Param (company)

Param

Former type	Private (defunct)
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Founded	1996
Defunct	May, 2003
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Takao Kurebayashi, Kazutoshi Iida, and Yana
Products	Games for Nintendo video game consoles

Param was a video game development company that worked in partnership with Nintendo. Param was a part of Marigul Management. Param was defunct as Marigul was liquidated in May, 2003.

Company Profile

Param was founded in 1996, the team was responsible for the Nintendo 64DD game Kyojin no Doshin (known as Doshin the Giant outside Japan), which was released in Japan only, but was ported to the GameCube and released in Japan and Europe. An add on named Kyojin no Doshin Kaihō Sensen Chibikko Chikko Daishūgō for the Nintendo 64DD was released five months after the initial game's release. The company was headed up by Takao Kurebayashi, Kazutoshi Iida and Yana. Before joining Param, Iida was responsible for such innovative titles as Tail of the Sun and Aquanaut's Holiday.

Kazutoshi Iida now works at a brand new company called Unigame Bunko, translated as Sea Turtle Library, and has worked with Marvelous Entertainment on Discipline for WiiWare.^[1] It is not yet known if Takao Kurebayashi and Yana are still working with Iida.

Games

Nintendo 64DD

• Doshin the Giant
• Kyojin no Doshin Kaihō Sensen Chibikko Chikko Daishūgō

External links

• Archive of the Official Marigul Website (Japanese)
• Source of Company Profile (IGN)
• N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management, Inc.

References

1. Discipline official website at Nintendo.co.jp