() (also called Tose Software) is a Japanese

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development company based in

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. It is mostly known for developing Nintendo's ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, various '' Dragon Ball'' games, as well as other Nintendo products. Tose has developed or co-developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but is virtually never credited in the games themselves (an exception to this is ''

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'' and ''The Legendary Starfy'' series, as Tose shares the

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with Nintendo). "We're always behind the scenes," said Masa Agarida, Vice President of Tose's U.S. division. "Our policy is not to have a vision. Instead, we follow our customer's visions. Most of the time we refuse to put our name on the games, not even staff names." As such, Tose has gained a reputation for being a "ghost developer."

History

Tose was established in November 1979 in Higashiyama-ku,

, as an independent entity from Toa Seiko Co. Ltd. In April 1984, the company began developing

s, and it started developing

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a year later. It moved its head office to Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture in May 1986. Tose began developing software in April 1987. In July 1988, Tose moved its head office to

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, Kyoto. In May 1990, Tose began developing software for the

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and the

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. In August 1999, Tose was listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange 2nd Section and the Kyoto Stock Exchange. In October of that year, Tose's Kyoto Head office was opened at Shijo-Karasuma, which integrated its head office functions with the Karasuma CG Center. On 27 September 2000, Tose was listed on the

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2nd Section. In August 2001, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section and Osaka Securities Exchange 1st Section. On 18 December 2007, Tose announced the leakage of its business information onto the Internet, which was discovered the day before. The leak included 10 pieces of information relating to customer names, development cases, development contents, development fees, and reception time. On September 1, 2011, Tose announced the separation of its amusement machine development business from its second game development department (ゲーム事業部開発２部) into a separate amusement machine developer (AM開発部).

List of games developed by Tose

NOTE: Some of these titles are merely ''believed'' or ''assumed'' to be developed by Tose, due to information compiled by various amateur and professional journalists. Most have not been officially confirmed as Tose-developed products by any of the games' publishers, co-developers, nor Tose itself. Many of the games released by

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, Tomy Corporation, Jaleco,

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were developed by Tose. :''See also :Tose (company) games''

Arcade

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'' (1981) *''Vanguard II'' (1984) *

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'' (2020)

Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System

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'' (1985) *''

Field Combat is a 1985 shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades. In ''Field Combat'', the player fights as a commanding officer in a futuristic battlefield. It was ported to the Famicom by Tose, which was later re-released for the Wii ...

'' (1985) *'' Chubby Cherub'' (1985) *'' Ikki'' (1985) *'' M.U.S.C.L.E.'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *'' Mississippi Satsujin Jiken'' (1986) *''

Mappy-Land is a video game console-only sequel to the 1983 Namco/ Midway arcade game ''Mappy''. The game was developed by TOSE and published by Namco in Japan and Taxan in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was later released by Bandai ...

'' (1986) *''

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'' (1986) *'' Dragon Power'' (1986) *'' Ninja Kid'' (1986) *'' Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell'' (1986) *''

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'' (1987) *'' Karaoke Studio'' (1987) *'' Lupin Sansei: Pandora no Isan'' (1987) *'' Uchūsen: Cosmo Carrier'' (1987) *'' Goal!'' (1988) *'' Bases Loaded II: Second Season'' (1988) *'' Racket Attack'' (1988) *'' Demon Sword'' (1988) *'' Dragon Ball: Daimaou Fukkatsu'' (1988) *'' Pinball Quest'' (1989) *'' Oishinbo: Kyukyoku no Menu 3bon Syoubu'' (1989) *'' Sakigake!! Otokojuku: Shippu Ichi Gou Sei'' (1989) *'' Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden'' (1989) *'' Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach'' (1989) *'' Shooting Range'' (1989) *'' Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball'' (1989) *'' Terao no Dosukoi Ōzumō'' (1989) *'' Short Order / Eggsplode!'' (1989) *'' Akuma-kun: Makai no Wana'' (1990) *'' Bases Loaded 3'' (1990) *''

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'' (1990) *'' Frankenstein: The Monster Returns'' (1991) *''

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'' (1991) *'' Golf Grand Slam'' (1991) *''

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'' (1992, NES only) *'' Legends of the Diamond'' (1992, NES only) *''

Yoshi's Cookie ''Yoshi's Cookie'' is a 1992 tile-matching puzzle video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the NES and Game Boy platforms in 1992. A Super NES version was released the following year, developed and published by Bullet-Proof Sof ...

