Spike Chunsoft

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト
Spike Chunsoft English logo
Founded	April 9, 1984
Headquarters	Minato-ku, Tokyo
Type	Subsidiary
Owner(s)	Kadokawa Corporation
Industry	Video games
Website United States: spike-chunsoft.com Japan: spike-chunsoft.co.jp

Former Chunsoft logo

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト Kabushikigaisha Spike Chunsoft), formerly Chunsoft Co., Ltd. (Japanese: チュンソフト Chunsoft), is a Japanese video game developer specializing in console RPGs. Spike Chunsoft is the developer for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series.

Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer originally from Enix. Its name was taken from Chun, a character that appeared in Nakamura's first video game, Door Door.

On April 1, 2012, Chunsoft was merged with Spike, and the company name is now Spike Chunsoft. It is currently owned by Dwango, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation.

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• Works
  • Pokémon games
    • Chunsoft
    • Spike Chunsoft
  • Pokémon strategy guides
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game
  • Notable non-Pokémon games
• External links
• See also

Contents

Works

Pokémon games

Chunsoft

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (GBA)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (DS)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky (DS)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad! (Wii)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad! (Wii)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Go For It! Light Adventure Squad! (Wii)

Spike Chunsoft

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (3DS)
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS)
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Switch)

Pokémon strategy guides

A number of Japanese-language strategy guides for the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series were published and edited by the pre-merger Chunsoft.

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team: Official Guide Book
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team: Official Perfect Guide
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team: Official Pokémon Directory
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Official Guide Book
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Official Perfect Guide
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Official Pokémon Directory
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Official Extra Guide
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Official Guide Book
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Official Perfect Guide
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (WiiWare): Official Guide Book

Pokémon Trading Card Game

Spike Chunsoft is credited as Spike Chunsoft. as an illustrator for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Spike Chunsoft. has illustrated 1 card for the TCG, Rescue Team DX's Pikachu, a Japanese-exclusive promotional card released to promote Rescue Team DX.

Notable non-Pokémon games

In addition to the games in the greater Mystery Dungeon series, Spike Chunsoft has also developed for series such as Dragon Quest. It was the developer for several critically acclaimed visual novels such as Otogirisō, 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and its sequel Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, and the Danganronpa series.

External links

• Official website (English)
  • Official website (Japanese)
• Spike Chunsoft on Wikipedia

See also

Companies The Pokémon Company The Pokémon Company International (The Pokémon Company International Ireland • The Pokémon Company International Mexico • Millennium Print Group) • Pokémon Korea • Pokémon Center Co., Ltd. • Pokémon Singapore • Pokémon Shanghai • Pokémon Taiwan • Genius Sonority • The Pokémon Works • Pokémon with You Foundation Animation & movies 4Kids Entertainment • Bang Zoom! Studios • Deluxe • DuArt Media Services • Framestore • Iyuno • Miramax • Moving Picture Company • OLM, Inc. • TAJ Productions • Toho • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment • The Walt Disney Company • Warner Bros. Books & strategy guides Golden Books • Media Factory • Prima Games • Scholastic • Simon & Schuster (Pikachu Press) • Studio BentStuff Collectible cards Artbox • ConceptLab • D.A.G Inc. • Edibas Collections • Excell Brands • Meiji • N-DESIGN Inc. • Studio Bora Inc. • Topps • Toyste Beach • whomor Inc. • Wizards of the Coast Manga Chuang Yi • Outland forlag • Panini Comics • Shogakukan (Shogakukan Asia) • VIZ Media Merchandise & retail Blokees • Funko • GameStop • Good Smile Company • Hasbro • Jakks Pacific • Jazwares • Jollibee • JR Kikaku • Keeppley • Kotobukiya • Play by Play • Re-Ment • Takara Tomy • The Hershey Company • Toy Factory • Uniqlo • Zanzoon Video games Bandai Namco • Creatures, Inc. (Ambrella) • DeNA • Denyusha • Game Freak • HAL Laboratory, Inc. • Hudson Soft • ILCA • Jupiter Corporation • Koei Tecmo • Niantic • Nintendo (Mario Club • Nintendo of America • Nintendo System Development) • ORBITALLINK Inc. • PLANETA • Scopely • Sega • SELECT BUTTON inc. • Spike Chunsoft

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