Adibou

{{Infobox video game series

| title = Adibou

| image =

| caption =

| platforms = PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Macintosh
Windows
Amiga
Atari ST
DOS
Wii

| developer = Coktel Vision
Coktel SAS
Neko Entertainment

| publisher = Coktel Vision
Knowledge Adventure
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Havas Interactive International
Vivendi Universal Interactive Publishing International
Vivendi Universal Games International
Mindscape
Ubisoft
Wiloki

| genre = Educational adventure

| spinoffs =

| first release version = Adibou (English: AJ's World of Discovery)

| first release date = 1991

| latest release version = Adibou: La Chanson d'Adibou (English: Adiboo: The Song of Adiboo)

| latest release date = 2022

}}

Adibou (English: Adiboo) is an educational video gaming series first developed by Coktel Vision in the 1990s. The franchise expanded into comic books, music and television series (such as Adiboo Adventure (2009){{Cite web|url=https://www.tvtime.com/en/show/84331|title=Adiboo Adventure|website=Tvtime.com|access-date=2020-05-22}}). Titles in the series follow Adiboo, a young alien who teaches children about a variety of topics including nature, maths, and language. Most stories are set in the world of Celesta.

The series is divided into different categories based on target market: Adi for 10-14 year-olds, Adibou for 4-7 year-olds, and Adiboud'chou for 18 months-3 year-olds,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/adi-series|title=Adi Series|website=Mobygames.com|access-date=2020-05-22}} and characters have different names in different regions. The name Adibou is derived from the French acronym ADI meaning Accompagnement Didacticiel Intelligent (English: Intelligent Accompaniment Tutorial). Adibou games are now supported by ScummVM's "Gob" engine.{{Cite web|url=https://drmccoy.de/gobsmacked/|title=Gobsmacked|website=drmccoy.de|access-date=2020-05-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php?title=Adibou_Games|title=ScummVM|website=wiki.scummvm.org|access-date=2021-02-01}}

The series was created by Roland Oskian, CEO of Coktel Vision and the brains behind the original Adibou concept as well as coordinator of the game's development; Manuelle Mauger, who managed the development of the content; Arnaud Delrue, responsible for the game's technical development; and Joseph Kluytmans, who was responsible for the visual quality of the universe. The games were designed specifically to be applicable within a classroom context.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023|reason=Whole paragraph needs citation}}

In October 2005, Coktel Studio was sold by Vivendi Universal Games International to French publisher Mindscape which itself closed in 2011.Poischich (21 October 2005). "VU Games cède Coktel à Mindscape" [VU Games sells Coktel to Mindscape]. Gamekult [fr] (in French). Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.Crookes, David (28 December 2018). "From the Archives: Coktel Vision". Retro Gamer. No. 189. Future Publishing. pp. 44–47. More than a dozen titles were published until 2009 when the series went dormant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.fr/biographie-muriel-tramis-pionniere-jeu-video-adibou-legion-honneur/|title=On vous présente Muriel Tramis, pionnière du jeu vidéo et première femme du secteur à recevoir la Légion d'honneur|last=Choppin|first=Damien|date=2018-10-25|website=Business Insider France|language=fr|access-date=2019-09-03}}

Following the closure of Mindscape, the IP rights to Adibou were sold to Ubisoft, and in 2020, French company Wiloki, an educational start-up founded by the children of Adibou creator Roland Oskian, partnered with Ubisoft to revive the character. In May 2022, Wiloki released a brand new title titled Adibou: La Chanson d'Adibou for browser, iOS and Android under their partnership with Ubisoft.{{cite web | url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/6DGyBZhaDiUfrZy3P0SWwN/meet-adibou-the-alien-who-introduced-many-french-speakers-to-videogames | title=Meet Adibou, the Alien Who Introduced Many French Speakers to Videogames}}

The new version of the game is now available in French, English and German.