Efn Level-5 Co-developer

As 1-Up Studio

Year Title Platform(s) Publisher Role[16]
2013 Flipnote Studio 3DTemplate:Efn Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Design, programming
Super Mario 3D WorldTemplate:Efn Wii U Design, level design, sound
2014 Captain Toad: Treasure TrackerTemplate:Efn Design, level design, sound
2015 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force HeroesTemplate:Efn Nintendo 3DS Design, programming
2017 Super Mario OdysseyTemplate:Efn Nintendo Switch Design, level design, CG tool programming, sound
2018 Captain Toad: Treasure TrackerTemplate:Efn Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch Design, level design, sound
2019 Ring Fit AdventureTemplate:Efn Nintendo Switch Design, planning, programming
2020 Animal Crossing: New HorizonsTemplate:Efn Design
Super Mario 3D All-StarsTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn Design
2021 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FuryTemplate:Efn Design, level design, CG tool programming, sound
2025 Mario Kart WorldTemplate:Efn[21] Nintendo Switch 2 Design
Donkey Kong BananzaTemplate:Efn Design, level design, programming, sound

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