Marigul Management

Marigul was a Japanese corporation created and jointly owned by video game company Nintendo Co., Ltd. (40%) and media company Recruit (60%).[1] Its name is a combination of Nintendo's mascot Mario and Recruit's mascot Seegul.

Marigul Management Inc.

Former type	Defunct
Industry	Video games
Fate	Closed, properties sold
Founded	July 1996
Defunct	May 2003
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Products	Games for Nintendo video game consoles

Marigul was founded because the Nintendo 64 was not getting enough third-party support. Marigul would provide financing, to let game studios focus on making games. The only condition was that the studios would have a game ready in five years.

Studios

Marigul provided services for the video game studios Ambrella, Clever Trick, Noise, Param, and Saru Brunei. Although Marigul was liquidated in May 2003,[2] Ambrella and Noise continue to make games. Many games financed by Marigul have not been localized or released in North America.[3]

Saru Brunei

Saru Brunei was a Tokyo-based video game development company that worked in partnership with Nintendo between 1996 and 2003 as a part of Marigul Management. Saru Brunei was headed up by former Nintendo game designer Gento Matsumoto. Matsumoto was Shigeru Miyamoto's right-hand man for 15 years. Saru Brunei was made defunct as Marigul was liquidated in May 2003.

Saru Brunei was responsible for the cancelled Nintendo 64 game, Doubutsu Banchou (lit. Animal Leader), which was coded by Intelligent Systems. The studio then ported the game to the Nintendo GameCube as Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest in 2002.[4] The game was published by Nintendo in Japan, but published by Atlus in North America. Other games include Jungle Park on PlayStation and Jungle Park: Saturn Jima on Sega Saturn.

Clever Trick

Clever Trick was a video game development company that worked in partnership with Nintendo. Clever Trick was a part of Marigul Management. Clever Trick was developing Echo Delta for the 64DD accessory, but Nintendo decided cancel Echo Delta in 1999. Clever Trick was made defunct as Marigul was liquidated in May 2003.

References

1. "Who are Ambrella, the developers behind Pokémon Rumble Rush?". Gamepur. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
2. "Cancelados: Los juegos que nos hemos perdido - Artículos Nintendo 3DS | Revogamers". www.revogamers.net. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
3. Montesinos-Donaghy, Daniel (2014-09-23). "The Weird, Weird Games of the Nintendo 64". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
4. "Los 10 videojuegos más raros de grandes compañías, Realmente únicos". Vandal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-05.

External links

• Official Marigul Website (Japanese) at the Wayback Machine (archived May 16, 2001)
• Source of Company Profile (IGN)
• N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management, Inc.