tri-Crescendo is a Japanese

video game developer A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large ...

. It was founded in February 1999 by

Hiroya Hatsushiba Hiroya Hatsushiba ( ja, 初芝弘也, ''Hatsushiba Hiroya'') is the founder of video game developer tri-Crescendo, and a long time sound programmer for composer Motoi Sakuraba, whom he also gives English titles of the tracks Sakuraba creates. Ha ...

, who still runs the company. Hatsushiba, originally being a sound programmer, carried his experience into tri-Crescendo; the company was initially responsible for the sound in all games by

tri-Ace is a Japanese video game developer, video game development company formed in March 1995 by former Telenet Japan employees Yoshiharu Gotanda (programmer, current tri-Ace President), Masaki Norimoto (game designer) and Joe Asanuma (director). Th ...

starting with ''

Valkyrie Profile or is a series of role-playing video games created by Masaki Norimoto, primarily developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix (formerly Enix). The series is notable for featuring elements from Norse mythology. Common elements The ''Val ...

'' until 2001 when the company co-created '' Baten Kaitos'' with

Monolith Soft trading as Monolith Soft, is a Japanese video game development studio originally owned by Namco (later Bandai Namco) until being bought out by Nintendo in 2007. The company was founded in 1999 by Tetsuya Takahashi with the support and coope ...

. tri-Crescendo then went on to make ''

Eternal Sonata is a role-playing video game developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Bandai Namco Games. The Xbox 360 version of the game was released on June 14, 2007 in Japan, September 17, 2007 in North America, and October 19, 2007 in Europe. The game w ...

'' for the

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and

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and '' Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon'' for the

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. tri-Crescendo was responsible for the programming and sound design in both the first ''Baten Kaitos'' and the prequel, ''

Baten Kaitos Origins ''Baten Kaitos Origins'', also known as ''Baten Kaitos 2'', is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Monolith Soft and Tri-Crescendo for the GameCube video game console. The game is a prequel to ''Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocea ...

''. In the first game battle planning was handled by Hiroya Hatsushiba, from tri-Crescendo and Yoshiharu Kuwabara from Monolith Soft, however in the second game it was handled by tri-Crescendo themselves led by Shuhei Rokumoto.Game Credits for Baten Kaitos Origins
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