Creatures Inc.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Founded | March, 1989 (As Ape Inc.) November 8, 1995 (As Creatures Inc.) |
| Headquarters |  Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Japan |
Key people | Hirokazu Tanaka |
| Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
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Creatures Incorporated (株式会社クリーチャーズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kurīchāzu) is a Japanese toy company subsidiary of Nintendo. The company was founded as Ape, Inc. by Tsunekazu Ishihara as a joint company between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory. Its current president is Hirokazu Tanaka.
Creatures is the producer of the Pokémon card games and toys, and it owns one-third of the copyright over the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds shared equally between Nintendo and Game Freak). The company was found in March, 1989 and has also created the EarthBound series when it was known as Ape Inc.
Games
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mother (1989)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Mother 2 (1994)
- Mario's Super Picross (1995)
- The Monopoly Game 2 (1995)
Game Boy
- Mario's Picross (1995)
- Pocket Monsters (1996)
- Pocket Camera (1998)
Game Boy Color
- Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game) (1998)
- Chee-Chai Alien (2001)
Game Boy Advance
- Machop at Work (2001) E-reader
- Kingler's Day (2001) E-reader
- Nonono Puzzle Chalien (2004)
- Mother 3 (2006)
Nintendo DS
- PokePark:Fishing Rally DS (2005)
- Project Hacker (2008) (With Red Entertainment)
- Pokémon Ranger (2006-2007) (With Hal Laboratory)
- Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008)
- Personal Trainer: Walking (2008)
- Pokémon Ranger: Path of Light (2010)
Nintendo Wii
External links
- Creatures Inc., the official Japanese website
- Creatures Inc. HTML English
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