Artoon Co., Ltd.

COMPANY» Founded 1999-08-27

Yokohama,Kanagawa,Japan

Artoon was a studio co-founded by Sonic the Hedgehog creator Naoto Oshima, and a former subsidiary of AQ Interactive.

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In 2010, Artoon was absorbed into AQ Interactive.

The studio developed 19 games since it's founding in 1999.

• Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (2001 - GBA)
• Pinobee and Phoebee (2002 - GBA)
• Ghost Trap (2002 - GBA)
• Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002 - XBOX)
• Ghost Vibration (2002 - PS2)
• Pinobee (2003 - PSX)
• The King of Fighters EX: Neo-Blood (2003 - GBA)
• Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (2004 - Xbox)
• Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (2004 - GBA)
• Swords of Yi (Cancelled - PS2)
• Swords of Destiny (Game) (2005 - PS2)
• Yoshi's Island DS (2006 - DS)
• Blue Dragon (Game) (2006 - Xbox 360)
• Vampire Rain (Game) (2007 - Xbox 360)
• Away: Shuffle Dungeon (2008 - DS)
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species (2008 - PS3)
• The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei (2008 - Wii)
• The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-kei (2009 - DS)
• Echoshift (2010 - PSP)
• Club Penguin: Game Day! (2010 - Wii)
• FlingSmash (Game) (2010 - Wii)

Developed Games

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Yoshi's Island DS (Game)

13 November 2006

Yoshi's Island comes to the DS in this sequel by Artoon.

NDS​ WIIU​

Club Penguin: Game Day! (Game)

21 September 2010

The third off-shoot from Disney's Penguin Club MMORPG, Game Day! is a mini-game collection for up to four players.

WII​

Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (Game)

9 December 2004

Yoshi Topsy-Turvy is a platformer for the GBA and is part of the Yoshi series. Developed by Artoon and published by Nintendo, Yoshi Topsy-Turvy features tilt control by using a tilt sensor in the game cartridge. The game was released on June of 2005 in North America.

GBA​

Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (Game)

21 March 2001

One of the launch titles for the Game Boy Advance is a platformer that tells the story of an unfinished robot bee as he sets out to rescue his inventor from an evil robot insect army, whether he wants to or not.

GBA​ PS1​

Pinobee & Phoebee (Game)

18 July 2002

A Japan-only sequel to the Artoon/Hudson platformer Pinobee: Wings of Adventure, with players controlling the robotic bee brother-sister duo Pinobee and Phoebee as they. set out to restore their strength to confront the evil Vestor once again.

GBA​

Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (Game)

18 November 2004

Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space is the sequel to Blinx the Time Sweeper.

XBOX​

Blinx the Time Sweeper (Game)

7 October 2002

Battle pigs using time and garbage as your main weapons.

XBOX​

echoshift (Game)

25 February 2010

echoshift is the sequel to the mind-bending puzzle game echochrome.

PSP​ PSPN​

Vampire Rain (Game)

25 January 2007

Vampire Rain is a stealth game that has the player sneaking around and fighting vampires with modern weapons. It is best known for being universally panned by critics.

X360​

Vampire Rain: Altered Species (Game)

26 August 2008

Altered Species takes you in the role of John Lloyd a Special Forces member looking to eliminate the 7 Nightwalkers.

PS3​

FlingSmash (Game)

7 November 2010

Fling to smash in this Wii MotionPlus game.

WII​

Swords of Destiny (Game)

30 June 2006

Swords of Destiny is an Chinese-themed action game by ARTOON.

PS2​ PS3N​

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Company details

Name

Artoon Co., Ltd.

Abbreviation

Founded

27 August 1999

Location

Yokohama,Kanagawa,Japan

Website

http://www.artoon.co.jp/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Yoshi's Island DS (Game)
• Club Penguin: Game Day! (Game)
• Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (Game)
• Pinobee: Wings of Adventure (Game)
• Pinobee & Phoebee (Game)
• Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space (Game)
• Blinx the Time Sweeper (Game)
• echoshift (Game)
• Vampire Rain (Game)
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species (Game)
• FlingSmash (Game)
• Swords of Destiny (Game)
• Ghost Trap (Game)
• Ghost Vibration (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Blinx (Franchise)
• Mario (Franchise)
• Pinobee (Franchise)
• Yoshi (Franchise)
• Blue Dragon (Franchise)
• Club Penguin (Franchise)
• Death Note (Franchise)
• Disney (Franchise)
• Dragon Ball Z (Franchise)
• Echochrome (Franchise)
• Final Fantasy (Franchise)
• Yoshi's Island (Franchise)

People

• Hironobu Sakaguchi (Person)
• Naoto Oshima (Person)
• Nobuo Uematsu (Person)
• Akira Toriyama (Person)
• Takeshi Obata (Person)

Characters

• Big Boo (Character)
• Blinx (Character)
• Bowser (Character)
• Yoshi (Character)
• Bandit (Character)
• Blargg (Character)
• Donkey Kong (Character)
• General Szabo (Character)
• Hongo (Character)
• Hookbill the Koopa (Character)
• Jiro (Character)
• Kamek (Character)
• King Jibral (Character)
• Kluke (Character)
• Lakitu (Character)
• Lei Yun (Character)
• Luigi (Character)
• Mannequin (Character)
• Mario (Character)
• Marumaro (Character)

Concepts

• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Pseudo 3D (Concept)
• Titular Protagonist (Concept)
• Animal Protagonists (Concept)
• Boss Fight (Concept)
• Game Over (Concept)
• Games That Ask You to "Press Start" But Will Accept Other Buttons (Concept)
• Ghost (Concept)
• Sequel (Concept)
• Third-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Time Manipulation (Concept)
• Achievements (Concept)
• Anthropomorphism (Concept)
• Bee (Concept)
• Boo (Concept)
• Cartoon Violence (Concept)
• Cats (Concept)
• Collectible (Concept)
• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Downloadable Content (Concept)

Locations

• Space (Location)
• Swamp (Location)
• Yoshi's Island (Location)
• Bowser's Castle (Location)
• Castle (Location)
• Cave (Location)
• China (Location)
• Club Penguin Island (Location)
• Dungeon (Location)
• Factory (Location)
• Forest (Location)
• Fortress (Location)
• Grassland (Location)
• Island (Location)
• Jungle (Location)
• Laboratory (Location)
• Mansion (Location)
• Mountains (Location)
• Tropical Island (Location)
• Underground (Location)

Objects

• Balloon (Object)
• Bomb (Object)
• Coin (Object)
• Egg (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Key (Object)
• Yoshi Egg (Object)
• ! Switch (Object)
• Apple (Object)
• Bandana (Object)
• Basket (Object)
• Blood (Object)
• Boots (Object)
• Bottle (Object)
• Bow (Object)
• Bubble (Object)
• Cannon (Object)
• Chomp Rock (Object)
• Crate (Object)
• Cymbal (Object)