Japanese video game developer
Tose Co., Ltd.
[a]
(
TYO
:
4728
) (also called
Tose Software
) is a Japanese
video game
development company based in
Kyoto
. It is mostly known for developing
Nintendo
's
Game & Watch Gallery
series
, various
Dragon Ball
games, as well as other Nintendo products. Tose has developed or co-developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but is virtually never credited in the games themselves (an exception to this is
Scarlet Nexus
with
Bandai Namco
,
Game & Watch Gallery 4
and
The Legendary Starfy
series
, as Tose shares the
copyright
with Nintendo).
[2]
Tose maintains a policy of having no creative input into the work they do, going so far as to refuse to put their names in the credits for most of the games they work on. As such, Tose has gained a reputation for being a "ghost developer".
[3]
History
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]
Tose was established in November 1979 in
Higashiyama-ku
,
Kyoto
, as an independent entity from Toa Seiko Co. Ltd. It moved its head office to Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture in May 1986. In July 1988, Tose moved its head office to
Yamazaki
, Kyoto. In May 1990, Tose began developing software for the
Game Boy
and the
Super Famicom
.
In August 1999, Tose was listed on the
Osaka Securities Exchange
2nd Section and the Kyoto Stock Exchange. In October of that year, Tose's Kyoto Head office was opened at Shijo-Karasuma, which integrated its head office functions with the Karasuma CG Center. On 27 September 2000, Tose was listed on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange
2nd Section.
[4]
In August 2001, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section and Osaka Securities Exchange 1st Section.
On 18 December 2007, Tose announced the leakage of its business information onto the Internet, which was discovered the day before. The leak included 10 pieces of information relating to customer names, development cases, development contents, development fees, and reception time.
[5]
On September 1, 2011, Tose announced the separation of its amusement machine development business from its second game development department (ゲ?ム事業部開?2部) into a separate amusement machine developer (AM開?部).
[6]
List of games developed by Tose
[
edit
]
NOTE
: Some of these titles are merely
believed
or
assumed
to be developed by Tose, due to information compiled by various amateur and professional journalists. Most have not been officially confirmed as Tose-developed products by any of the games' publishers, co-developers, nor Tose itself. Many of the games released by
Bandai
,
Tomy Corporation
,
Jaleco
,
Taito
,
Namco
,
Tonkin House
were developed by Tose.
- See also
Category:Tose (company) games
Arcade
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Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System
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Family Computer Disk System
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Super Famicom/Super NES
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Game Boy
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Game Boy Color
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Game Boy Advance
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Virtual Boy
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PlayStation
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PlayStation 2
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GameCube
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PlayStation 3
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PlayStation 4
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PlayStation 5
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PlayStation Portable
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PlayStation Vita
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Nintendo DS
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Sega Saturn
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Nintendo 3DS
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Wii U
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Nintendo Switch
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Dreamcast
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Android, iOS
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- Fight League
(2017)
[16]
- Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI RunRuns
(2022)
[17]
Games ported by Tose
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]
Tose has
ported
a few games, including
Square
and
Enix
games for the
Nintendo Entertainment System
and
Super NES
.
- Chrono Trigger
(
PlayStation
, Nintendo DS)
[18]
- Front Mission
(
Nintendo DS
)
- Final Fantasy Origins
and
Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
(ports of
Final Fantasy I & II
for the PlayStation and
Game Boy Advance
, respectively)
[7]
- Final Fantasy IV
(PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
[7]
- Final Fantasy V
(PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
[7]
- Final Fantasy VI
(PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
[7]
- Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth
(
PlayStation Portable
)
[7]
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
(
PlayStation Portable
)
- Star Ocean: First Departure
(
PlayStation Portable
)
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution
(
PlayStation Portable
)
- Resident Evil Revelations HD
(
Windows
,
PlayStation 3
,
Wii U
,
Xbox 360
)
- ?kami
(
Wii
, co-developed with
Ready At Dawn
)
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
(
GameCube
, co-developed with
EA Canada
,
Creations
, and
Intelligent Games
)
- Metal Gear Solid
(
Windows
port)
- Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
(port of
Dead Rising
for
Wii
)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
(
Nintendo Switch
port)
[19]
Notes
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]
References
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]
- ^
"Company profile"
(PDF)
.
Tose Co., Ltd
. February 28, 2023
. Retrieved
23 April
2023
.
- ^
Sheffield, Brandon (2006-05-18).
"Tose: Game Development Ninjas"
.
Game Developer
. Retrieved
2023-10-18
.
- ^
Cifaldi, Frank (2006-04-20).
"The Connection is Made: Developer Highlights from Game Connection 2006 (Part Two)"
.
Game Developer
. Retrieved
2023-10-18
.
- ^
"TOSE Software-Japan-"
. 2007-10-27. Archived from
the original
on 2007-10-27
. Retrieved
2023-04-19
.
- ^
業務情報の漏洩に?するお知らせ
[
permanent dead link
]
- ^
"Archived copy"
(PDF)
. 2011-10-30. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2011-10-30
. Retrieved
2023-04-19
.
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cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
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Kennedy, Sam (2007-01-24).
"Tose: Gaming's Dirty Little Secret"
.
1UP.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-07-16
. Retrieved
2009-05-22
.
- ^
"TOSE Software-Japan-"
. 2007-10-26. Archived from
the original
on 2007-10-26
. Retrieved
2023-04-19
.
- ^
Rose, Mike (May 1, 2013).
"What the heck is Bullfrog's Theme Aquarium?"
.
Gamasutra
.
UBM Technology Group
. Retrieved
2024-02-25
.
- ^
"Aquarium (1998) PlayStation release dates"
.
MobyGames
. Blue Flame Labs
. Retrieved
7 January
2019
.
- ^
Hill, Doug (October 14, 1999).
"Tose to develop for Playstation 2"
.
RPGamer.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-09-30
. Retrieved
2009-08-16
.
- ^
Caoili, Eric (December 29, 2010).
"Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers' Fan-Translation Trailer"
.
GameSetWatch
. Retrieved
2015-05-13
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ^
Seedhouse, Alex (May 25, 2019).
"Star Ocean: First Departure R Announced For Nintendo Switch"
. Nintendo Insider
. Retrieved
September 12,
2019
.
- ^
"Supported the development of "Splatoon2" for Nintendo Switch (TM). | News | TOSE CO., LTD"
.
www.tose.co.jp
. Retrieved
2022-08-13
.
- ^
"3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2023"
(PDF)
. Tose Co, Ltd.
- ^
"Supported the development of smartphone app, "Fight League(TM)". | News | TOSE CO., LTD"
.
www.tose.co.jp
. Retrieved
2022-08-13
.
- ^
"TOSE group developed "Nijigasaki High School idol club TOKIMEKI RunRuns", one of LOVE LIVE! series. | News | TOSE CO., LTD"
.
www.tose.co.jp
. Retrieved
2022-08-13
.
- ^
"Nintendo Power Holiday 2008".
Nintendo Power
. Vol. 236. 2008. p. 82.
- ^
Zelda Breath Of The Wild Playthrough - Credits
, retrieved
2022-12-13