Creatures, Inc.

Creatures, Inc. 株式会社 クリーチャーズ
Creatures logo
Founded	November 8, 1995
Headquarters	Kudan-Kaikan Terrace 9F, 1-6-5 Kudanminami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0074, Japan
Type	Private
Industry	Video games, Trading cards
Website Worldwide: Creatures.co.jp

Creatures, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社(かぶしきがいしゃ)クリーチャーズ Kabushiki gaisha Creatures) is an affiliate of The Pokémon Company (which itself is a joint venture by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures). It was founded on November 8, 1995, by Tsunekazu Ishihara, with the assistance of Satoru Iwata. Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the Pokémon franchise, including the Pokémon Trading Card Game and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo). Its current president and CEO is Yuji Kitano, who succeeded the president position from Tsunekazu Ishihara and the CEO position from Hirokazu Tanaka in April 2023.

The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating the EarthBound series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo and Hobonichi.

As of April 2025, Creatures has 274 employees.

Games

Pokémon games

Developer

• Pokémon Ranger (co-developed with HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
• PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
• Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
• Pokédex 3D
• Pokémon Say Tap?
• Pokémon Card Game: How to Play DS (co-developed with ZENER WORKS)
• PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
• Pokémon Dream Radar
• Pokédex 3D Pro
• Pokédex for iOS
• Dancing? Pokémon Band
• Camp Pokémon
• Detective Pikachu
• Detective Pikachu Returns
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (co-developed with DeNA Co., Ltd.)

Pokémon 3D modeling

• Pokémon Stadium series
• Hey You, Pikachu!
• Pokémon Snap (illustration)
• Pokémon Channel (in cooperation with)
• Pokémon Colosseum
• Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
• Pokémon Battle Revolution
• Pokémon Tretta
• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (very special thanks)
• Pokémon X and Y
• Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
• Pokkén Tournament
• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (very special thanks)
• Pokémon Duel
• Pokémon GO
• Pokémon Ga-Olé
• Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Pokkén Tournament
• Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
• Pokémon Sword and Shield
• Pokémon Mezastar
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Packaging and logo design

• Pokémon X and Y (packaging design)
• Pokémon Battle Trozei (logo design)
• Pokémon Shuffle (logo design, icon art)
• Pokémon Picross (logo design)

Other credits

• Pokémon Trading Card Game (original TCG planning and design)
• Super Smash Bros. (background modeling)
• Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR! (original TCG planning and design)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (stage and trophy 3D modeling, animation production)
• e-Reader (software)
• PokéPark Fishing Contest DS (producer)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (senior supervisors)
• The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (very special thanks)
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (senior supervisors)
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (original game supervisors)

Non-Pokémon games

• Picross 2 (Game Boy, 1996) (co-developed with Jupiter Corporation)
• Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! (Game Boy, 1997)
• Chee-Chai Alien (Game Boy Color, 2001)
• Nonono Puzzle Chalien (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
• Project Hacker: Awakening (Nintendo DS, 2006) (co-developed with Red Entertainment)
• Personal Trainer: Walking (Nintendo DS, 2008) (software; co-developed with Nintendo NSD and Engines)
• Spin Six (Nintendo DSi, 2009) (co-developed with ZENER WORKS)
• aDanza (iOS, 2014)

Peripherals

• e-Reader

Other Pokémon products

• An Illustrated Book of POCKET MONSTERS
• Pokémon Trading Card Game
  • Illust Collection
  • Pokémon Card Game Art Collection
• Pokémon Daisuki Tales (producer)
• Pokémon Battrio (Pokémon character models, packaging)
• Best Wishes! (co-produced with OLM, Inc.)
• Pokémon Battle Chess (developer)
• Pokédex Game: Pokémania? (developer)

External links

• Official website
• Creatures 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) Collectible cards Artbox • ConceptLab • D.A.G Inc. • Edibas Collections • 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 • Toy Factory • Uniqlo 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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