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Kinu Nishimura
is a Japanese video game and anime concept artist and illustrator. Currently freelance, she is best known for her character design and promotional art for Capcom's fighting games during the 1990s. Career Kinu Nishimura began working at Capcom when she was recruited by Akiman while studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design in 1991, with her first job being '' Muscle Bomber'', and her first major project for them being character design and illustrations for ''The King of Dragons''. During her time at Capcom, she provided designs and art for many of their games, including the ''Street Fighter'' series (working alongside Akiman as the main illustrator for ''Street Fighter II'' and as character designer, promotional illustrator, and in-game artist for ''Street Fighter III'' and '' Street Fighter IV''). She was the main illustrator (alongside Shinkiro) and promotional illustrator for the crossover games '' Capcom vs. SNK'' and '' Capcom vs. SNK 2'', on which she worked for Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capcom
is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil'', ''Monster Hunter'', ''Street Fighter'', ''Mega Man'', ''Devil May Cry'', ''Dead Rising'', and ''Marvel vs. Capcom''. Mega Man (character), Mega Man himself serves as the official mascot of the company. Established in 1979, it has become an international enterprise with subsidiaries in East Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London, England), and North America (San Francisco, California). History Capcom's predecessor, I.R.M. Corporation, was founded on May 30, 1979 by Kenzo Tsujimoto, who was still president of Irem, Irem Corporation when he founded I.R.M. He worked concomitantly in both companies until leaving the former in 1983. The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japan branch were I.R.M. and its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computers Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United By Fate
''United by Fate'' is the debut album by American rock band Rival Schools. The album was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Luke Ebbin. Background and recording Guitarist Walter Schreifels, formerly of Gorilla Biscuits, formed Quicksand in 1990; the band would later become influential in the post-hardcore genre. He released two albums with the group – '' Slip'' (1992) and '' Manic Compression'' (1995) – before they broke up. He spent time working on CIV's debut album '' Set Your Goals'' (1995), before reuniting Quicksand in 1997, until disbanding again in 1999. Despite his peers being dropped from their respective major labels following a merger with Universal, Island Records retained Schreifels and gave him time to form a new band. Rival Schools was born out of an informal jam session with drummer Sam Siegler (formerly of Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today) and bassist Cache Tolman (formerly of Iceburn and CIV). They spent several months working on material and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Ichi Software
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was founded in 1991 and has developed several role-playing video games, most notably the ''Disgaea'' and ''Marl Kingdom'' series. Its mascot is the penguin-like ''Disgaea'' character Prinny. NIS America, a localization and global publishing branch of the company, was founded in 2003. It originally focused solely on the North American market until being expanded to include Europe and other regions in 2007 and has also published anime. History Nippon Ichi Software was founded in September 1991 in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, as an entertainment software company. It was relocated and reincorporated on July 12, 1993. The company has made several acquisitions, mergers, and forming new subsidiaries. In the early 2010s, the company formed Nippon Ichi Software Asia Pte. Ltd and Nippon Ichi Software Vietnam Co., Ltd. In 2016, NIS merged with System Prisma Corporation and acquired developer FOG Inc. In 2012, the company was awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Culdcept Revolt
is a turn-based strategy video game developed by OmiyaSoft for the Nintendo 3DS. It is part of the ''Culdcept'' series. The game was released in July 2016 in Japan by Nintendo and in October 2017 internationally by NIS America. Plot Allen, the game's protagonist, is found unconscious and with amnesia on the streets of Celphas, a medieval-styled city, by Alicia, the leader of the Free Bats, a resistance group that opposes the city's ruler, Count Kraniss. Kraniss closed off the city, preventing anyone from entering or exiting, and seeks to wipe out all Cepters, those who can manipulate magical cards. Allen is a Cepter himself, and gradually gains power as he fights against enemy Cepters hired by the Count. Eventually, he fights his way to Kraniss' castle, defeating Kraniss. Allen learns that Kraniss actually sealed off the city because most of the rest of the world had actually fallen into a void due to the abandonment of the Chief God. The holy city of Dafnelion is still stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Time Dilemma
''Zero Time Dilemma'', also known as ''Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma'', is an adventure game, adventure video game developed by Chime, and published by Spike Chunsoft and Aksys Games. It is the third entry in the ''Zero Escape'' series, following ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'' (2009) and ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Virtue's Last Reward'' (2012). The game was released for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows in 2016, for PlayStation 4 in 2017, and for Xbox One in 2022. As of December 2021, it is no longer available for purchase on the North American and European Nintendo eShop. The story is set between the previous two games, and follows nine people who are kidnapped by a masked person known as Zero. They are divided into three teams, and forced to play a death game called the "Decision Game". The player takes the roles of three of the characters, and plays through the chapters the story is made up of: these consist of animated cinematics, esca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Chunsoft
