Ambrella

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Ambrella
株式会社アムブレラ
Private
Industry Computer and video game industry
Founded 1996
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Norio Matsumura, Muneaki Ozawa
Products Pokémon games for Nintendo video game consoles

Ambrella (Kabushiki-Gaisha Amuburera (Japanese: 株式会社アムブレラ)) is a Japanese video game development company that works under a publishing agreement with Nintendo best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise. Ambrella was formerly a part of Marigul Management.

Overview

Ambrella developed the Nintendo 64 voice recognition game, Hey You, Pikachu! in 1998, Pokémon Channel for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003, and Pokémon Dash for the Nintendo DS in 2004. Ambrella developed My Pokémon Ranch for the Wii's WiiWare service, which was released in Japan on March 25, 2008, and in North America on June 9, 2008. It developed Pokémon Rumble which was released in North America on November 16, 2009.[1]

The company has developed further entries in the Pokémon Rumble series with Pokémon Rumble Blast for Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Rumble U for the Wii U, and Pokémon Rumble World for the Nintendo 3DS. The most recent Rumble games were released via the Nintendo eShop, and contain some variant of microtransactions; Pokémon Rumble World uses traditional microtransactions and Pokémon Rumble U uses NFC figurines that predate Amiibo.

Gameography

Year Title Platforms Genre
1998 Hey You, Pikachu! Nintendo 64 Life-simulation
2003 Pokémon Channel GameCube Adventure, digital pet, simulation
2004 Pokémon Dash Nintendo DS Racing
2008 My Pokémon Ranch WiiWare Digital pet
2009 Pokémon Rumble WiiWare Action role-playing, beat'em up
2011 Pokémon Rumble Blast Nintendo 3DS Action role-playing, beat'em up
2013 Pokémon Rumble U Wii U Action role-playing, beat'em up
2015 Pokémon Rumble World Nintendo 3DS Action role-playing, beat'em up

References

  1. ↑ "体験会で遊んでみました――「Wii Ware」編 (2/2)" (in Japanese). IT Media. Retrieved July 2, 2016.

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