Ambrella

{{short description|Japanese video game development company}}

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| name = Ambrella Co., Ltd.

| logo = Ambrella.PNG

| native_name = 有限会社アンブレラ

| type = Private

| foundation = {{sda|1996}}

| defunct = {{end date|2020}}

| location = Tokyo, Japan

| key_people = Norio Matsumura, Muneaki Ozawa

| industry = Video games

| products = Pokémon games for Nintendo video game consoles

| fate = Disbanded and absorbed into Creatures

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{{nihongo|Ambrella Co., Ltd.|有限会社アンブレラ|Yūgen gaisha Anburera|lead=yes}} was a Japanese video game development company that worked under a publishing agreement with Nintendo. They were best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise, particularly the Pokémon Rumble series. Ambrella was formerly a part of Marigul Management. In 2021 Creatures Inc acquired and dissolved Ambrella.{{Cite web |last=Vaca |first=Noah |date=2021-02-09 |title=Creatures Inc Acquires and Dissolves Pokemon Rumble Developer Ambrella |url=https://gamerant.com/creatures-inc-acquires-dissolves-ambrella-pokemon-rumble/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}

Overview

Ambrella developed the Nintendo 64 voice recognition game, Hey You, Pikachu! in 1998, Pokémon Channel for the 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.{{cite web|url=http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0710/11/news008_2.html|title=体験会で遊んでみました――「Wii Ware」編 (2/2)|publisher=IT Media | language=ja | access-date=July 2, 2016}}

The company developed further entries in the Pokémon Rumble series with Pokémon Rumble Blast for Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Rumble U for the Wii U, Pokémon Rumble World for the Nintendo 3DS, and Pokémon Rumble Rush for mobile devices. 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.

On October 16, 2020, a few months after Pokémon Rumble Rush was shut down, Creatures announced the acquisition of Ambrella; Creatures received all property rights and Ambrella was disbanded, with the employees then working under Creatures.[https://otakuindustry.biz/archives/102918 クリーチャーズ、ゲーム開発会社アンブレラを吸収合併].オタク産業通信.2020-10-16.[2021-01-11].

Games

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|+ List of video games developed by Ambrella

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Genre

! scope="col" | Platforms

! scope="col" | Publisher

1998

! scope="row" | Hey You, Pikachu!

|Life-simulation

| Nintendo 64

| Nintendo

2003

! scope="row" | Pokémon Channel

|Adventure, digital pet, simulation

| GameCube

| Nintendo
The Pokémon Company

2004

! scope="row" | Pokémon Dash

|Racing

| Nintendo DS

| Nintendo
The Pokémon Company

2006

! scope="row" | Pokémon PC Master

| Edutainment

| PC

| The Pokémon Company

2008

! scope="row" | My Pokémon Ranch

| Digital pet

| WiiWare

| The Pokémon Company

2009

! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble

| Action role-playing, beat'em up

| WiiWare

| The Pokémon Company

2011

! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble Blast

| Action role-playing, beat'em up

| Nintendo 3DS

| Nintendo
The Pokémon Company

2013

! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble U

| Action role-playing, beat'em up

| Wii U

| Nintendo
The Pokémon Company

2015

! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble World

| Action role-playing, beat'em up

| Nintendo 3DS

| Nintendo
The Pokémon Company

2017

! scope="row" | uVu - yoU versus Universe

| Arcade

| Mobile

| Ambrella

2019

! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble Rush

| Action role-playing, beat'em up

| Android, iOS

| The Pokémon Company

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