is a Japanese video game development company that works in partnership with

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, developing games for the ''

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'' series.

History

Noise was founded with a staff of 10 people on September 2, 1996 for the original purpose of developing games for PCs. A short time after, Noise became a part of Marigul Management, a company created by Nintendo and the Japanese telecommunications company Recruit for the purpose of enlisting smaller developers to make original games for the

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. The company’s first commercially published game, ''

'' 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

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for the

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, making it the only Custom Robo title ever to be released there. Its second released title was ''

Custom Robo V2 is an action role playing video game developed by Noise and published by Nintendo. It was released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on November 10, 2000. It was later re-released on February 19, 2008, for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan, and June ...

'', 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

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, ''

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'', 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

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, released in 2004. The company's first online multiplayer game is ''

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'', for the

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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

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s, 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

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. A planned Japan release as ''Shutsugeki! Acroknights'' was later quietly canceled. ''

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'' (), 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

*''

'' (Japan and China only) *''

'' (Japan only) (Released on Japanese Wii VC service in 2008)

Game Boy Advance

*''

'' (Japan only)

GameCube

*'' Custom Robo Battle Revolution'' (Japan and North America only)

Nintendo DS

*''

'' *'' Go! Go! Cosmo Cops!'' (Europe only) *''

'' (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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noise (Company) 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