User:The Jacketed Terrapin/Third-Party Universe Catalog/Series by miscellaneous companies: Difference between revisions

This sub-page is for IPs that are owned by companies which do not currently have any of their IPs represented with a playable character in ''Smash''. Any IP owned by the major third-party companies in ''Smash'' ([[Konami]], [[Sega]]/[[Atlus]], [[Capcom]], [[Bandai Namco]], [[Square Enix]], [[Microsoft]], [[SNK]], and [[Disney]]) should go on [[User:The Jacketed Terrapin/Third-party universes that should be in Smash|the main page]].

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|developer        = Naughty Dog<br>Traveller's Tales<br>Vicarious Visions<br>Radical Entertainment<br>Toys for Bob

|publisher        = Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Universal Interactive<br>Vivendi Games<br>Activision

'''''Crash Bandicoot''''' ({{ja|クラッシュ・バンディクーシ|Kurasshu Bandikūshi}}, ''Crash Bandicoot'') is a series of games, mainly platformers, that follow the titular bandicoot's efforts to thwart the schemes of the evil Doctor Neo Cortex. Having since expanded in genres, platforms, and developers, the series is known for its iconic characters, art and animation style, humor, and difficulty.

===''Spyro''===

|title            = Spyro (universe)

|image            = [[File:Spyro logo.png|250px]]

|developer        = Insomniac Games<br>Digital Eclipse<br>Amaze Entertainment<br>Krome Studios<br>Toys for Bob

|publisher        = Sony Interactive Entertainment<br>Universal Interactive<br>Vivendi Games<br>Activision

|genres            = Platformer<br>Action-adventure<br>Beat 'em up<br>Role-playing

|originconsole    = PlayStation

|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spyro the Dragon}}'' (1998)

|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Spyro Reignited Trilogy}}'' (2018)

'''''Spyro''''' ({{ja|スパイロ|Supairo}}, ''Spyro'') is a series of platformer games that follow the titular dragon.

|image            = [[File:Double Dragon logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Guilty Gear logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Dead Space logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:The Sims logo.png|250px]]

'''''The Sims''''' ({{ja|ザ・シムズ|Za Shimuzu}}, ''The Sims'') is a series of life simulation games developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, in which the player creates virtual people called "Sims," places them in houses, and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires.

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|image            = [[File:Jazz Jackrabbit logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Dynasty Warriors logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Ninja Gaiden logo.png|250px]]

'''''Ninja Gaiden''''' ({{ja|NINJA 外伝|Ninja Gaiden}}, ''Ninja Gaiden''; originally known as {{ja|忍者龍剣伝|Ninja Ryūkenden}}, ''Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword'') is a series of video game by Koei Tecmo (formerly Tecmo) starring the ninja Ryu Hayabusa.

|image            = [[File:Professor Layton logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Yo-Kai Watch logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Rune Factory logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Story of Seasons logo.png|250px]]

==Spike Chunsoft series==

===''Danganronpa''===

|title            = Danganronpa (universe)

|image            = [[File:Danganronpa logo.png|250px]]

|developer        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)

|publisher        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)<br>NIS America

|genres            = Adventure<br>Visual novel

|originconsole    = PlayStation Portable

|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc}}'' (2010)

|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony}}'' (2017)

'''''Danganronpa''''' ({{ja|ダンガンロンパ|Danganronpa}}, ''Danganronpa'') is a series of visual novels by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike) that surrounds a group of high school students who are forced into murdering each other by a bear named Monokuma.

===''Zero Escape''===

|title            = Zero Escape (universe)

|image            = [[File:Zero Escape logo.png|250px]]

|developer        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Chunsoft)<br>Chime

|publisher        = Spike Chunsoft (previously Spike)<br>Aksys Games<br>Rising Star Games

|genres            = Adventure<br>Visual novel

|originconsole    = DS

|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors}}'' (2009)

|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Zero Time Dilemma}}'' (2016)

'''''Zero Escape''''' ({{ja|ゼロ エスケープ|Zero Esukēpu}}, ''Zero Escape''; originally known as {{ja|極限脱出|Kyokugen Dasshutsu}}, ''Extreme Escape'') is a series of adventure games by Spike Chunsoft that follows a group of nine individuals, who are kidnapped and held captive by a person code-named "Zero", and are forced to play a game of life and death to escape. The gameplay is divided into two types of sections: Novel sections, where the story is presented, and Escape sections, where the player solves escape-the-room puzzles. The stories branch based on player choices, and include multiple endings.

|image            = [[File:Cave Story logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Ikachan logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Kero Blaster logo.png|250px]]

===''BioShock''===

|image            = [[File:BioShock logo.png|250px]]

===''Grand Theft Auto''===

|image            = [[File:Grand Theft Auto logo.svg|250px]]

'''''Grand Theft Auto''''' ({{ja|グランド・セフト・オート|Gurando Sefuto Ōto}}, ''Grand Theft Auto'') is a series of open world action-adventure games by Rockstar Games set in large cities, in which the player can complete missions to progress an overall story, as well as engage in various side activities..

|image            = [[File:Worms logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Yooka-Laylee logo.png|250px]]

'''''Yooka-Laylee''''' ({{ja|ユーカレイリー|Yūkareirī}}, ''Yooka-Laylee'') is a series of platformer games created by indie developer Playtonic Games, notable for being comprised largely of former [[Rare Ltd.]] developers. They feature the efforts of the titular protagonists, chameleon Yooka and bat Laylee, to halt the schemes of recurring antagonist Capital B. The games largely follow game design trends of '90s-era platformers such as Rare's own ''{{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}}'' and ''[[Donkey Kong (universe)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series, while attempting to modernize and rejuvenate said design trends.

