Arzest

Arzest Corporation

Native name	株式会社アーゼスト
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	June 25, 2010
Headquarters	Yokohama, Japan
Key people	Yoji Ishii (chairman & CEO) Naoto Ohshima (president & COO[1]) Yutaka Sugano (vice president)
Number of employees	80
Website	www.arzest.jp/english/index.html

Arzest Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社アーゼスト, Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Āzesuto) is a Japanese video game development company that develops games for video game consoles. It was formed on June 25, 2010 by key members of Artoon, which was also founded by Executive Vice President Naoto Ohshima, best known as the character designer of Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as his nemesis Doctor Eggman. Arzest was also founded by key Artoon and Sega members who worked on the Panzer Dragoon series.

Company profile

They were recruited by Nintendo to work on mini-games in Wii Play: Motion for the Wii. According to their portion of the credits of the game, as many as a dozen of former Artoon and Sega employees now work at Arzest.

They worked on additional new features of one of the main Nintendo 3DS built-in software applications StreetPass Mii Plaza, such as adding SpotPass features to Puzzle Swap among others.

Arzest has since released several retail games on the 3DS: Yoshi's New Island in 2014, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 2016, and Hey! Pikmin in 2017.

Games

Game	Year	Platform(s)	Notes
Wii Play: Motion	2011	Wii	Developed games: Spooky Search, Jump Park, and Cone Zone
StreetPass Mii Plaza	2011	Nintendo 3DS	Built-in app for console; also developed StreetPass Explorers / Mii Trek
Time Travelers	2012	3DS, PSP, PS Vita	Character modeling
Slot Monsters	2013	Android, iOS
Yoshi's New Island	2014	3DS	Published by Nintendo
Terra Battle	2015	Android, iOS	Co-developed with Mistwalker
Boost Beast		Android, iOS, Browser, Kindle, Nintendo Switch
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games	2016	3DS	Not involved in the Wii U version
Hey! Pikmin	2017		Published by Nintendo
Terra Wars[2]	2018	Android, iOS	Co-developed with Mistwalker
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey	2019	3DS	Developed Giant Battles section, Published by Nintendo
Hypnosis Mic: Alternative Rap Battle	2020	Android, iOS	Programmed rhythm game, Published by Idea Factory
Balan Wonderworld	2021	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch	Co-developed with Square Enix (under the Balan Company brand) and published by Square Enix
Fantasian		iOS	Co-developed with Mistwalker
Sonic Superstars[3]	2023	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch	Co-developed with Sonic Team

References

1. Ohshima, Naoto [@NaotoOhshima] (July 7, 2022). 株式会社アーゼストの代表取締役社長に就任致しました。これまで同様にゲームデザイナーとして、ゲームを作って参ります。今後ともご支援をよろしくお願いします。ありがとうございました。 (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
2. "Terra Wars".
3. "Sonic Superstars is developed by original designer's studio, Sega confirms". VGC. 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-11.

External links

• Official website