Spike Chunsoft
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video games, visual novels and adventure games. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd and merged with Spike in 2012. It is owned by Dwango.
They created games such as the first five Dragon Quest installments and the Mystery Dungeon franchise as Chunsoft, and the Conception series as Spike Chunsoft. They also developed titles such as The Portopia Serial Murder Case, the Sound Novel series and the Zero Escape series as Chunsoft, and the Danganronpa franchise as Spike Chunsoft.
History
Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer and programmer who had worked with Enix. The "Chun" in the company name is from the first kanji Naka of the company founder name; Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong. In 2005, it was bought by Dwango and became a subsidiary of the company. In 2012, Chunsoft merged with its sister company Spike and the new company would be called Spike Chunsoft.In 2017, Spike Chunsoft established a North American subsidiary based in Long Beach, California to carry out localization and publishing of its own games, in addition to games by its sister company 5pb./Mages under a newly formed partnership. Their first game under the Mages partnership was the Microsoft Windows version of Steins;Gate, taking over publishing of the game from Mages in 2018; they have since continued publishing further games in the Science Adventure series, including Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child.
On July 16, 2020, NIS America announced that Danganronpa games on the Playstation Store will be removed. SC subsequently announced on July 22, 2020 that they will take on publishing the Danganronpa series outside of Japan.
Titles
Chunsoft
Spike Chunsoft
Published and/or developed
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- Kenka Banchō Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale
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- StreetPass Battle / Warrior's Way
- Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
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- Sekai Seifuku: Costume Fes.
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- Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood
- Ukiyo no Shishi
- Ukiyo no Roushi
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- Kenka Bancho Otome
- Zero Time Dilemma
- Fire Pro Wrestling World
- Kenka Bancho Otome: My Honey of Absolute Perfection
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- Kenka Bancho Otome 2nd Rumble!!
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Developed only
- Fire Pro Wrestling
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- Heroes VS
- J-Stars Victory VS
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- Etrian Mystery Dungeon
- J-Stars Victory VS+
- Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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- Sekaiju to Fushigi no Dungeon 2
- One Piece Grand Cruise
- Seikimatsu Days: Our Era's End
- Jump Force
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- Jump Force: Deluxe Edition
Published western third-party games in Japan
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- Darksiders II
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- Terraria
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- Saints Row IV
- CastleStorm
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- Crypt of the NecroDancer
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- Metro Redux
- Cadence of Hyrule
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Indivisible
Published internationally by Spike Chunsoft, Inc.
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| Steins;Gate | Win | ||
| Steins;Gate 0 | Win, Switch | ||
| PixelJunk Monsters 2 | Win, Switch, PS4 | ||
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| Chaos;Child | Win | ||
| 8-bit ADV Steins;Gate | Switch | ||
| Steins;Gate Elite | Win, Switch, PS4 | ||
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| Crystar | Win, PS4 | ||
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| Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story | Win, Switch, PS4 | ||
| Robotics;Notes Elite | Win, Switch, PS4 | ||
| Robotics;Notes DaSH | Win, Switch, PS4 | ||
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