:Inti Creates
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Inti Creates Co., Ltd.
|native_name = {{lang|ja|株式会社インティ・クリエイツ}}
|romanized_name = Kabushiki gaisha Inti Kurieitsu
|logo = Inti creates logo.png
|type = Kabushiki gaisha
|foundation = {{Nowrap|{{Start date and age|1996|05|08}}}}
|hq_location_city = Ichikawa, Chiba
|hq_location_country = Japan
|key_people = Takuya Aizu (President)
Yoshihisa Tsuda (Vice president)
Ippo Yamada (Director)
|num_employees = 98{{cite web|title=Company Profile|url=http://www.inti.co.jp/|website=inti.co.jp}}
|industry = Video games
|products =
|subsid =
|homepage = {{URL|http://inticreates.com/}}
}}
{{Nihongo|Inti Creates Co., Ltd.|株式会社インティ・クリエイツ|Kabushiki gaisha Inti Kurieitsu}} is a Japanese video game development company. Formed by ex-Capcom staff in May 1996, they are best known for developing games in the Mega Man series, namely the Mega Man Zero series and its follow-ups Mega Man ZX and Mega Man ZX Advent, as well as their flagship Azure Striker Gunvolt and Gal Gun franchises.
History
It was formed by ten former members of Capcom with Takuya Aizu as the CEO.{{Cite web|url=http://bitsummit.org/2015/?page_id=3388|title=Bitsummit|website=bitsummit.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140537/http://bitsummit.org/2015/?page_id=3388|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=dead}} First starting in Chiba Prefecture, they expanded by opening a studio in Nagoya in 2008. First starting as a Limited liability company, they became a publicly traded company in 2003. As of 2018, they have approximately 100 staff members.{{Cite news|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/16/17123366/concept-teams-mizuguchi-ueda-sakaguchi|title=Directing from the sidelines|work=Polygon|access-date=2018-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622111516/https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/16/17123366/concept-teams-mizuguchi-ueda-sakaguchi#|archive-date=2018-06-22|url-status=live}}
They are best known as the developers of the Mega Man Zero and Mega Man ZX series.{{cite web |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=2 |title=No More Mega Man? |publisher=Edge |date=2005-08-22 |access-date=2011-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110020005/http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=833&Itemid=2 |archive-date=10 January 2006 |url-status=dead}}
They have also published several music albums composed and arranged by III, whose members are Ippo Yamada, Ryo Kawakami, Luna Umegaki, Tsutomu Kurihara, and Masaki Suzuki, amongst others. On August 29, 2014, they released their first self-published games Azure Striker Gunvolt and its cross-promotion Mighty Gunvolt.
Inti Creates has provided portrait artwork for multiple entries in WayForward's Shantae series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/18/4743534/mega-man-dev-inti-creates-working-on-shantae-half-genie-hero|title=Mega Man dev Inti Creates working on Shantae: Half-Genie Hero|last=Pitcher|first=Jenna|date=2013-09-18|website=Polygon|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813181349/https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/18/4743534/mega-man-dev-inti-creates-working-on-shantae-half-genie-hero#|archive-date=2017-08-13|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/IntiCreatesEN/status/1266200182573551616 |title=A big hearty congratulations to our friends over at WayForward on the release of Shantae and the Seven Sirens! |publisher=Twitter |date=2020-05-28 |access-date=2020-12-19}}
They worked with Keiji Inafune and his design studio Comcept on the game Mighty No. 9. Comcept worked on the design and story of the game, while Inti Creates developed it. Later, they worked with producer Koji Igarashi on the game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, however, they left the project and were replaced by Dico after E3 2016.{{Cite news|url=https://www.destructoid.com/inti-creates-is-no-longer-working-on-bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-s-main-game-450927.phtml|title=Inti Creates is no longer working on Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's main game|work=destructoid|access-date=2018-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314142418/https://www.destructoid.com/inti-creates-is-no-longer-working-on-bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night-s-main-game-450927.phtml#|archive-date=2018-03-14|url-status=live}} They later released the 2D action-platformer Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon in 2018. The game attained more than 100,000 downloads in its first week.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/bloodstained-curse-of-the-moon-sales/|title=Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon Surpasses 100,000 Downloads|date=2018-06-06|work=DualShockers|access-date=2018-06-17|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617042806/https://www.dualshockers.com/bloodstained-curse-of-the-moon-sales/#|archive-date=2018-06-17|url-status=live}}
Games
= Games developed =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Platform(s) !Publisher(s) |
| 1998
| rowspan="2" |PlayStation |
| 1999 |
| rowspan="2" |2002
|Kurohige no Golf Shiyouyo | rowspan="9" |Game Boy Advance |
| Mega Man Zero
| rowspan="3" |Capcom |
| rowspan="2" |2003 |
| Mega Man Zero 2 |
| rowspan="2" |2004
|Crayon Shin-Chan Arashi o Yobu Cinema-Land no Daibouken! | |
| Mega Man Zero 3
| rowspan="2" |Capcom |
| rowspan="2" |2005 |
| Fantastic Children |
| rowspan="3" |2006
|Crayon Shin-Chan Densetsu o Yobu Omake no To Shokkugaan! | |
| Mega Man ZX |
| Eureka 7 V.1: New Wave |
| rowspan="3" |2007
|Crayon Shin-Chan DS: Arashi o Yobu Nutte Crayo~n Daisakusen! | rowspan="5" |Nintendo DS |
| Mega Man ZX Advent
| rowspan="2"|Capcom |
| Kabu Trader Shun |
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Doraemon Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden | rowspan="2" | |
| Crayon Shin-Chan Arashi o Yobu Cinema-Land Kachinkogachinko Daikatsugeki! |
| Mega Man 9 |
| rowspan="2" |2009
|Crayon Shin-Chan Arashi o Yobu Nendororo~n Daihenshin | rowspan="5" |Nintendo DS | rowspan="4" | |
| Chougekijouban Keroro Gunsou: Gekishin Dragon Warriors de Arimasu! |
| rowspan="4" |2010
|Crayon Shin-Chan Obaka Daininden Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! |
| Keshikasu-kun Battle Kas-tival |
| Do-Konjou Shogakussei Bon Bita Hadaka no Choujou Ketsusen!! Bita vs. Dokuro Dei! |
| Mega Man 10
| Capcom |
| rowspan="4" |2011 |
| Gal Gun |
| Crayon Shin-Chan Uchuu DE Achoo!? Yuujoo no Obakarate!!
| rowspan="2" | |
| Bokura no Kingdom
|Mobile |
| rowspan="4" |2012
| rowspan="3" |Namco Bandai Games |
| Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden
| rowspan="2" |Nintendo 3DS |
| Gon: Baku Baku Baku Baku Adventure |
| J.J.ROCKETS{{Cite web |title=J.J.Rockets Credit Information - GameFAQs |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/android/683831-jjrockets/credit |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}
|Mobile |
| 2013
|Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures | rowspan="2" |Nintendo 3DS | rowspan="2" |Namco Bandai Games |
| rowspan="2" |2015
| Mysterious Joker: The Phantom Thief Who Crosses Time & the Lost Gem |
| rowspan="2" |Gal Gun: Double Peace
|PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita | rowspan="2" |PQube, Alchemist |
| rowspan="2" |2016 |
| Mighty No. 9
|Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Mac OS X, Linux |
| 2021
| rowspan="2" |PQube |
| 2022 |
= Games developed and published =
= Game compilations =
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://inticreates.com/}}
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Category:Video game companies of Japan
Category:Video game development companies
Category:Video game publishers
Category:Video game companies established in 1996