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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Video game publisher |
| Founder | John Greiner |
MonkeyPaw Games was an American video game publisher based in San Jose, California. [1] They localized retro Japanese games that were never released in the West and published them on contemporary gaming consoles. [1]
The company was created by John Greiner, who was its president. [2]
In 2012, the company attempted to run a Kickstarter alongside Gaijinworks to localize Class of Heroes 2 and publish the game's special edition. [3] However, this failed to raise enough funds to meet the $500,000 goal. [3] Greiner attributed this to the desire to quickly begin the Kickstarter in order to capitalize off of the success of the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter, and not having adequate planning. [3] Additionally, MonkeyPaw had promised to release a digital version regardless of whether it succeeded or failed, which led to a lack of urgency. [3] Greiner stated he would continue his goal of publishing as many JRPGs as possible in the United States. [3]
In January 2014, the company announced that it would bring 6 classic PlayStation games to PlayStation Network, in an event called "Retro Rush". [4] [5]
In 2015, the company announced an english localization of Class of Heroes 3 . [6] , but this was ultimately never released.
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