|image            = [[File:Far Cry logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Prince of Persia logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Half-Life logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Portal logo.png|250px]]

'''''Portal''''' ({{ja|ポータル|Pōtaru}}, ''Portal'') is a series of first-person puzzle-platform games by Valve that follow a woman named Chell, who is forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility. Most of the tests involve using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" (also known as the "portal gun"), which creates a human-sized wormhole-like connection between two flat surfaces, which Chell or objects can move through while conserving their momentum, allowing complex "flinging" maneuvers to be used to cross wide gaps or perform other feats to reach the exit for each test chamber.

|image            = [[File:Team Fortress logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Mortal Kombat logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Scribblenauts logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Mighty logo.png|250px]]

'''''Mighty''''' ({{ja|マイティー |Maitī}}, ''Mighty'') is a series of puzzle platform games by WayForward Technologies. The series consists of ''Mighty Flip Champs!'', ''Mighty Milky Way'', and the ''Mighty Switch Force!'' games.

|image            = [[File:Vitamin Connection logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Among Us logo.svg|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Another World logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Bug Fables logo.png|250px]]

'''''Bug Fables''''' ({{ja|Bug Fables 〜ムシたちとえいえんの若木〜|Bug Fables: Musi Tachi to Eien no Wakagi}}, ''Bug Fables: Insects and the Young Tree of Eien'') is a role-playing game developed by Moonsprout Games. Taking inspiration in art and gameplay from the first two ''Paper Mario'' games, the game's plot centers around three bugs, Vi the bee, Kabbu the beetle, and Leif the moth as they search the mythical land of Bugaria in pursuit of vast treasures and eternal life.

|image            = [[File:Castle Crashers logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Celeste logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Cookie Run logo.png|250px]]

'''''Cookie Run''''' ({{ja|クッキーラン|Kukkī Ran}}, ''Cookie Run''; released in South Korea under the title '''''Kukileon''''', {{rollover|쿠키런|Kukileon|?}})  is a series of online mobile endless running games (though at times switching genres) developed by Devsisters. The goal is to get the most points possible within the player's lifespan while avoiding various obstacles and collecting jellies.

|image            = [[File:Cooking Mama logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Cris Tales logo.png|250px]]

===''Disgaea''===

|title            = Disgaea (universe)

|image            = [[File:Disgaea logo.png|250px]]

|developer        = Nippon Ichi Software

|publisher        = Nippon Ichi Software<br>NIS America

|genres            = Tactical role-playing

|originconsole    = PlayStation 2

|firstinstallment  = ''{{s|wikipedia|Disgaea: Hour of Darkness}}'' (2003)

|latestinstallment = ''{{s|wikipedia|Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny}}'' (2021)

'''''Disgaea''''' ({{ja|魔界戦記ディスガイア|Makai Senki Disugaia}}, ''Hell Chronicles Disgaea'') is a series of tactical role-playing games developed and published by Nippon Ichi Software in Japan, and published by NIS America in the West. It's games consist of a number of missions in which the player has to take from a central hub; each mission needs the player to complete an objective on a isometric grid-based board with spaces at various heights, the player and the computer can alternate turns and the player can summon a member of their party. Each character can perform an action, which include melee attacks and special abilities, and they may no longer move a turn once performed an action unless they attack before moving.

|image            = [[File:Genshin Impact logo.svg|250px]]

'''''Genshin Impact''''' ({{ja|原神|Genshin}}, ''Genshin'') is an action role-playing gacha game developed and published by miHoYo. The game features an open-world environment in a vain similar to ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'', and an action-based battle system using elemental magic and character-switching. ''Genshin Impact'' takes place in the fantasy world of Teyvat, which is home to seven distinct nations, each of which is tied to an element and ruled by a god associated with it. The story follows a twin, referred to as the "Traveler", who has traveled across many worlds with their twin but has become separated from them by an unknown god in Teyvat. The Traveler travels across Teyvat in search of the lost sibling with their companion Paimon and becomes involved in the affairs of the other nations, gods, and the world.

|image            = [[File:Harvest Moon logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Hyperdimension Neptunia logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Loomian Legacy logo.png|250px]]

|image            = [[File:N logo.jpg|250px]]

'''''N''''' ({{ja|N}}, ''N'') is a series of platform games. As a nameless ninja, the player is tasked with clearing batches of hazardous one-room stages using only running, jumping, wall-jumping, and careful usage of movement physics while under a time limit. The series is known for its relatively high difficulty level.

|image            = [[File:OneShot logo.png|250px]]

|publisher        = Degica

'''''OneShot''''' ({{ja|ワンショット|Wanshotto}}, ''OneShot'') is a puzzle and adventure indie game developed by Future Cat and published by Degica in 2014, and remade in 2016. Officially described as a game where "the world knows you exist", both its gameplay and plot involve metafictional elements. Many puzzles involve interacting with the operating system outside of the game application. Narratively, the player is a separate character from the protagonist Niko; both arrive in an unfamiliar world which has been deprived of its sunlight, and eventually aim to restore it by replacing its sun, a light bulb, at the top of a tower.

|image            = [[File:Roblox logo.svg|250px]]

|image            = [[File:Touhou Project logo.svg|250px]]