Sonic Powered

Sonic Powered Co.,Ltd. is a Japanese software development company located in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. They mainly focus on mobile and console games, and software for business purposes.

Sonic Powered
Native name
株式会社ソニックパワード
Kabushiki gaisha Sonikku Pawādo
Kabushiki gaisha
IndustryVideo games
FoundedApril 1, 1998 (1998-04-01)
Headquarters
Nagoya, Aichi
,
Japan
Key people
Kiyoshi Ohkawa (President & CEO)
Number of employees
70
Websitewww.sonicpowered.co.jp

History

Sonic Powered was first formed in Nagoya on February 14, 1995. Then incorporated on April 1, 1998.[1] The company was developing games such as Tetris[2] and Space invaders[3] for Sharp Zaurus, a PDA of Japanese brand Sharp.

In 2006, the company started developing simulation games such as I am an Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero (for PSP and later for 3DS)[4] and later Japanese Rail Sim 3D for 3DS. The Japanese Rail Sim series uses real-life footage of Japanese railways.[5] A few of the Airport Hero and most of the Japanese Rail Sim games are translated and released in North America and Europe. And following the game Waku Waku Sweets: Happy Sweets Making for 3DS being localized and released in 2018, over 4 years after its original release in Japan,[6] it seems fair to assume the company is not focussing solely on the Japanese market anymore.

Video Games

Games only in Japanese:

Games also released in other languages:

gollark: Y is opponent moves, X is your moves.
gollark: Anyway, the beeoid incursion protocol *does* work well at making tit-for-tat win, so... great...?
gollark: Oh, I just had a really cool idea; you can *read* strategies too, and mostly they're deterministic, so just check the move sequences you see against every other strategy, guess which one is in use, and.... do... something?
gollark: No idea.
gollark: I suppose if you clone the beeoids enough then you won't have to worry about them.

References
  1. "会社概要 (Company Profile)". Sonic Powered Official Site (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. 文● 編集部 (18 September 2001). "シャープ、ザウルス向けに『TETRIS』を発売 ("TETRIS" set for release on Sharp Zaurus)". ASCII.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "Sharp Zaurus video games list, 'a' to 'z'". Universal Videogame List. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. IGN Staff (29 March 2006). "EA BRINGS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER SIM TO PSP". IGN. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. "『鉄道にっぽん！路線たび 鹿島臨海鉄道編』が8月21日に発売決定、運転席からローカル線の旅情を堪能". Famitsu (in Japanese). 6 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  6. Jenni (29 March 2018). "Waku Waku Sweets: Happy Sweets Making Gets Localized". Siliconera. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. Sal, Romano (28 May 2018). "Waku Waku Sweets: Amai Okashi ga Dekiru kana? announced for Switch". Gematsu. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  8. Whitehead, Thomas (4 April 2014). "SKYPEACE on 3DS Looks Like a Rival For Bird Mania 3D". NintendoLife. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. Reynolds, Matthews (5 July 2018). "Nintendo Switch games list, 2018 release dates and every Switch game released so far". Eurogamer. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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