Ambrella
{{short description|Japanese video game development company}}
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{{Infobox company
| 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
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
|+ 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! | Nintendo |
| 2003
! scope="row" | Pokémon Channel |Adventure, digital pet, simulation | GameCube |
| 2004
! scope="row" | Pokémon Dash |
| 2006
! scope="row" | Pokémon PC Master | PC |
| 2008
! scope="row" | My Pokémon Ranch | WiiWare |
| 2009
! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble | Action role-playing, beat'em up | WiiWare |
| 2011
! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble Blast |
| 2013
! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble U | Action role-playing, beat'em up | Wii U |
| 2015
! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble World |
| 2017
! scope="row" | uVu - yoU versus Universe | Arcade | Mobile | Ambrella |
| 2019
! scope="row" | Pokémon Rumble Rush |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20010516234949/http://www.marigul.co.jp/ Archive of the Official Marigul Website (Japanese)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111117142159/http://games.ign.com/objects/027/027435.html Source of Company Profile] (IGN)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013165445/http://www.n-sider.com/articleview.php?articleid=30 N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management Inc.]
- [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/3ds/pokemon/1/0 Iwata Asks: Pokémon Rumble Blast]
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Category:Video game companies established in 1996
Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2020