is a Japanese video game development company. Formed by ex-

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staff in May 1996, they are best known for developing games in the ''

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'' series, namely the ''

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'' and ''

Mega Man ZX ''Mega Man ZX'' is an action platform game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for Nintendo DS. It was released on July 6, 2006 in Japan, September 12, 2006 in North America, June 20, 2007 in Australia, and June 22, 2007 in Europe. ...

'' series, and their flagship ''

Azure Striker Gunvolt ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'', known as in Japan, is a 2D side-scrolling action-platform game developed and published by Inti Creates. It was first released for Nintendo 3DS via eShop in August 2014. Ports of the game were released for Windows in 201 ...

'' and '' Gal Gun'' franchises.

History

It was formed by ten former members of

with Takuya Aizu as the CEO. First starting in

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to t ...

, they expanded by opening a studio in

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in 2008. First starting as a

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, they became a

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company in 2003. As of 2018, they have approximately 100 staff members. They are best known as the developers of the ''

'' and ''

'' series. They have also published several music albums composed and arranged by ''III'', whose members are

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, Ryo Kawakami, Luna Umegaki, Tsutomu Kurihara, and Masaki Suzuki, amongst others. On August 29, 2014, they released their first self-published games ''

'' and its cross-promotion ''

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''. Inti Creates has provided portrait artwork for multiple entries in

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's ''

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'' series. They worked with

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and his design studio

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on the game ''

Mighty No. 9 ''Mighty No. 9'' is a 2016 action platform video game developed by Comcept, in conjunction with Inti Creates, and published by Deep Silver. The game was crowdfunded through Kickstarter and incorporated heavy input from the public. ''Mighty No ...

''. Comcept worked on the design and story of the game, while Inti Creates developed it. Later, they worked with producer

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on the game '' Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night'', however, they left the project and were replaced by Dico after

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. They later released the 2D platformer '' Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon'' in 2018. The game attained more than 100,000 downloads in its first week.

Games

Games developed

Games developed and published

References

External links

* {{Authority control * Video game companies of Japan Video game development companies Video game publishers Video game companies established in 1996 Companies based in Chiba Prefecture Japanese companies established in 1996