Creatures (company)

Creatures Inc.

Type	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Founded	November 8, 1995
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Hirokazu Tanaka: President
Products	Games for Nintendo video game consoles
Website	creatures.co.jp/html/en/

Creatures Inc. (株式会社クリーチャーズ, Kabushiki-gaisha Kurīchāzu^?) is a subsidiary of the Japanese game development company Nintendo. It was founded by Tsunekazu Ishihara in November 1995, as a successor to Shigesato Itoi's company Ape Inc.^[1] Its current president is Hirokazu Tanaka. The company has its headquarters on the second floor of the Gobancho KU Building (五番町KUビル, Gobanchō KU Biru^?) in Chiyoda, Tokyo,^[2] in proximity to the Japan Rail Ichigaya Station.^[3] Creatures is the producer of the Pokémon card game, and it owns one-third of the copyright over the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds shared equally between Nintendo and Game Freak).

History

Creatures, Inc. was established on November 8, 1995.^[4]

Previously Creatures had its headquarters on the 7th floor of the Nintendo Kanda Building (任天堂神田ビル, Nintendō Kanda Biru^?) in Sudachō, Chiyoda, Tokyo.^[5] At a later point it was headquartered in the fifth floor annex of the Kawasaki Sada Building (川崎定徳ビル, Kawasaki Sada Biru^?) in Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo.^[6]

Games

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Mother (1989)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

• EarthBound (1994)
• Mario's Super Picross (1995)
• The Monopoly Game 2 (1995)

Nintendo 64

• EarthBound 64 (Cancelled)

Game Boy

• Mario's Picross (1995)
• Pokémon Red and Blue (1996)
• Pocket Camera (1998)

Game Boy Color

• Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game) (1998)
• Chee-Chai Alien (2001)

Game Boy Advance

• Machop at Work (2001) E-reader
• Kingler's Day (2001) E-reader
• Nonono Puzzle Chalien (2004)

Nintendo DS

• PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS (2005)
• Project Hacker (2008) (With Red Entertainment)
• Pokémon Ranger (2006–2007) (With HAL Laboratory)
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (2007)
• Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008)
• Personal Trainer: Walking (2008)
• Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (2010)
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2010)
• Pokémon Black and White (2011)

Nintendo Wii

• PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure (2009)

References

1. ^ "スペシャル対談／後編1・田尻さんと石原さんの6年". 任天堂マガジン表紙(No.23). Nintendo Co., Ltd.. July 2007. http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0007/taidan2/page01.html. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
2. ^ "Company." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
3. ^ "Access Map." (Direct image link) Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010.
4. ^ "Company Profile." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "設立 1995年11月8日"
5. ^ "Creatures Welcome Page." Creatures Inc. March 2, 2000. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "千代田区神田須田町1-22任天堂神田ビル7F"
6. ^ "Welcome to Creatures Inc." Creatures Inc. Retrieved on October 4, 2010. "東京都中央区日本橋3-2-5川崎定徳ビル別館5F."

External links

	Nintendo portal
	Companies portal
	Video games portal
	Tokyo portal

• Creatures Inc., the official Japanese website
• Creatures Inc. HTML English