Spike Chunsoft

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Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Native name
株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト
Romanized name
Kabushiki-gaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
Predecessor
FoundedApril 9, 1984;40 years ago (1984-04-09) [1]
Founder Koichi Nakamura (Chunsoft)
HeadquartersAkasaka,
Minato-ku, Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
  • Mitsutoshi Sakurai (president, representative director)
  • Hiroyuki Kaneko (director)
  • Tatsuro Suzuki (director)
  • Sadahiro Hayashi (auditor)
  • Seiichiro Nagahata (executive officer)
  • Yasuhiro Iizuka (executive officer)
  • Koji Yukita (executive officer)
  • Norihiro Takahashi (executive officer)
ProductsChunsoft:
Spike:
Revenue
  • ¥480.9 million [1]
 (2023)
  • Increase2.svg¥2.1 billion (2023) [2]
  • ¥1.7 billion (2022) [3]
  • Increase2.svg¥764.3 million (2023) [2]
  • ¥575.4 million (2022) [3]
Total assets
  • Increase2.svg¥4.6 billion (2023) [2]
  • ¥4.4 billion (2022) [3]
Number of employees
260 [1]  (2024)
Parent Dwango
Subsidiaries Spike Chunsoft, Inc.
Website spike-chunsoft.com

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. [a] 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. [4]

Contents

It 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 (consisting of Otogirisō , Kamaitachi no Yoru , Machi and 428: Shibuya Scramble ) and the Zero Escape series as Chunsoft. Spike developed Danganronpa before the merger.

The logo of Chunsoft before the Spike merger Chunsoft logo.png
The logo of Chunsoft before the Spike merger

History

Chunsoft

Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer and programmer who had worked with Enix, including the popular Dragon Quest franchise until Dragon Quest V . The "Chun" in the company name is from the first kanji Naka (中) of the company founder's name; Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong. This name would also appear in Nakamura's first work with Enix, titled Door Door in 1983. Otogirisō marked Chunsoft's debut brand. Following that, successive genre-trailblazing titles Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon , Kamaitachi no Yoru , and Shiren the Wanderer established the company's good reputation. Nakamura himself had to move away from programming in order to run the company. [5]

For a time, the company's products were considered mediocre, but 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei: Densetsu no Kyoudan ni Tate! was a hit that showed signs of recovery. During the development of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team , Kouji Malta, one of the programmers for these two games, and contributed previously on EarthBound and Shiren the Wanderer 2 , stated the company went through bad business performance, as employees from Chunsoft would leave the company progressively due to this issue. The game's success not only helped giving more popularity in the Mystery Dungeon franchise, it also helped Chunsoft from avoiding bankruptcy. [6] Later in 2005, it was bought by Dwango and became a subsidiary of the company.

Before the project, Sega were helping Chunsoft in developing and releasing their games for the Dreamcast. From 2005 to 2010, Sega have made a collaboration with Chunsoft titled "SEGA×CHUN PROJECT". Their goal was to provide support and sales for development funds, such as the Nintendo DS remake of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer or 428: Shibuya Scramble . [7] [8]

Spike

Merger

In 2012, Chunsoft merged with its sister company Spike and the new company would be called Spike Chunsoft. [9]

Subsidiary

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. [10] 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; [11] they have since continued publishing further games in the Science Adventure series, including Steins;Gate 0 [12] and Chaos;Child . [13]

On July 16, 2020, NIS America announced that Danganronpa games on the PlayStation Store will be removed. [14] [15] Spike Chunsoft subsequently announced on July 22, 2020 that they will take on publishing the Danganronpa series outside of Japan. [16] Similarly, the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows release of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate would not be released by Aksys but by their subsidiary. [17]

