is a Japanese
video game development company
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that works in partnership with
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 ...
, developing games for the ''
Custom Robo'' series.
History
Noise was founded with a staff of 10 people on September 2, 1996 for the original purpose of developing games for
PCs
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. A short time after, Noise became a part of
Marigul Management
Marigul was a Japanese corporation created and jointly owned by video game company Nintendo Co., Ltd. (40%) and media company Recruit (60%). Its name is a combination of Nintendo's mascot Mario and Recruit's mascot Seegul.
Marigul was founded ...
, a company created by Nintendo and the Japanese telecommunications company
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for the purpose of enlisting smaller developers to make original games for the
Nintendo 64.
The company’s first commercially published game, ''
Custom Robo'' for the Nintendo 64, was released in Japan on December 9, 1999 and became a commercial success in Japan, prompting Nintendo to formally enter a publishing agreement with Noise. In 2006, Custom Robo was released in
China
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for the
iQue Player, making it the only Custom Robo title ever to be released there.
Its second released title was ''
Custom Robo V2'', which was released on November 10, 2000 and was also met with commercial success in Japan. It released its first portable video game for the
Game Boy Advance, ''
Custom Robo GX'', on July 26, 2002.
Despite the impressive sales of the previous games in the ''Custom Robo'' franchise, the series’s first localized appearance in North America is with ''
Custom Robo: Battle Revolution'' for the
GameCube
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, released in 2004.
The company's first online multiplayer game is ''
Custom Robo Arena'', for the
Nintendo DS
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title. Its latest game, ''Custom Robo Arena'' was released in 2006, three years after Marigul was closed. In 2007, ''Custom Robo Arena'' was released in
PAL regions, making it the first title of the series ever released in those regions, as well as being released in more regions than every other title of the series.
The company developed and released ''
Go! Go! Cosmo Cops!'' for the Nintendo DS in 2009, only for PAL regions. It was published by
Namco Bandai
is a Japanese multinational video game publisher headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Entertainment America and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and ...
. A planned Japan release as ''Shutsugeki! Acroknights'' was later quietly canceled.
''
Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy'' (), a falling block puzzle video game, was developed by them and released by Namco Bandai for the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare digital download service. It is a spin-off of the ''Katamari'' series
''Kenkenba'' for iOS and Android was developed by Noise and released on November 28, 2011.
It developed ''Gyrozetter: Wings Of The Albatross'' with Square Enix and released it on the June 13, 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS.
Games
Nintendo 64
*''
Custom Robo'' (Japan and China only)
*''
Custom Robo V2'' (Japan only) (Released on Japanese Wii VC service in 2008)
Game Boy Advance
*''
Custom Robo GX'' (Japan only)
GameCube
*''
Custom Robo Battle Revolution'' (Japan and North America only)
Nintendo DS
*''
Custom Robo Arena''
*''
Go! Go! Cosmo Cops!'' (Europe only)
*''
Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy'' (DSiWare Japan Only)
Nintendo 3DS
*''Gyrozetter: Wings Of The Albatross''
*''Kumamon*Bomber Puzzle de Kumamon taisou''
iOS
*''Kenkenpa''
*''Hoshi no Dragon Quest''
Android
*''Hoshi no Dragon Quest''
References
External links
*
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Video game companies of Japan
Nintendo divisions and subsidiaries
Video game companies established in 1996
Video game development companies
Japanese companies established in 1996
Software companies based in Tokyo