was a Japanese
video game developer
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and
publisher
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founded in November 2005 and headquartered in
. They released a number of games beginning with ''
Ayakashibito'' in August 2006, and would go on to develop and release others for the
PlayStation 2
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,
PlayStation Portable
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, and
Nintendo DS
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. The company worked with other developers such as
HuneX
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Games
*77: Beyond the Milky Way
*Aikagi: Nukumori to Hidamari no Naka de
* All Jap ...
,
Microvision
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, and
Vanillaware
is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. An independent company, it was founded in 2002 under the name Puraguru by George Kamitani, a game developer who had previously worked at Capcom and Atlus, and directed ''Princess Crown'' (1997 ...
before closing its doors in August 2010.
Company history
Dimple was founded on November 17, 2005 with President Takeshi Kamio serving as head of operations. According to the company's official website, their name came from their desire to "offer entertainment to make unexpected smiles."
[ Their main clients included other video game developers such as ]Sega
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, Sony Computer Entertainment
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, and Nintendo
is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles.
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
, as well as the Toppan Printing Company.[ In July 2010, Kamio announced that the company would be closing their doors the following month, with its final day of operation being August 31 of that year.]
Games developed
Games published
References
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External links
Dimple Entertainment at Giant Bomb
Video game publishers
Japanese companies established in 2005
Video game companies established in 2005
Video game companies disestablished in 2010
Defunct video game companies of Japan
Video game development companies
Software companies based in Tokyo
2010 disestablishments in Japan