Mistwalker
Mistwalker Corporation (ミストウォーカー, Misutowōkā) is a Japanese video game development studio founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the popular Final Fantasy series) in 2004, with the financial backing of Microsoft. The logo and name were trademarked in 2001. Based in Tokyo, Mistwalker is a co-developer similar to Red Entertainment and Armor Project, outsourcing development duties to other companies (including Artoon and feelplus), preferring to focus primarily on the story and music portions of game development, as well as generally overseeing the process. Nobuo Uematsu, known for his work in the Final Fantasy series, has written music for various games developed by Mistwalker.
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Native name | ミストウォーカー |
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Romanized name | Misutowōkā |
Game development studio | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 2004 |
Founder | Hironobu Sakaguchi ![]() |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
Key people |
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Number of employees | 15 (2017)[1] |
Website | www |
Sakaguchi is the president of the studio, and Kensuke Tanaka, the producer of the PlayOnline system, is the vice president.
List of games developed by Mistwalker
Year | Game | Platform(s) | Co-developer | |||||
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NDS | X360 | Wii | Android | iOS | PC | |||
2006 | Blue Dragon | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Artoon |
2007 | Lost Odyssey | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | feelplus |
2007 | ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Racjin |
2008 | Blue Dragon Plus | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Brownie Brown and feelplus |
2008 | Away: Shuffle Dungeon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Artoon |
2009 | Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | tri-Crescendo and Bird Studio |
2011 | The Last Story | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | AQ Interactive |
2012 | Party Wave[2][3] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | None |
2012 | Blade Guardian[4] | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | None |
2014 | Terra Battle | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | None |
2017 | Terra Battle 2[5] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silicon Studio |
TBA | Terra Wars[5] | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Arzest |
TBA | Fantasian[6] | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | None |
Cancelled Game(s)
Game | Platform(s) | Co-developer | ||||
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NDS | X360 | WiiU | Android | iOS | ||
Cry On | No | Yes | No | No | No | Cavia |
References
- Leone, Matt (16 March 2018). "Directing from the sidelines". Polygon. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- "Party Wave surfing over to Android and going free on iOS". Japanator.
- "Mistwalker taking a stab at iPhone development". Engadget.
- "Hironobu Sakaguchi nous dévoile Blade Guardian en vidéo". Gameblog.
- "crunchyroll.com". crunchyroll. June 21, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- "Apple Arcade launches this fall with 100 exclusive games". polygon. March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.