'' (1992, NES & Game Boy only) *''

Tetris 2 (1993 video game) ''Tetris 2'', known in Japan as , is a puzzle video game developed by Nintendo and Tose and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was ported to the Game Boy in 1993 and Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994 by ...

'' (1993, NES & Game Boy only) *''

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'' (1993) *'' Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiya-jin Zetsumetsu Keikaku'' (1993) *'' Battle Rush: Build Up Robot Tournament'' (1993) *''

Pro Sport Hockey ''Pro Sport Hockey'', known in Japan as , is an ice hockey video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES in 1993. Summary Each team uses the authentic NHL rosters from the 1992–93 NHL season; including al ...

'' (1993) *'' Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Poi Poi'' (1993) *'' J. League Super Top Players'' (1994)

Famicom Disk System

* '' Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha'' (1988)

Super Famicom/Super NES

*'' Super Tennis'' (1991) *'' Super Bases Loaded'' (1991) *'' Goal!'' (1992) *'' Dig & Spike Volleyball'' (1992) *'' Super Professional Baseball II'' (1992) *'' Super Play Action Football'' (1992, Super NES only) *''Bazooka Blitzkrieg'' (1992) *'' Super Bases Loaded 2'' (1993) *'' Super Goal! 2'' (1993) *'' Namco Open'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) *'' Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni'' (1994) *''Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer'' (1994) *'' Super Bases Loaded 3'' (1994) *'' Tetris 2'' (1994) *'' Gon'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *'' Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End'' (1995, Super NES only) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Super Saiya Densetsu'' (1992) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden'' (1993) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 2'' (1993) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Super Butouden 3'' (1994) *''

'' (1994) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Kakusei-hen'' (1995) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Totsugeki-hen'' (1995) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension'' (1996)

Game Boy

*''

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'' (1990) *'' Karakuri Kengou Den Musashi Lord'' (1991) *'' Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters'' (1991) *'' Soccer'' (1991) *''

'' (1992, NES & Game Boy only) *'' Tetris 2'' (1993, NES & Game Boy only) *''Takeda Nobuhiro no Ace Striker'' (1994) *'' Kirby's Block Ball'' (1995) *'' Arcade Classic No. 3: Galaga/Galaxian'' (1995) *'' Game Boy Gallery'' (1995) *'' Sports Collection'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 1'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 2'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 3'' (1997) *'' Game & Watch Gallery'' (1997)

Game Boy Color

*'' Dragon Warrior Monsters'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *'' Game & Watch Gallery 3'' (1999) *''Dragon Warrior I & II'' (1999) *'' Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'' (2000) *'' Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood'' (2000) *'' Dragon Warrior III'' (2000) *'' Dragon Warrior Monsters 2'' (2001)

Game Boy Advance

*'' Densetsu no Stafy'' (2002) *'' Shrek: Hassle at the Castle'' (2002) *''

'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart'' (2003) *'' Shrek: Reekin' Havoc'' (2003) *'' Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest: Shōgeki no Shippo Dan'' (2003) *'' Densetsu no Stafy 3'' (2004) *'' The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King'' (2005)

Virtual Boy

*'' Mario's Tennis'' (1995)

PlayStation

*''

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'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *'' Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers'' (1998) *''

Resident Evil Survivor ''Resident Evil Survivor'' is a first-person light gun shooter video game developed by Tose and published by Capcom. It was released on the PlayStation in Japan on January 27, 2000, in Europe on March 31, 2000 and in North America on August 30, ...

