Dream Factory Co., Ltd. is a Japanese

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founded in 1995, based out of Tokyo. They are best known for developing

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and

beat 'em up The beat 'em up (also known as brawler and, in some markets, beat 'em all) is a video game genre featuring hand-to-hand combat against a large number of opponents. Traditional beat 'em ups take place in scrolling, two-dimensional (2D) levels, ...

games, such as the '' Tobal No. 1''

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series and the high-profile

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launch title '' The Bouncer'', both developed under Square Co. The company's chairman,

Seiichi Ishii Seiichi Ishii (石井精一 ''Ishii Seiichi'', born 18 August 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games. Ishii was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He was a des ...

, is an industry veteran who served as an early designer and director for two fighting game franchises: '' Virtua Fighter'' (published by

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) and ''

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'' (published by

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Products

Video games

Arcade

*'' Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'' (1998) * Kenju (2005)

PlayStation

*'' Tobal No. 1'' (1996) *''

Tobal 2 is a 3D fighting video game developed by DreamFactory and released by Square in Japan in 1997. It is the sequel to ''Tobal No. 1''. The game was re-released in 2007 under Square Enix's "Legendary Hits" label. As of 2010, the game held the record ...

'' (1997) *'' Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'' (1998)

PlayStation 2

*'' The Bouncer'' (2000) *''

Crimson Tears ''Crimson Tears'' is a cel-shaded 2004 sci-fi beat 'em up game developed by DreamFactory and co-produced by Capcom and Spike for the PlayStation 2. Plot The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home ha ...

'' (2004) *'' Yoshitsuneki'' (2005) *''

Fighting Beauty Wulong is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūgo Ishikawa. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from August 2002 to May 2007, with its chapters collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volum ...

'' (2006) *''

Appleseed EX is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The series follows the adventures of ESWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires in Olympus. Like much of Shirow's work, ''Appleseed'' merges elements of the cy ...

'' (2007)

Xbox

*'' Ultimate Fighting Championship: Tapout'' (2002) *'' Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal'' (2003) (as Dream Publishing) *'' UFC: Tapout 2'' (2003)

Nintendo DS

*Naruto: Ninja Destiny (2006) *Naruto: Ninja Destiny II: European Version (2008) *Naruto Shippuden: Ninja Destiny 2 (2008) *NARUTO-ナルト-疾風伝忍列伝III (2009)

Wii

*''

Toshinden is a weapons-based fighting game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara and Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995 for the PlayStation, followed by 1996 ports for the Sega Saturn, Game Boy and MS-DOS. It was one of the first fighting games to ...

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iOS

Xevious ガンプの謎はすべて解けた!? (2016)

Android

Xevious ガンプの謎はすべて解けた!? (2016)

Animation

* Zoids: New Century (2001) * Appleseed (2004)

Others

* LiveAnimation (2010-)

Notes

References

External links

* Software companies based in Tokyo Video game companies established in 1995 Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Japanese companies established in 1995 {{japan-videogame-company-stub