Ambrella
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1996 |
Defunct | 2020 |
Fate | Disbanded and absorbed into Creatures |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Norio Matsumura, Muneaki Ozawa |
Products | Pokémon games for Nintendo video game consoles |
Ambrella Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 有限会社アンブレラ, Hepburn: Yūgen gaisha Anburera) was a Japanese video game development company that worked under a publishing agreement with Nintendo. They were best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise, particularly the Pokémon Rumble series. Ambrella was formerly a part of Marigul Management.
Overview
Ambrella developed the Nintendo 64 voice recognition game, Hey You, Pikachu! in 1998, Pokémon Channel for the GameCube in 2003, and Pokémon Dash for the Nintendo DS in 2004. Ambrella developed My Pokémon Ranch for the Wii's WiiWare service, which was released in Japan on March 25, 2008, and in North America on June 9, 2008. It developed Pokémon Rumble which was released in North America on November 16, 2009.[1]
The company developed further entries in the Pokémon Rumble series with
On October 16, 2020, a few months after Pokémon Rumble Rush was shut down, Creatures announced the acquisition of Ambrella; Creatures received all property rights and Ambrella was disbanded, with the employees then working under Creatures.[2]
Games
Year | Title | Genre | Platforms | Publisher |
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1998 | Hey You, Pikachu! | Life-simulation | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo |
2003 | Pokémon Channel | simulation
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GameCube | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
2004 | Pokémon Dash | Racing | Nintendo DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
2006 | Pokémon PC Master
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Edutainment
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PC | The Pokémon Company |
2008 | My Pokémon Ranch | Digital pet
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WiiWare | The Pokémon Company |
2009 | Pokémon Rumble | beat'em up
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WiiWare | The Pokémon Company |
2011 | Pokémon Rumble Blast | beat'em up
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Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
2013 | Pokémon Rumble U | beat'em up
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Wii U | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
2015 | Pokémon Rumble World | beat'em up
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Nintendo 3DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
2017 | uVu - yoU versus Universe | Arcade | Mobile | Ambrella |
2019 | Pokémon Rumble Rush | beat'em up
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Android, iOS | The Pokémon Company |
References
- ^ "体験会で遊んでみました――「Wii Ware」編 (2/2)" (in Japanese). IT Media. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ クリーチャーズ、ゲーム開発会社アンブレラを吸収合併.オタク産業通信.2020-10-16.[2021-01-11].