Artoon

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Artoon Co., Ltd. (株式会社アートゥーン Kabushiki-Gaisha Ātūn) was a Japanese video game developer established in 1999. It became a subsidiary of AQ Interactive in May 2004 and became a wholly owned subsidiary in June 2005. The team was primarily affiliated in the United States with Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they had also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms.

Overview

Key Artoon personnel include Yoji Ishii, Manabu Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Takeshita, Yutaka Sugano, Masamichi Harada, Takuya Matsumoto and Naoto Ohshima. 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The developer had approximately 85 employees. The company's focus was to create original game content for various consoles.[1] Artoon closed down when the parent company, AQ Interactive, filed for bankruptcy.

Artoon was situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. A secondary studio was maintained in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.

Artoon, along with Feelplus and Cavia, were all absorbed into parent company AQ Interactive.[2]

Games developed

Year Title Publisher(s) Platform(s)
Template:Dts Pinobee: Wings of Adventure Hudson Soft Game Boy Advance, PlayStation
Template:Dts The King of Fighters EX: Neo-Blood Game Boy Advance
Template:Dts Ghost Vibration Eidos Japan[3]
Infogrames Europe[4]		 PlayStation 2
Template:Dts Pinobee and Phoebee Hudson Soft Game Boy Advance
Template:Dts Ghost Trap Eidos Interactive
Template:Dts Blinx: The Time Sweeper Microsoft Game Studios Xbox
Template:Dts Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space
Template:Dts Yoshi Topsy-Turvy Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Template:Dts Swords of Destiny Marvelous Entertainment PlayStation 2
Template:Dts Blue Dragon Microsoft Game Studios Xbox 360
Template:Dts Vampire Rain AQ Interactive Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Template:Dts Yoshi's Island DS Nintendo Nintendo DS
Template:Dts The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei AQ Interactive Wii
Template:Dts Away: Shuffle Dungeon Nintendo DS
Template:Dts The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Uta Dekichatte Kei
Template:Dts Echoshift Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation Portable
Template:Dts Club Penguin: Game Day! Disney Interactive Studios Wii
Template:Dts FlingSmash Nintendo
Template:Dts The Last Story

See also

References

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