feelplus
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Feelplus Inc.
| native_name = 株式会社フィールプラス
| logo = Feelplus Logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| type = Subsidiary of AQ Interactive
| former_name = Scarab (1992–2005)
| defunct = 2010
| fate = Absorbed into AQ Interactive (parent company)
| key_people = Nakazato Eiichiro (CEO)
| industry = Video games
| products = Games for video game consoles
| revenue =
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| num_employees = 71{{cite web | title=事業内容:AQインタラクティブグループ | url=http://www.aqi.co.jp/company/group.html | publisher=AQ Interactive | language=ja | access-date=2009-12-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216043706/http://www.aqi.co.jp/company/group.html | archive-date=2009-12-16 | url-status=dead}}
| parent = AQ Interactive
| subsid =
| homepage =
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}}
Feelplus Inc. (株式会社フィールプラス Kabushiki gaisha Fiirupurasu) was a Japanese video game developer and a subsidiary of AQ Interactive. The studio was conceived by Microsoft Game Studios specifically to aid Mistwalker in video game development. It was founded by former UPL employees including Tsutomu Fujisawa as {{nihongo|Scarab|スカラベ}} on May 1, 1992. Former employees of Nautilus and Square Enix later joined in. By September 2002, Cavia (later to become AQ Interactive) bought the company. In May 2005, it became a fully owned subsidiary and Scarab changed its name to Feelplus Inc.
In August 2010, Feelplus Inc., Artoon and Cavia were absorbed into AQ Interactive.{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/13/artoon-and-feelplus-also-absorbed-into-aq-interactive/ |title=Artoon And Feelplus Also Absorbed Into AQ Interactive // Siliconera |website=www.siliconera.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817222707/http://www.siliconera.com/2010/08/13/artoon-and-feelplus-also-absorbed-into-aq-interactive/ |archive-date=2010-08-17}}
Games
;As Scarab
- Survival Arts (1993)
- Dyna Gear (1994)
- Battle Monsters (1995)
- Killing Zone (1996)
- Zen-Nihon Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua (1997)
- Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1997)
- Fighting Vipers 2 (2001, Dreamcast port)
;As Feelplus
- Lost Odyssey (2007), co-developed with Mistwalker
- Infinite Undiscovery (2008) - visual production
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope (2009) - visual production
- Ju-On: The Grudge (2009)
- No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (2010){{cite web | author=Spencer | date=December 1, 2009 | title=Lost Odyssey Developer Making No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2009/12/01/lost-odyssey-developer-making-no-more-heroes-heroes-paradise/ | publisher=Siliconera | access-date=2009-12-01}}
- Ninety-Nine Nights II (2010), co-developed with Q Entertainment
- MindJack (2011){{Cite web|url=http://ps3.ign.com/articles/109/1097733p1.html|title = E3 2010: Square Enix Delivers MindJack|date = 15 June 2010}}
- Moon Diver (2011)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20031010202941/http://www.scarab-jp.com/ Official Scarab website] via Internet Archive
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080206233134/http://www.feelplus.jp/index.html Official Feelplus website] via Internet Archive
- [https://www.mobygames.com/company/scarab Scarab] at MobyGames
- [https://www.mobygames.com/company/feelplus-inc Feelplus] at MobyGames
Category:Defunct video game companies of Japan
Category:Video game companies established in 1992
Category:Video game companies disestablished in 2010
Category:Video game development companies