AlphaDream
Defunct Japanese video game development company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.[lower-alpha 1] was a Japanese video game development company founded in 2000 by Tetsuo Mizuno and Chihiro Fujioka in Tokyo, Japan. In partnership with Nintendo, it produced software for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch, including the Mario & Luigi series. The company's staff included former developers from Square, such as Yoshihiko Maekawa. On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream was shut down after filing for bankruptcy, and on February 28, 2020, AlphaDream ceased to exist as a company.
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Native name | 株式会社アルファドリーム |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha ArufaDorīmu |
Formerly | AlphaStar |
Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
Industry | Video games |
Genre | Video game development |
Founded | January 12, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01-12) in Tokyo, Japan |
Defunct | October 1, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-01) |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Headquarters | Wako Miyamasuzaka Building, 2-19-8, Shibuya, Tokyo , Japan |
Number of locations | 1 studio (2019) |
Key people | Tetsuo Mizuno (president) |
Products | Games |
Brands | Mario & Luigi series |
Number of employees | 38 (2011) |
Website | alphadream.co.jp at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2019) |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3] |
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