Cattle Call (company)

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Cattle Call Inc.
Native name
株式会社キャトルコール
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha kyatoru kooru
Type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Video games
FoundedMarch 20, 1998;25 years ago (1998-03-20)
Headquarters
Nakano, Tokyo Prefecture
,
Japan
ProductsConsole 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.

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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

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Tsugunai: Atonement [4]
  • JP: February 22, 2001
  • NA: November 29, 2001
YesYesNoNo
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
YesYesYesNo
Arc the Lad: End of Darkness [6]

(JP: Arc the Lad: Generation)

  • JP: November 3, 2004
  • NA: June 14, 2005
YesYesNoNo

Nintendo DS

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUSKOR
Dragon Quest IV [7] [8] [9]

(Co-developed with ArtePiazza)

  • JP: November 22, 2007
  • NA: September 16, 2008
  • EU: September 12, 2008
YesYesYesYesNo
Nanatsuiro★Drops DS Touch de Hajimaru Hatsukoi Monogatari [10]
  • JP: May 15, 2008
YesNoNoNoNo
Disney Stitch Jam [11] [12]

(JP: Stitch! DS: Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken)

  • JP: December 3, 2009
  • NA: March 23, 2010
YesYesNoNoNo
Kamonohashi Kamo - Aimai Seikatsu no Susume [13]
  • JP: December 3, 2009
YesNoNoNoNo
Kokoro Nuri e(DSiWare) [14]
  • JP: April 7, 2010
YesNoNoNoNo
Metal Max 3 [15] [16]
  • JP: July 29, 2010
YesNoNoNoNo
Motto! Stitch! DS: Rhythm de Rakugaki Daisakusen [17]
  • JP: November 18, 2010
YesNoNoNoNo
Usavich: Game no Jikan
  • JP: December 8, 2011
YesNoNoNoNo
Metal Max 2 ReLOADED [18] [19]
  • JP: December 8, 2011
YesNoNoNoNo
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters [20]

(Co-developed with Aspect Co.)

  • JP: September 27, 2012
  • KOR: August 8, 2013
YesNoNoNoYes

Nintendo 3DS

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Isamugengaisha Brave Company [21] [22]
  • JP: October 27, 2011
YesNoNoNo
Metal Max 4: Gekkō no Diva [23] [24] [25]

(Co-developed with 24Frame)

  • JP: November 7, 2013
YesNoNoNo
The Legend of Legacy [26] [27] [28]

(Co-developed with Grezzo, FuRyu)

  • JP: January 22, 2015
  • NA: October 13, 2015
  • PAL: February 5, 2016
YesYesYesYes
The Alliance Alive [29] [30] [31]

(Co-developed with Grezzo, FuRyu)

  • JP: June 22, 2017
  • WW: March 27, 2018
YesYesYesNo

Wii

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
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
YesYesYesNo
Opoona [34] [35]

(Co-developed with ArtePiazza)

  • JP: November 1, 2007
  • NA: March 25, 2008
  • EU: September 12, 2008
  • AU: September 25, 2008
YesYesYesYes

PlayStation 3

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
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
YesYesYesYes

PlayStation 4

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Metal Max Xeno [37] [38]

(Co-developed with Kadokawa Games, 24Frame)

  • JP: April 19, 2018
  • WW: Q2 2018
YesYesYesYes
Dungeon Encounters
  • WW: November 14, 2021
YesYesYesYes

Nintendo Switch

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Dungeon Encounters
  • WW: November 14, 2021
YesYesYesYes

Microsoft Windows

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Dungeon Encounters
  • WW: November 14, 2021
YesYesYesYes

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