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. They 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. 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 c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Escape
''Zero Escape'', formerly released in Japan as , is a series of adventure games directed and written by Kotaro Uchikoshi. The first two entries in the series, ''Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors'' (2009) and ''Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward'' (2012), were developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Chunsoft), while the third entry, ''Zero Time Dilemma'' (2016), was developed by Chime. ''Zero Escape'' is published by Spike Chunsoft in Japan, while Aksys Games and Rising Star Games have published the games for North America and Europe respectively. Each game in the series follows a group of nine individuals, who are kidnapped and held captive by a person code-named "Zero", and are forced to play a game of life and death to escape. The gameplay is divided into two types of sections: Novel sections, where the story is presented, and Escape sections, where the player solves escape-the-room puzzles. In the first two games, the Novel sections are presented in a visual novel format, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicles Of Mystara
Chronicles may refer to: * '' Books of Chronicles'', in the Bible * Chronicle, chronological histories * '' The Chronicles of Narnia'', a novel series by C. S. Lewis * '' Holinshed's Chronicles'', the collected works of Raphael Holinshed * '' The Idhun Chronicles'', a Netflix anime-style series based on the ''Idhún's Memories'' book trilogy by Laura Gallego * ''Book of Chronicles'', an alternate name for the ''Nuremberg Chronicle'' of 1493 * '' Chronicles: Volume One'', Bob Dylan's autobiography * ''Chronicles'' (magazine), a conservative magazine from the Rockford Institute * ''Chronicles'' (Magic: The Gathering), an expansion set of the ''Magic: The Gathering'' trading card game * Froissart's ''Chronicles'', a prose history of the Hundred Years' War written in the 14th century by Jean Froissart * '' Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles'', an upcoming Netflix CGI-animated series loosely based on the ''Usagi Yojimbo'' comics by Stan Sakai Albums * ''Chronicles'' (Audiomachine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famitsu
formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the form of special topical issues devoted to only one console, video game company, or other theme. the original ''Famitsu'' publication, is considered the most widely read and respected video game news magazine in Japan. From October 28, 2011, the company began releasing the digital version of the magazine exclusively on BookWalker weekly. The name ''Famitsu'' is a portmanteau abbreviation of the word "Famicom" itself comes from a portmanteau abbreviation of "Family Computer" (the Japanese name for the Nintendo Entertainment System)—the dominant video game console in Japan during the 1980s. History , a computer game magazine, started in 1982 as an extra issue of ''ASCII'', and later it became a periodic magazine. was a column in ''Logi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Vs
Marvel may refer to: Business * Marvel Entertainment, an American entertainment company ** Marvel Comics, the primary imprint of Marvel Entertainment ** Marvel Universe, a fictional shared universe ** Marvel Music, an imprint of Marvel Comics ** Marvel Productions, a former television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group ** Marvel Toys, a former toy company * Marvel Studios, a film and television studio that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios ** Marvel Cinematic Universe, an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films and television series ** Marvel Television, a television studio subsidiary ** Marvel Animation, an animation production company * Marvel (food), a brand of milk powder produced by British-based Premier Foods Comics * Marvel Comics, a comic book publisher ** Marvel Illustrated, an imprint of Marvel Comics ** Marvel Press, another imprint ** Marvel UK, an imprint formed in 1972 for the British mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tech Romancer
is a 1998 3D fighting arcade game by Capcom that draws heavily from the various subgenres of mecha anime. It was later ported to the Dreamcast console. The player controls a giant robot which is used to fight another robot in one-on-one combat. Studio Nue designed the robots in this game. Story The setting of ''Tech Romancer'' takes place in a far future of Earth, where advanced technology have made things calm and decent for the citizens of Japan and the rest of the world. However, the peace doesn't last long as an evil alien tyrant named Goldibus invades the planet with its loyal followers and seeks to conquer the world while enslaving the human race with an emotionless iron fist. An unlikely group of heroes band together to fight against the threat of Goldibus with their own unique mecha robots and all of them won't rest until Goldibus is defeated and the world is safe from the imminent danger. Game modes The game is primarily played in two modes: Story Mode, and Hero Challe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
