TOSE

) is a video game development company based in Kyoto, Japan. It is most known for developing Nintendo's "Game & Watch Gallery series", as well as other Nintendo products. TOSE has developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but it is nearly impossible to identify them all, since TOSE is almost never credited in the games themselves. (A notable exception to this is the "Densetsu no Stafy" series, since TOSE shares the copyright with Nintendo.) [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060518/sheffield_01.shtml Gamasutra - "Tose: Game Development Ninjas"] by Brandon Sheffield (Accessed online May 22 2006)] "We're always behind the scenes," said Masa Agarida, Vice President of Tose's U.S. division. "Our policy is not to have a vision. Instead, we follow our customers' visions. Most of the time we refuse to put our name on the games, not even staff names." TOSE has gained a reputation for being a secretive "Ninja" developer. [ [http://gamasutra.com/features/20060420/cifaldi_01.shtml "The Connection is Made: Developer Highlights from Game Connection 2006 (Part Two)"] by Frank Cifaldi, April 20, 2006]

List of known games developed by TOSE

Releases

*"Bases Loaded" — (June 26 1987), (NES)
*"" — (October 8 1988), (NES)
*"Racket Attack" — (September, 1991), (NES)
*"Bases Loaded 3" — (September, 1991), (NES)
*"Game & Watch Gallery 2" — (November, 1998), (Game Boy Color)
*"Dragon Warrior Monsters" — (September 25 1998), (Game Boy Color)
*"Game & Watch Gallery 3" — (April 8 1999), (Game Boy Color)
*"" - (April 27 2000), (Game Boy Color)
*"Densetsu no Stafy" — (September 6 2002), (Game Boy Advance)
*"Game & Watch Gallery 4" — (October 25 2002), (Game Boy Advance)
*"" — (October 10 2002), (Game Boy Advance)
*"The King of Route 66" — (co-developed with Sega-AM2), (March 18 2003), (PlayStation 2)
*"Densetsu no Stafy 2" - (September 5 2003), (Game Boy Advance)
*"Densetsu no Stafy 3" - (August 5 2004), (Game Boy Advance)
*"" — (October 7 2005), (Game Boy Advance)
*"Super Princess Peach" — (October 20 2005), (Nintendo DS)
*"" — (December 1 2005), (Nintendo DS)
*"Sega Casino" — (November 15 2005), (Nintendo DS)
*"Densetsu no Stafy 4" - (April 13 2006), (Nintendo DS)
*"" - (October 10 2006), (Nintendo DS)
*"" - (December 28 2006), (Nintendo DS)
*"Densetsu no Stafy Taiketsu!" - ( [July 2008] ), (Nintendo DS)
*"" - (October 2008), (Nintendo DS)
*"WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009" - (Fall 2008), (Nintendo DS)

Notable titles ported by TOSE

TOSE has also ported over a few games as well, notably a few Square Soft and Enix games from the NES and SNES days.

*"Chrono Trigger" (PlayStation)
*"Final Fantasy Origins" and "" (ports of Final Fantasy I & II for the PlayStation and Game Boy Advance, respectively)
*"Final Fantasy IV" (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
*"Final Fantasy V" (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
*"Final Fantasy VI" (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance)
*"" (PlayStation Portable)

References

External links

* [http://www.tose.co.jp/ TOSE Global Home]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/tose-co-ltd TOSE] entry at MobyGames
* [http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3156447 TOSE: Gaming's Dirty Little Secret] at 1UP.com