Works

Chunsoft

Developed

YearTitlePlatformPublisherRef.
1983 Door Door mkII PC-8801, Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1985 The Portopia Serial Murder Case Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1986 Dragon Quest Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1987 Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1988 Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1990 Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
1991 Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin Nintendo Entertainment System Bandai
Tetris 2 + Bombliss Nintendo Entertainment System Bullet-Proof Software
1992 Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride Super Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
Otogirisō Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Mobile Chunsoft
1993Dragon Quest I & II Super Nintendo Entertainment System Enix
Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon Super Nintendo Entertainment System Chunsoft [18]
1994 Banshee's Last Cry Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Mobile, Web browserChunsoft [19]
1995 Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo DS Chunsoft [18]
1998 Machi Saturn, PlayStation, Mobile, PlayStation Portable Chunsoft
Sega (PSP)		 [20] [21]
1999 Torneko: The Last Hope PlayStation, Game Boy Advance Enix [22] [23]
2000 Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion Nintendo 64 Nintendo [24]
2001 Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert Game Boy Color, Nintendo DS Chunsoft
Sega (DS)		 [25] [26]
2002Kamaitachi no Yoru 2 PlayStation 2, Mobile, PlayStation Portable Chunsoft
Sega (PSP)
Torneko's Great Adventure 3 PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance Enix [27] [28]
2004Shiren Monsters: Netsal Game Boy Advance Chunsoft
3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei PlayStation 2 Chunsoft
The Nightmare of Druaga PlayStation 2 Arika (JP)
Namco (NA)		 [29]
2005 Homeland GameCube Chunsoft
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Nintendo
The Pokémon Company 		[30] [31]
2006Kamaitachi no Yoru × 3 PlayStation 2 Sega
2007 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness Nintendo DS Nintendo
The Pokémon Company		 [32] [33]
Imabikisō PlayStation 3, Wii Sega
2008 Shiren the Wanderer Wii, PlayStation Portable Sega (JP)
Atlus USA (NA)
Spike (PSP)		 [34] [35]
428: Shibuya Scramble Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Spike
2009 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky Nintendo DS Nintendo
The Pokémon Company		 [36]
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Adventure Team Wii The Pokémon Company [37] [38]
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors Nintendo DS Spike (JP)
Aksys Games (NA/EU)
2010 Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel Nintendo DS Spike [39]
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Nintendo DS Chunsoft
2011Zombie Daisuki Nintendo DS Chunsoft
Wii Play: Motion Wii Nintendo
2012 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita Chunsoft

Published only

YearTitlePlatformDeveloperRef.
1996 Shiren the Wanderer GB: Monster of Moonlight Village Game Boy, Windows, AndroidAquamarine
Chunsoft (Android)		 [40] [41] [42] [43]
2002 Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman for Windows Windows Neverland [44]

Spike Chunsoft

YearTitlePlatformDeveloperPublisherRef.
2012 Conception PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, Windows ChimeSpike Chunsoft
Kenka Banchō Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale PlayStation Portable BulletsSpike Chunsoft
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc PlayStation Vita, Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [45]
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [45]
Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel PlayStation Portable Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [39]
Fire Pro Wrestling Xbox 360 Spike ChunsoftMicrosoft Studios
Dragon Ball Z: For Kinect Xbox 360 Spike Chunsoft Namco Bandai Games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftNintendo
The Pokémon Company		 [46]
2013 Banshee's Last Cry iOS, Android Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [47] [48]
999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors iOS Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Warrior's Way Nintendo 3DS Spike Chunsoft Nintendo
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Windows ChimeSpike Chunsoft
Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains Nintendo 3DS Spike Chunsoft Examu
Heroes VS PlayStation Portable Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment
2014Sekai Seifuku: Costume Fes. PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4 Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Fossil Fighters: Frontier Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftNintendo
J-Stars Victory VS PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment
2015 Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle iOS, Android Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood Nintendo 3DS Studio ZanSpike Chunsoft [49]
Ukiyo no Shishi PlayStation 3 Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Ukiyo no Roushi PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Windows, iOS, Android Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [50] [51] [52]
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Exist Archive PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Spike Chunsoft
Tri-Ace		Spike Chunsoft [53]
Etrian Mystery Dungeon Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftJP: Atlus
NA: Atlus USA
EU: NIS America 		[54]
J-Stars Victory VS+ PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftNintendo
The Pokémon Company		 [55]
2016Kenka Bancho Otome PlayStation Vita Red Entertainment Spike Chunsoft
Zero Time Dilemma Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One ChimeSpike Chunsoft [56]
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftNintendo
One Piece: Burning Blood PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment [57]
2017 Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Windows, iOS, Android Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [58] [45] [59]
Kamaitachi no Yoru Rinkai Ayane PlayStation Vita, Windows 5pb. (MAGES.)Spike Chunsoft
Fire Pro Wrestling World Windows, PlayStation 4 Zex CorporationSpike Chunsoft [60]
Kenka Bancho Otome: Kanzenmuketsu no My Honey PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 Nintendo 3DS Spike ChunsoftAtlus [61]
2018 Zanki Zero: Last Beginning Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita Spike Chunsoft
Lancarse		Spike Chunsoft [62]
One Piece Grand Cruise PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Windows Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment [57]
2019 Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer iOS, Android Cyclone ZeroSpike Chunsoft [63]
Kenka Bancho Otome 2nd Rumble!! PlayStation Vita Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft
AI: The Somnium Files Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [64]
Jump Force PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment
2020 One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX Nintendo Switch Spike ChunsoftNintendo
The Pokémon Company		 [65]
2021 Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [45]
2022 AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [66]
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 ChimeSpike Chunsoft [67]
2023 Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Spike Chunsoft
Too Kyo Games 		Spike Chunsoft [68]
2024 Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island Nintendo Switch, Windows Spike ChunsoftWW: Spike Chunsoft
EU: Reef Entertainment
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Windows, Nintendo Switch Toybox, Millenium KitchenSpike Chunsoft
Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S Spike ChunsoftBandai Namco Entertainment [69]
Kamaitachi no Yoru × 3 Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 Spike ChunsoftSpike Chunsoft [70]
2025 Never 7: The End of Infinity Windows MAGES. Spike Chunsoft [5]
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity Windows MAGES. Spike Chunsoft [4]

