is a Japanese video game development studio, whose staff consists of programmers who have previously worked on the Dragon Quest series of video games.
History Genius Sonority was incorporated in June 2002 for the original purpose of developing Pokémon games for home consoles, with funding provided by Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi’s Q Fund, a cash reserve used for Nintendo game company start-ups. Current shareholders of the company include Yamana Satoru, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company. The company's founder and current president, Manabu Yamana, is best known as a key person at Heartbeat, a company that developed games in the Dragon Quest series for Enix. Yamana was joined in his efforts by members of Creatures Inc., the second-party Nintendo affiliate, which jointly owns the Pokémon Company and IP along with Nintendo and Game Freak.
As well as developing various Pokémon-related titles, they also co-developed Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors for the Wii with Eighting. The game was released in Japan in July 2007, and the rest of the world within ten months.
Genius Sonority's current flagship franchise is The Denpa Men, an RPG franchise revolving around forming a party by catching creatures known as "Denpa Men", who are randomly generated based on nearby Wi-Fi signals. The first game in the franchise, The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave, was released on Nintendo 3DS in 2012, and several games followed, including a mobile title and an entry for Nintendo Switch.
Titles YearTitlePlatformPublisherNotes2003Pokémon ColosseumGameCubeNintendo/The Pokémon Company2005Pokémon XD: Gale of DarknessGameCube2006Pokémon Trozei!Nintendo DSPokémon Battle RevolutionWii2007Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of MirrorsWiiSquare EnixCo-developed with Eighting100 Classic Book CollectionNintendo DSNintendo2008Disney Fairies: Tinker BellNintendo DSDisney Interactive2010Otona no Renai Shōsetsu: Harlequin Selection Nintendo.co.jpNintendo DSNintendo2011Learn with Pokémon: Typing AdventureNintendo DSNintendo/The Pokémon Company2012The Denpa Men: They Came By WaveNintendo 3DSGenius SonorityThe Denpa Men 2: Beyond the WavesNintendo 3DS2013The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of DigitollNintendo 3DS2014Pokémon Battle TrozeiNintendo 3DSNintendo/The Pokémon CompanyThe Denpa Men RPG Free!Nintendo 3DSGenius Sonority2015Pokémon ShuffleNintendo 3DS, Android, iOSNintendo/The Pokémon Company2017The New Denpa MenAndroid, iOSGenius Sonority2020Pokémon Café ReMixNintendo Switch, Android, iOSNintendo/The Pokémon Company2024The New Denpa Men RPG Free!Nintendo SwitchGenius Sonority
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