Poisoft

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POI SOFT Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社ポイソフト
Romanized name
Kabushiki gaisha Poisofuto
Company type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Video games
FoundedJune 23, 2008;15 years ago (2008-06-23)
Headquarters
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture
,
Japan
ProductsConsole games
Number of employees
3 (2022)
Website www.poisoft.jp

POI SOFT Co., Ltd. is a Japanese game developer and publisher based in Fukuoka, Japan.

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The company consists of only four members, and they specialize in developing eShop downloadable games for Nintendo systems such as the Wii, Nintendo 3DS and the Nintendo Switch. [1] The company is known for the Nintendo Switch launch title Vroom in the Night Sky , which received universally negative reviews from critics. [2] [3]

Games developed by Poisoft

Wii

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
ORDER! [4] [5]
  • JP: June 2, 2009
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Boku mo Sekai o Sukuitai [6]
  • JP: June 29, 2010
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Boku mo Sekai o Sukuitai: BATTLE TOURNAMENT [7]
  • JP: November 2, 2010
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo

Nintendo 3DS

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Kersploosh! [8] [9]

(JP: Hyu~ Stone, EU: Splash or Crash)

  • JP: June 7, 2011
  • EU: February 28, 2013
  • NA: March 7, 2013
YesYesYesNo
TakeyariMan [10]
  • JP: November 2, 2011
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Yoru no Majin to Ikusa no Kuni ~Samayoeru Vampire~ [11]
  • JP: May 30, 2012
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Mansion Percussion
  • JP: March 6, 2013
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
ORDER LAND! [12]
  • JP: December 11, 2013
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Sangoku Stories Ten [13]
  • JP: January 14, 2015
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Shin Hyu~Stone [14]
  • JP: April 22, 2015
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Monokage Quest [15]
  • JP: August 26, 2015
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Gakuyuu Unmeikyoudoutai: Friends in the Same RPG [16] [17]
  • JP: January 20, 2016
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Nyanyanto Mori
  • JP: August 31, 2016
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Boku wa Ousama to Yuusha [18] [19]
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo

Nintendo Switch

TitleOriginal release datePublisher(s)JPNAEUAUS
Vroom in the Night Sky [20] [21]

(JP: Soratobu Bunbun Burn)

  • JP: March 3, 2017
  • PAL: March 3, 2017
  • NA: April 5, 2017
  • WW: Poisoft
YesYesYesYes
ORDER LAND! [22]
  • JP: September 28, 2017
  • JP: Poisoft
YesNoNoNo
Poisoft Thud Card [23]

(JP: Poisoft no Zun ～Atsui Toranpu～)

  • WW: March 1, 2018
  • WW: Poisoft
YesYesYesYes

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  2. ↑ "Vroom in the night sky Official Website -Home-". www.poisoft.co.jp. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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  4. ↑ "王だぁ！ 公式ウェブサイト 『いい王様＆悪い王様の「王だぁ！」入門』". www.poisoft.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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  22. ↑ "Nintendo Switch版『王だぁランド！』の体験版が11月30日より配信開始 - ファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  23. ↑ "Poisoft Thud Card out on Switch next week - Nintendo Everything". Nintendo Everything. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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