'' (2000) *''

Bass Landing is a fishing video game developed by Tose and published by ASCII Entertainment and North America by Agetec in 1999. Reception The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. In Japan, ''Fam ...

'' (2000) *''Bass Landing 2'' (2001)

PlayStation 2

*''

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'' (co-developed with

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)

GameCube

*'' Resident Evil Zero'' (2002)

PlayStation 3

*'' Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII'' (co-developed with Square Enix and

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, 2013)

PlayStation 4

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'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2016) *''

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'' (co-developed with

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, 2016) *''

Scarlet Nexus ''Scarlet Nexus'' is an action role-playing game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Tose and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released on June 25, 2021, for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X ...

'' (co-developed with Bandai Namco Entertainment, 2021) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2022)

PlayStation 5

*''

'' (co-developed with Bandai Namco Entertainment, 2021) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2022)

PlayStation Portable

*'' Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth'' (2006) *'' Ultimate Ghosts'n Goblins'' (2006) *'' Star Ocean: First Departure'' (2007) *'' Star Ocean: Second Evolution'' (2008)

PlayStation Vita

*''

'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2016)

Nintendo DS

*'' Naruto RPG 2: Chidori vs. Rasengan'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime'' (2005) *''Sega Casino'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Densetsu no Stafy 4'' (2006) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker'' (2006) *'' Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2'' (2006) *''

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'' (2007) *'' Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth'' (2007) *'' Naruto Shippūden: Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *'' Crash: Mind Over Mutant'' (2008) *''

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'' (2009) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2'' (2010) *'' Planes'' (2013) *''Tetris DS'' (unreleased)

Nintendo 3DS

*'' Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D'' (2011) *''

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'' (2011) *'' Resident Evil: Revelations'' (2012) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D'' (2012) *'' Planes'' (2013) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious Key'' (2014) *''

Fire Emblem Fates ''Fire Emblem Fates'' is a tactical role-playing video game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld video game console, developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD and published by Nintendo. It was released in June 2015 in Japan, then released in ...

'' (castle modeling support for Intelligent Systems, 2015) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3'' (2016) *''

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'' (2018)

Wii U

*'' Paper Mario Color Splash'' (environment art support for Intelligent Systems, 2016)

Nintendo Switch

*''

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'' (2017) *'' Paper Mario: The Origami King'' (2020) *'' Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (Remake)'' (2021) *'' WarioWare: Get It Together!'' (Co-developed with Intelligent Systems, 2021) *''

Dragon Quest Treasures is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Tose and published by Square Enix for the Nintendo Switch. A part of the '' Dragon Quest'' series, it takes place on the floating continent of Draconia and follows the siblings Erik and Mia from ...

'' (Co-developed with Square Enix, 2022) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2022)

Dreamcast

*'' Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'' (2000)

PC

*'' GONG! Online'' (2007)

Android, iOS

* ''Fight League'' (2017) * ''Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI RunRuns'' (2022)

Games ported by Tose

Tose has

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a few games, including

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and

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games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and

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. *''

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'' ( PlayStation, Nintendo DS) * '' Front Mission'' ( Nintendo DS) *'' Final Fantasy Origins'' and '' Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'' (ports of ''Final Fantasy I & II'' for the PlayStation and

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, respectively) *''

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'' (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance) *''

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'' (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance) *''

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'' (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance) *'' Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth'' ( PlayStation Portable) *'' Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions'' ( PlayStation Portable) *'' Star Ocean: First Departure'' ( PlayStation Portable) *'' Star Ocean: Second Evolution'' ( PlayStation Portable) *'' Resident Evil Revelations HD'' (

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'' ( Wii, co-developed with

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, Acclaim Studios Manchester, and

Intelligent Games Intelligent Games Ltd was a British video game developer based in London. The company was established in 1988 as The Intelligent Games Co. by Matthew Stibbe, who was studying at Pembroke College in Oxford. Following his graduation and the re ...

) *''

Metal Gear Solid is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces opera ...

'' (

port) * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ( Nintendo Switch port)

Notes

References

External links

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