Cattle Call (company)

Cattle Call Inc.

Native name	株式会社キャトルコール
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha kyatoru kooru
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	March 20, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-03-20)
Headquarters	Nakano, Tokyo Prefecture , Japan
Products	Console games
Number of employees	46
Website	www.cattle-call.co.jp

Cattle Call Inc. is a Japanese game developer based in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established by former staff of Data East Corporation and is engaged in developing original console games as well as co-developing and porting games for other game companies.

The company is known for developing the (partially) Japan-exclusive Metal Max series and the 3DS role-playing games The Legend of Legacy and its sequel, The Alliance Alive.

History

In 1998, Data East Corporation, a Japanese video game and electronic engineering company based in Tokyo, withdrew entirely from the arcade industry and reported a total debt estimated at ¥3.3 billion. The company then filed for reorganization in the following year and stopped making video games altogether. As a result of the corporate reorganization, some of the staff from the company formed Cattle Call Inc. to continue developing video games.^[1][2][3]

Games developed by Cattle Call

PlayStation 2

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Tsugunai: Atonement[4]	JP: February 22, 2001 NA: November 29, 2001	JP: Sony Interactive Entertainment NA: Atlus	Yes	Yes	No	No
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits[5] (JP: Arc the Lad: Seirei no Tasogare)	JP: March 20, 2003 NA: June 25, 2003 EU: January 30, 2004	WW: Sony Interactive Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness[6] (JP: Arc the Lad: Generation)	JP: November 3, 2004 NA: June 14, 2005	JP: Sony Interactive Entertainment NA: Namco	Yes	Yes	No	No

Nintendo DS

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS	KOR
Dragon Quest IV[7][8][9] (co-developed with ArtePiazza)	JP: November 22, 2007 NA: September 16, 2008 EU: September 12, 2008	WW: Square Enix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nanatsuiro★Drops DS Touch de Hajimaru Hatsukoi Monogatari[10]	JP: May 15, 2008	JP: ASCII Media Works	Yes	No	No	No	No
Disney Stitch Jam[11][12] (JP: Stitch! DS: Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken)	JP: December 3, 2009 NA: March 23, 2010	WW: Disney Interactive Studios	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Kamonohashi Kamo - Aimai Seikatsu no Susume[13]	JP: December 3, 2009	JP: ASCII Media Works	Yes	No	No	No	No
Kokoro Nuri e (DSiWare)[14]	JP: April 7, 2010	JP: Nintendo	Yes	No	No	No	No
Metal Max 3[15][16]	JP: July 29, 2010	JP: Kadokawa Games, Enterbrain, Crea-Tech	Yes	No	No	No	No
Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen[17]	JP: November 18, 2010	JP: Disney Interactive Studios	Yes	No	No	No	No
Usavich: Game no Jikan	JP: December 8, 2011	JP: Bandai Namco Games	Yes	No	No	No	No
Metal Max 2 ReLOADED[18][19]	JP: December 8, 2011	JP: Kadokawa Games, Enterbrain	Yes	No	No	No	No
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters[20] (co-developed with Aspect Co.)	JP: September 27, 2012 KOR: August 8, 2013	JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment KOR: Daewon Media	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Nintendo 3DS

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Isamugengaisha Brave Company[21][22]	JP: October 27, 2011	JP: Bandai Namco Entertainment, Banpresto	Yes	No	No	No
Metal Max 4: Gekkō no Diva[23][24][25] (co-developed with 24Frame)	JP: November 7, 2013	JP: Kadokawa Games, Enterbrain	Yes	No	No	No
The Legend of Legacy[26][27][28] (co-developed with Grezzo and FuRyu)	JP: January 22, 2015 NA: October 13, 2015 PAL: February 5, 2016	JP: FuRyu NA: Atlus USA PAL: NIS America	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
The Alliance Alive[29][30][31] (co-developed with Grezzo and FuRyu)	JP: June 22, 2017 WW: March 27, 2018	JP: FuRyu WW: Atlus USA	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Wii

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Space Invaders Get Even (WiiWare)[32][33] (JP: Space Invaders Get Even: Gyakushuu no Space Invaders, co-developed with Taito)	JP: August 26, 2008 EU: November 7, 2008 NA: December 1, 2008	JP: Taito WW: Square Enix	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Opoona[34][35] (co-developed with ArtePiazza)	JP: November 1, 2007 NA: March 25, 2008 EU: September 12, 2008 AU: September 25, 2008	WW: Koei	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

PlayStation 3

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Namco Museum Essentials (PlayStation Network)[36] (JP: Namco Museum.comm, co-developed with Bandai Namco Entertainment)	JP: January 29, 2009 NA: July 16, 2009 PAL: April 1, 2010	WW: Bandai Namco Entertainment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

PlayStation 4

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Metal Max Xeno[37][38] (co-developed with Kadokawa Games and 24Frame)	JP: April 19, 2018 WW: Q2 2018	JP: Kadokawa Games WW: NIS America	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dungeon Encounters	WW: November 14, 2021	WW: Square Enix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Nintendo Switch

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Dungeon Encounters	WW: November 14, 2021	WW: Square Enix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Microsoft Windows

Title	Original release date	Publisher(s)	JP	NA	EU	AUS
Dungeon Encounters	WW: November 14, 2021	WW: Square Enix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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