Vanillaware (ヴァニラウェア有限会社) is a Japanese video game company development studio. Previously, they were known as Puraguru from 2002 until 2004, when they renamed as Vanillaware.[1] The studio's past projects have specialized in 2D, or sprite-based, game design. They have garnered positive attention from fans and game media alike for embracing 2D game design [2] in a market dominated by 3D games. Vanillaware has developed 2 games for the PlayStation 2 and one for the Wii. The company was formed from members of the Atlus project team which had developed Princess Crown for the Sega Saturn in 1997.
Projects[ | ]
- PlayStation 2
- Odin Sphere - 2007
- GrimGrimoire - 2007
- Wii
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade - 2009
- Nintendo DS
- Kumatanchi[3]
References[ | ]
- ↑ Mielke, James (2006-06-27). GrimGrimoire Developer Interviewed. 1up.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-17
- ↑ Odin Sphere Developer Reveals Wii Project. Kotaku.
- ↑ Kumatanchi looks like a vanilla Vanillaware game
See also[ | ]
- Atlus
- Princess Crown
- Nippon Ichi
- Basiscape
- George Kamitani