Smilesoft

{{Short description|Japanese video game publisher}}

{{nihongo|Smilesoft Co., Ltd.|スマイルソフト株式会社|Sumairusofuto Kabushiki Kaisha}} was a Japanese company that published video games.[http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/73808.html GameFAQs listing for Smilesoft] URL accessed on October 27th, 2008 Its headquarters were in the {{nihongo|CT Sasazuka Building|CT笹塚ビル|CT Sasazuka Biru}} in Shibuya, Tokyo."[https://web.archive.org/web/20020212025351/http://www.smilesoft.co.jp/company/index.html 会社案内]." Smilesoft. February 12, 2002. Retrieved on February 11, 2010.

Most of the games Smilesoft produced were monster-collecting role-playing video games. It shut down in 2003 after the president of the company, {{nihongo|Shuhei Iida|飯田 就平|Iida Shūhei}}, was arrested on April 10 for charges of child prostitution at a female junior high school."[https://web.archive.org/web/20030422025007/http://www.mainichi.co.jp/life/hobby/game/news/news/2003/04/11-3.html 女子中生買春でゲームソフト製作会社社長を逮捕]" Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved on April 22, 2003. After shutting down, the licenses to its games were bought up by Rocket Company."[http://review-site.net/developer/su.html#%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88 SIT Developer Table (す)]" URL accessed on June 10th, 2007. The company used the name "SMILE" to stand for {{nihongo|Steady|堅実}}, {{nihongo|Moral|道徳}}, {{nihongo|Inventive|独創性}}, {{nihongo|Lucky|幸運}}, and {{nihongo|Effort|努力}}.