Published western third-party games in Japan

TitlePlatform(s)Developer(s)Release dateRef.
Hotline Miami Dennaton Games2012
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings CD Projekt Red 2012
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Big Huge Games 2012
Darksiders II Vigil Games 2012
Dead Island: Riptide Techland 2013
Metro: Last Light PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 4A Games 2013
Terraria Re-Logic 2013
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion DreamRift September 26, 2013
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Wii, Wii U Junction Point Studios, Blitz Games Studios, Heavy Iron Studios September 26, 2013
Saints Row IV PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Volition 2014
Metro Redux PlayStation 4, Xbox One 4A Games 2014
CastleStorm Zen Studios 2015
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Dennaton Games, Abstraction Games2015
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 CD Projekt Red 2015
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut PlayStation 4 inXile Entertainment 2015
Crypt of the NecroDancer Brace Yourself Games2015
Divinity: Original Sin PlayStation 4 Larian Studios 2015
Homefront: The Revolution Dambuster Studios 2016
Ark: Survival Evolved PlayStation 4 Studio Wildcard October 26, 2017
Nintendo Switch February 24, 2023
Cities: Skylines PlayStation 4 Colossal Order April 12, 2018
Metro Exodus PlayStation 4, Xbox One 4A Games February 15, 2019
Divinity: Original Sin II PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Larian Studios October 31, 2019
Cadence of Hyrule Nintendo Switch Brace Yourself GamesJune 14, 2019
Indivisible PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Lab Zero GamesJuly 16, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 PlayStation 4 CD Projekt Red December 10, 2020
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 ZA/UMAugust 25, 2022 [71]

[72]

Dying Light 2 Stay Human PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 Techland February 4, 2022
Baldur's Gate 3 PlayStation 5 Larian Studios December 21, 2023 [73] [74]
Ark: Survival Ascended PlayStation 5 Studio Wildcard TBA

Published internationally by Spike Chunsoft, Inc.

This table lists video games published internationally by Spike Chunsoft's American subsidiary Spike Chunsoft, Inc. since its foundation on December 1, 2017. Outside of titles from Spike Chunsoft in Japan, the company publishes titles from Mages (which was also part of Spike Chunsoft's parent company Dwango until July 2019) and from other companies.

TitlePlatform(s)Release dateRef.
Steins;Gate Microsoft Windows May 1, 2018 [11]
Steins;Gate 0 Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch May 8, 2018 [b] [12] [75]
PixelJunk Monsters 2 Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 May 25, 2018 [76]
428: Shibuya Scramble Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 September 4, 2018 [77]
Chaos;Child Microsoft Windows January 22, 2019 [13]
8-bit ADV Steins;Gate Nintendo Switch February 19, 2019 [78]
Steins;Gate Elite Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 February 19, 2019 [78]
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 February 19, 2019 [78]
Zanki Zero: Last Beginning Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 April 9, 2019 [79]
Crystar Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 August 27, 2019 [80]
AI: The Somnium Files Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One September 17, 2019 [81]
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 October 1, 2019 [82]
Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 November 5, 2019 [83]
Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 December 11, 2019 [75]
Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 February 20, 2020 [84]
Robotics;Notes Elite Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 October 13, 2020 [85]
Robotics;Notes DaSH Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 October 13, 2020 [85]
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch December 2, 2020 [17]
Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 January 29, 2021 [86]
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android November 4, 2021 [45]
AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One June 24, 2022 [66]
Chaos;Head Noah Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch October 7, 2022
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S June 30, 2023
Anonymous;Code Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 September 8, 2023
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch February 27, 2024
The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 May 23, 2024
The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 May 23, 2024
Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch August 6, 2024
Bakeru Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch September 3, 2024 [87]
Never 7: The End of Infinity Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 March 6, 2025
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 March 6, 2025

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Supaiku Chunsofuto
  2. ↑ The Nintendo Nintendo Switch version was released on December 10, 2019. [75]

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