Creatures
| Creatures | |||
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| Type | Private | ||
| Founded | March 1989 (as Ape Inc.) 8 November 1995 (as Creatures) | ||
| Headquarters |  Tokyo, Japan
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| Key people | Hirokazu Tanaka Tsunekazu Ishihara | ||
| Industry | Video Game Development | ||
| Products | Video Games | ||
| Employees | 144 | ||
| Website | creatures.co.jp (Japanese) | ||
Creatures, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社・かぶしきがいしゃ・クリーチャーズ, Kabushiki gaisha Creatures) is an affiliate of The Pokémon Company (which itself is a joint venture by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures).[1] It was founded on November 8, 1995[1] by Tsunekazu Ishihara with assistance of Satoru Iwata, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc..[2][3] Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the Pokémon franchise, including the Trading Card Game and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo).
As Ape Inc., the company developed the first two entries in the EarthBound series, with EarthBound being developed with the assistance of HAL Laboratory. The company was disbanded after completing the development of EarthBound, and restructured as Creatures to help completing the development of Pokémon Red & Green. Nintendo still uses the name Ape Inc. when referring to Creatures in financial documents.[4]
References
- ^ a b 会社概要 | 株式会社クリーチャーズ
- ^ 社長が訊く『ポケットモンスター ハートゴールド・ソウルシルバー』
- ^ Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : Just Making The Last Train
- ^ | Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Information Disclosure on the Internet regarding the notice of the 77th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
| Companies involved in the Super Smash Bros. series | |
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| First- and second-party | Nintendo (Monolith Soft · Retro Studios) · HAL Laboratory · Game Freak · Creatures · Intelligent Systems · Rare Ltd. · Sora Ltd. |
| Third-party | Konami · Sega (Atlus) · PlatinumGames · Capcom · Bandai Namco · Square Enix · Microsoft (Rare Ltd. · Mojang Studios) · SNK · Disney |
| Other related | Game Arts · Hatena · Havok · Paon DP · Tri-Crescendo · List of companies with minor representation |
