Tose (company)
Tose Co., Ltd. (株式会社トーセ Kabushiki-gaisha Tōse) (TYO: 4728) is a video game development company based in Kyoto, Japan. It is most known for developing Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery series, various Dragon Ball games, as well as other Nintendo products. Tose has developed or co-developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but is never credited in the games themselves (an exception to this is Game & Watch Gallery 4 and the The Legendary Starfy series, as Tose shares the copyright with Nintendo), and according to the American Nintendo Power Magazine, TOSE likes it that way..[1] "We're always behind the scenes," said Masa Agarida, Vice President of Tose's U.S. division. "Our policy is not to have a vision. Instead, we follow our customers' visions. Most of the time we refuse to put our name on the games, not even staff names." As such, Tose has gained a reputation for being a "ghost developer".[2]
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[edit] List of games developed by Tose
NOTE: Some of these titles are merely believed or assumed to be developed by Tose, due to information compiled by various amateur and professional journalists. Most have not been officially confirmed as Tose-developed products by any of the games' publishers, co-developers, or Tose themselves. Many of the Bandai, Tomy Corporation, Jaleco, Taito, Namco, Tonkin House, Nintendo games were developed by Tose.
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[edit] Arcade
- Vanguard (1981)
[edit] Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
- Chubby Cherub (1985)
- Ikki (1985)
- M.U.S.C.L.E. (1985)
- Choplifter (1986)
- Ninja Kid (1986)
- Momoko 120% (1986)
- The Legend of Kage (1986)
- Bases Loaded (1987)
- Lupin Sansei: Pandora no Isan (1987)
- Goal! (1988)
- Bases Loaded II: Second Season (1988)
- Racket Attack (1988)
- Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (1989)
- Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach (1989)
- Shooting Range (1989)
- Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball (1989)
- Terao no Dosukoi Ōzumō (1989)
- Short Order / Eggsplode! (1989)
- Akuma-kun: Makai no Wana (1990)
- NES Play Action Football (1990, NES only)
- Bases Loaded 3 (1991)
- Bases Loaded 4 (1991)
- Golf Grand Slam (1991)
- Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu (1988)
- Toxic Crusaders (1992, NES only)
- Legends of the Diamond (1992, NES only)
- Rokudenashi Blues (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku (1993)
- Battle Rush: Build Up Robot Tournament (1993)
[edit] Super NES/Super Famicom
- Super Bases Loaded (1991)
- Goal! (1992)
- Dig & Spike Volleyball (1992)
- Super Professional Baseball II (1992)
- Super Play Action Football (1992, Super NES only)
- Bazooka Blitzkrieg (1992)
- Super Bases Loaded 2 (1993)
- Super Goal! 2 (1993)
- Namco Open (1993)
- Rokudenashi Blues (1994)
- Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer (1994)
- Super Bases Loaded 3 (1994)
- Natsuki Crisis Battle (1995)
- Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End (1995, Super NES only)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu (1992)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2 (1993)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3 (1994)
- Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Kakusei-hen (1995)
- Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Totsugeki-hen (1995)
- Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension (1996)
[edit] Game Boy
- Boxing (1990)
- Karakuri Kengou Den Musashi Lord (1991)
- Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (1991)
- Soccer (1991)
- Takeda Nobuhiro no Ace Striker (1994)
- Sports Collection (1996)
[edit] Game Boy Color
- Dragon Warrior Monsters (1998)[3]
- Game & Watch Gallery 2 (1998)[3]
- Game & Watch Gallery 3 (1999)[3]
- Metal Gear: Ghost Babel – (2000)[3]
- Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 (2001)
[edit] Game Boy Advance
- Densetsu no Stafy (2002)[3]
- Game & Watch Gallery 4 (2002)[3]
- Shrek: Hassle at the Castle (2002)
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart (2003)
- Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan (2003)
- Densetsu no Stafy 2 (2003)[3]
- Densetsu no Stafy 3 (2004)[3]
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King (2005)[3]
[edit] PlayStation
- Thousand Arms (1998)[4]
[edit] PlayStation 2
- The King of Route 66 (co-developed with Sega-AM2, 2003)[3]
[edit] PlayStation Portable
- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (2006)
- Ultimate Ghosts'n Goblins (2006)
[edit] Nintendo DS
- Super Princess Peach (2005)[3]
- Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (2005)[3]
- Sega Casino (2005)
- Densetsu no Stafy 4 (2006)[3]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006)[3]
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (2006)[3]
- Densetsu no Stafy Taiketsu! (2008)[3]
- Crash: Mind Over Mutant (2008)
- Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 (2008)
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (2008)
- WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 (2009)
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (2011)
[edit] Nintendo 3DS
[edit] Wii
[edit] Games ported by Tose
Tose has ported a few games, including Square and Enix games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
- Chrono Trigger (PlayStation, Nintendo DS)[5]
- Final Fantasy Origins and Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls (ports of Final Fantasy I & II for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance, respectively)[3]
- Final Fantasy IV (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
- Final Fantasy V (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
- Final Fantasy VI (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)[3]
- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (PlayStation Portable)[3]
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PlayStation Portable)
- Star Ocean: First Departure (PlayStation Portable)
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution (PlayStation Portable)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sheffield, Brandon (2006-05-18). "Tose: Game Development Ninjas". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060518/sheffield_01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Cifaldi, Frank (2006-04-20). "The Connection is Made: Developer Highlights from Game Connection 2006 (Part Two)". Gamasutra. http://gamasutra.com/features/20060420/cifaldi_01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Kennedy, Sam (2007-01-24). "Tose: Gaming's Dirty Little Secret". 1UP.com. http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3156447. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ Hill, Doug (October 14, 1999). "Tose to develop for Playstation 2". RPGamer.com. http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q4-1999/101499c.html. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Nintendo Power Holiday 2008". Nintendo Power 236: p. 82. 2008.