was a Japanese company that published
video game
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s. Its headquarters were in the in
Shibuya
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As of April 1 ...
,
Tokyo
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.
[会社案内]
" Smilesoft. February 12, 2002. Retrieved on February 11, 2010.
Most of the games Smilesoft produced were monster-collecting
role-playing video game
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s. It shut down in 2003 after the president of the company, , was
arrest
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ed on April 10 for charges of child prostitution at a female junior high school. After shutting down, the licenses to its games were bought up by
Rocket Company.
SIT Developer Table (す)
URL accessed on June 10th, 2007. The company used the name "SMILE" to stand for , , , , and .
Games
* 2000
** Keitai Denjū Telefang
is a series of role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Natsume Co., Ltd. and published by Smilesoft. In the games, the Player character, player contacts various creatures using a mobile phone-like device in order to get them to battle the f ...
Power Version ( GBC, developed by Natsume)
** Keitai Denjū Telefang Speed Version ( GBC, developed by Natsume)
* 2001
** Network Bōkenki Bugsite Alpha ( GBC, developed by KAZe Kaze may refer to:
* KAZE, an American radio station located in Texas
* KAZe, a Japanese video game developer
* Kazé, a French publishing company
* Kaze-Forces for the Defense of Democracy, a political party in Burundi
Fiction
* Kaze (television ...
)
** Network Bōkenki Bugsite Beta ( GBC, developed by KAZe)
* 2002
** Telefang 2 Power (GBA
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, developed by Natsume)
** Telefang 2 Speed (GBA
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
, developed by Natsume)
** Gachaste! Dino Device Red (GBA
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)
** Gachaste! Dino Device Blue (GBA
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)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 1: Imadoki no Momotarou ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 2: Imadoki no Kaguya Hime ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 3: Imadoki no Sarukani ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 4: Imadoki no Hanasaka Jiisan ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 5: Imadoki no Urashi Matarou ( PS1)
* 2003
** Gachaste! Dino Device 2 Blue (GBA
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
)
** Gachaste! Dino Device 2 Blue (GBA
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, 2 ...
)
References
External links
SmileSoft
(Archive)
Defunct video game companies of Japan
Video game publishers
Japanese companies disestablished in 2003
Video game companies disestablished in 2003
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