Genius Sonority
{{short description|Japanese video game development studio}}
{{Infobox company|
| name = Genius Sonority, Inc.
| logo = Genius Sonority logo.png
| native_name = ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社
| type = Private
| location = Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan
| key_people = Manabu Yamana (president, CEO)
| industry = Video games
| products = Games for Nintendo video game consoles
| homepage = [https://www.geniussonority.co.jp Genius Sonority]
}}
{{nihongo|Genius Sonority, Inc.|ジニアス・ソノリティ株式会社|Jiniasu Sonoriti Kabushiki Kaisha}} is a Japanese video game development studio, whose staff consists of programmers who have previously worked on the Dragon Quest series of video games.
History
Genius Sonority was incorporated in June 2002 for the original purpose of developing Pokémon games for home consoles, with funding provided by Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi’s Q Fund, a cash reserve used for Nintendo game company start-ups.{{cite web|date=2002-08-08|title= Yamauchi Q Fund sees Dragon Quest start-up|url=https://spong.com/article/3612/Yamauchi-Q-Fund-sees-Dragon-Quest-start-up|work=Spong.com|access-date=2009-07-27}} Current shareholders of the company include Yamana Satoru, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company. The company's founder and current president, Manabu Yamana, is best known as a key person at Heartbeat, a company that developed games in the Dragon Quest series for Enix.{{cite web|last=Long|first=Andrew|date=2002-08-07|title=Nintendo Lures RPG Talent|url=https://archive.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2002/080702d.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020813195256/http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q3-2002/080702d.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-08-13|work=RPGamer.com|access-date=2009-07-27}} Yamana was joined in his efforts by members of Creatures Inc., the second-party Nintendo affiliate, which jointly owns the Pokémon Company and IP along with Nintendo and Game Freak.
As well as developing various Pokémon-related titles, they also co-developed Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for the Wii with Eighting.{{cite web|last=Gantayat |first=Anoop |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/23/dragon-quest-swords-update |title=Dragon Quest Swords Update |work=IGN |date=2007-01-23 |access-date=2016-04-01}} The game was released in Japan in July 2007, and the rest of the world within ten months.
Genius Sonority's current flagship franchise is The Denpa Men, an RPG franchise revolving around forming a party by catching creatures known as "Denpa Men", who are randomly generated based on nearby Wi-Fi signals. The first game in the franchise, The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, was released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012, and several games followed, including a mobile title and an entry for Nintendo Switch.
Titles
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Platform !Publisher !Notes |
| 2003
| rowspan="4" |Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| 2005
|GameCube | |
| rowspan="2" |2006
| |
| Pokémon Battle Revolution
|Wii | |
| rowspan="2" |2007
|Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors |Wii |Co-developed with Eighting |
| 100 Classic Book Collection
|Nintendo DS |Nintendo | |
| 2008
|Nintendo DS | |
| 2010
|Otona no Renai Shōsetsu: Harlequin Selection [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/bhqj/ Nintendo.co.jp] |Nintendo DS |Nintendo | |
| 2011
|Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure |Nintendo DS |Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| rowspan="2" |2012
|The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave | rowspan="3" |Genius Sonority | |
| The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves
|Nintendo 3DS | |
| 2013
|The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll |Nintendo 3DS | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Nintendo 3DS |Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| The Denpa Men RPG Free!
|Nintendo 3DS |Genius Sonority | |
| 2015
|Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| 2017
|The New Denpa Men |Android, iOS |Genius Sonority | |
| 2020
|Pokémon Café ReMix{{cite web |title=Pokémon Café Mix for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details |url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-cafe-mix-switch/ |access-date=17 June 2020 |website=Nintendo}} |Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS |Nintendo/The Pokémon Company | |
| 2024
|The New Denpa Men RPG Free! |Nintendo Switch |Genius Sonority | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.geniussonority.co.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
{{Pokémon}}
{{Nintendo developers}}
Category:Video game companies established in 2002
Category:Japanese companies established in 2002
Category:Video game companies of Japan