Spike Chunsoft

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト, Hepburn: Kabushikigaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto) is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video games, visual novels and adventure games. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd and merged with Spike in 2012. It is owned by Dwango.[3]

Spike Chunsoft
Native name
株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト
Kabushikigaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto
Formerly
Chunsoft (1984–2012)
Subsidiary
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorChunsoft, Spike 
FoundedApril 9, 1984 (1984-04-09)[1]
Headquarters
Minato-ku, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Products
Number of employees
200[2] (2016)
ParentDwango
SubsidiariesSpike Chunsoft, Inc.
Websitespike-chunsoft.co.jp

They created games such as the first five Dragon Quest installments and the Mystery Dungeon franchise as Chunsoft, and the Conception series as Spike Chunsoft. They also developed titles such as The Portopia Serial Murder Case, the Sound Novel series (consisting of Otogirisō, Kamaitachi no Yoru, Machi and 428: Shibuya Scramble) and the Zero Escape series as Chunsoft, and the Danganronpa franchise as Spike Chunsoft.

The logo of Chunsoft before the Spike merger.

History

Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer and programmer who had worked with Enix. The "Chun" in the company name is from the first kanji Naka (中) of the company founder name; Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong. In 2005, it was bought by Dwango and became a subsidiary of the company. In 2012, Chunsoft merged with its sister company Spike and the new company would be called Spike Chunsoft.[4]

In 2017, Spike Chunsoft established a North American subsidiary based in Long Beach, California to carry out localization and publishing of its own games, in addition to games by its sister company 5pb./Mages under a newly formed partnership.[5] Their first game under the Mages partnership was the Microsoft Windows version of Steins;Gate, taking over publishing of the game from Mages in 2018;[6] they have since continued publishing further games in the Science Adventure series, including Steins;Gate 0[7] and Chaos;Child.[8]

On July 16, 2020, NIS America announced that Danganronpa games on the Playstation Store will be removed.[9][10] SC subsequently announced on July 22, 2020 that they will take on publishing the Danganronpa series outside of Japan.[11]

Titles
See also: Spike (company) § Games

Chunsoft
Year Date Title Platform
1985 February Door Door PCs
July 18 Famicom
November 29 The Portopia Serial Murder Case Famicom/NES
1986 May 27 Dragon Quest
1987 January 26 Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line
1988 February 10 Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
1990 February 11 Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
1991 December 2 Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin
December 13 Tetris 2 + Bombliss
1992 March 7 Otogirisō Super Famicom
September 27 Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
1993 September 19 Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon
December 18 Dragon Quest I & II
1994 November 25 Kamaitachi no Yoru
1995 December 1 Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer
1996 November 22 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB: Moonlight-Village Monster Game Boy
1998 January 22 Machi: Unmei no Kousaten Sega Saturn
1999 September 15 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 - Mystery Dungeon (Torneko: The Last Hope) PlayStation
December 8 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer: Moonlight-Village Monster Microsoft Windows
2000 September 27 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2: Demon Invasion! Shiren Castle! Nintendo 64
2001 July 27 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert Game Boy Color
December 20 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 2 Advance: Mystery Dungeon Game Boy Advance
2002 February 7 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Side Story: Female Swordsman Asuka Arrives! Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows
October 31 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3: Mystery Dungeon PlayStation
2004 April 22 Shiren Monsters: Netsal Game Boy Advance
June 24 Dragon Quest Characters: Torneko's Great Adventure 3 Advance: Mystery Dungeon
July 29 The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigi no Dungeon PlayStation 2
2005 April 29 Homeland Nintendo GameCube
November 17 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team Game Boy Advance
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team Nintendo DS
2006 December 14 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
2007 September 13 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
October 23 Imabikisō PlayStation 3
2008 June 5 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess of the Karakuri Mansion (Shiren the Wanderer) Nintendo Wii
November 13 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2: Magic Castle of the Desert Nintendo DS
December 4 428: Shibuya Scramble Nintendo Wii
2009 April 18 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Nintendo DS
August 4 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad!, Let's Go! Stormy Adventure Squad! and Go For It! Light Adventure Squad! Nintendo Wii
December 10 Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors Nintendo DS
2010 January 28 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3 Portable PlayStation Portable
February 25 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel Nintendo DS
August 31 Kowa-Oto iOS
December 9 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 5: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Nintendo DS
2011 January 20 Zombie Daisuki Nintendo DS
May 27 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer: Moonlight-Village Monster Android
June 13 Wii Play: Motion Nintendo Wii
2012 February 16 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Nintendo 3DS

Spike Chunsoft

Published and/or developed

Developed only

Published western third-party games in Japan

Published internationally by Spike Chunsoft, Inc.

This table lists video games published internationally by Spike Chunsoft's American subsidiary Spike Chunsoft, Inc. since its foundation on December 1, 2017. Outside of titles from Spike Chunsoft in Japan, the company publishes titles from Mages (which was also part of Spike Chunsoft's parent company Dwango until July 2019) and from other companies.

Title Platform(s) Release date Ref.
Steins;Gate Win May 1, 2018 [6]
Steins;Gate 0[lower-alpha 1] Win, Switch May 8, 2018 [7][23]
PixelJunk Monsters 2 Win, Switch, PS4 May 25, 2018 [24]
428: Shibuya Scramble Win, PS4 September 4, 2018 [25]
Chaos;Child Win January 22, 2019 [8]
8-bit ADV Steins;Gate Switch February 19, 2019 [26]
Steins;Gate Elite Win, Switch, PS4 February 19, 2019 [26]
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram Win, PS4 February 19, 2019 [26]
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning Win, PS4 April 9, 2019 [27]
Crystar Win, PS4 August 27, 2019 [28]
AI: The Somnium Files Win, Switch, PS4 September 17, 2019 [29]
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World Win, Switch, PS4 October 1, 2019 [30]
Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars Win, PS4 November 5, 2019 [31]
Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace Win, Switch, PS4 December 11, 2019 [23]
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story Win, Switch, PS4 February 20, 2020 [32]
Robotics;Notes Elite Win, Switch, PS4 October 13, 2020 [33]
Robotics;Notes DaSH Win, Switch, PS4 October 13, 2020 [33]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne Win, Switch, PS4 2020 [34]
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Win, Switch 2020 [35]

Notes
  1. The Nintendo Switch version was released on December 10, 2019.[23]
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