(also called Tose Software) is a Japanese

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based in

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. It is mostly known for developing

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's ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, various ''

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'' games, as well as contract work or assistance to other developers. 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 '' Scarlet Nexus'' with

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, ''

Game & Watch Gallery 4 ''Game & Watch Gallery 4'', known as ''Game & Watch Gallery Advance'' in Europe and Australia and ''Game Boy Gallery 4'' in Japan, is a video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in October 2002. It is the f ...

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

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with Nintendo). Tose maintains a policy of having no creative input into the work they do, going so far as to refuse to put their names in the credits for most of the games they work on. 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. It moved its head office to Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture in May 1986. 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

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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 December 18, 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). In July 2024, it was reported that Tose was experiencing financial hardship due to a number of cancelled games from partners including

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and

. For the period covering September 2023 to May 2024 the studio's net sales fell nearly 28%, leading to an operating loss of 599 million yen ($3.7 million).

List of games developed by Tose

NOTE: Titles released before the official website was created must be verified with information compiled by various amateur and professional journalists. Some are merely ''believed'' or ''assumed'' to be developed by Tose. Some have not been officially confirmed as Tose-developed products by any of the games' publishers, co-developers, nor Tose itself until Tose created their website to document their work. :''See also :Tose (company) games''

Android, iOS

* ''Fight League'' (2017) * '' Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D'' (2018) * ''Nijigasaki High School Idol Club TOKIMEKI RunRuns'' (2022) * '' Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince'' (Co-developed with Square Enix, 2024)

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 W ...

'' (1985) *'' Chubby Cherub'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *''

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

Mappy-Land is a platform video game developed by Tose and published by Namco for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a sequel to Namco's 1983 arcade video game ''Mappy''. Originally released in 1986, it was released by Taxan in North America in 1989 ...

'' (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 ''Pinball Quest'' is a 1989 pinball video game developed by Tose and published by Jaleco. Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, ''Pinball Quest'' was unusual at the time of its release for its "unique" mash-up of pinball and role-playin ...

'' (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) *''

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'' (1989) *''

Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball ''Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball'' (released in Japan as ''Softball Tengoku'') is a one or two player Nintendo Entertainment System video game where players can select various fictional softball players and customize their own team to take to ...

'' (1989) *'' Terao no Dosukoi Ōzumō'' (1989) *'' Short Order / Eggsplode!'' (1989) *'' Akuma-kun: Makai no Wana'' (1990) *''

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'' (1990) *'' NES Play Action Football'' (1990) *'' Frankenstein: The Monster Returns'' (1991) *'' Bases Loaded 4'' (1991) *'' Golf Grand Slam'' (1991) *''

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'' (1992, NES only) *''

Legends of the Diamond ''Legends of the Diamond'' is a baseball simulation video game developed by Tose for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and published by Bandai in North America in 1992. The game features playable simulations of 30 famous Major League Baseball p ...

'' (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 S ...

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

Tetris 2 (1993 video game) ''Tetris 2'', known in Japan as , is a puzzle video game developed by 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. Gameplay The gamep ...

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

Rokudenashi Blues is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by Masanori Morita. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from May 1988 to February 1997, with its chapters collected in 42 volumes. ' ...

'' (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 all ...

'' (1993) *'' Crayon Shin-Chan: Ora to Poi Poi'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994)

Family Computer Disk System

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

Super Famicom/Super NES

*''

Super Tennis ''Super Tennis'' is a 1991 tennis video game developed by Tose and published by Tonkin House for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo localized the game and released it outside Japan. It utilizes mode 7 graphics. Gameplay The ga ...

'' (1991) *'' Super Bases Loaded'' (1991) *'' Goal!'' (1992) *'' Dig & Spike Volleyball'' (1992) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Super Play Action Football'' (1992, Super NES only) *''Bazooka Blitzkrieg'' (1992) *''

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'' (1993) *'' Super Goal! 2'' (1993) *''

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'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) *'' Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni'' (1994) *''Takeda Nobuhiro no Super League Soccer'' (1994) *''

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'' (1994) *'' Gon'' (1994) *'' Natsuki Crisis Battle'' (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) *''Yuu Yuu Hakusho 2: Kakutou no Sho'' (1994) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Kakusei-hen'' (1995) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Chou Gokuu Den: Totsugeki-hen'' (1995) *''Yuu Yuu Hakusho Final: Makai Saikyou Retsuden'' (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) *''

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'' (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) *''

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'' (1995) *''

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'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 1'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 2'' (1996) *''Namco Gallery Vol. 3'' (1997) *'' Game & Watch Gallery'' (1997)

Game Boy Color

*''

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'' (1998) *'' Game & Watch Gallery 2'' (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) *''

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'' (2000) *'' Dragon Warrior Monsters 2'' (2001)

Game Boy Advance

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

'' (2002) *''

Densetsu no Starfy 2 is a platform video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance in Japan on September 5, 2003. It is the second game in ''The Legendary Starfy'' series. It received its first official re-release on the Nintendo Cla ...

'' (2003) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Caravan Heart'' (2003) *'' Shrek: Reekin' Havoc'' (2003) *''

Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest is a 2003 action-adventure game developed by Tose and published by Square Enix for the Game Boy Advance. It is a spinoff video game to the ''Dragon Quest'' series, and the first entry in the ''Slime'' subseries. Gameplay In the game, the playe ...

'' (2003) *''

Densetsu no Starfy 3 is a platforming video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance only in Japan on August 5, 2004. It is the third game in ''The Legendary Starfy'' series, as well as the third and last title of the series develo ...

'' (2004) *'' The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King'' (2005)

Virtual Boy

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

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

*'' Dangerous Seed'' (1990) *'' Sangokushi Retsuden: Ransei no Eiyuutachi'' (1991) *''

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'' (1991) *''

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'' (1991) *'' NHK Taiga Drama: Taiheiki'' (1991) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Buyuu Retsuden'' (1994)

Sega Mega CD/Sega CD

*''

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'' (1992)

Sega Saturn

*'' Bakushou!! All Yoshimoto Quiz Ou Ketteisen DX'' (1995) *'' Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden'' (1995) *'' Shinobi Legions'' (1995) *''

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'' (1996) *'' Gegege no Kitarou: Gentou Kaikitan'' (1996) *'' Matsukata Hiroki no World Fishing'' (1996) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Layer Section II'' (1997) *''

Shin Theme Park ''Theme Park'' is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1994. The player designs and operates an amusement park, with the goal of making money and creating the ...

'' (1997) *'' Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Zenpen Zeta no Kodou'' (1997) *''

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'' (1997) *'' Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Kouhen Sora o Kakeru'' (1997) *''

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'' (1998) *'' Nihon Daihyou Team no Kantoku ni Narou! Sekaihatsu, Soccer RPG'' (1998)

PlayStation

*'' Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22'' (1995) *'' Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout'' (1997) *'' Theme Aquarium'' (1998) *''

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

Resident Evil Survivor ''Resident Evil Survivor'' is a 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. It is ...

'' (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, ''Famits ...

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

Dreamcast

*'' Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'' (2000) *'' Sega GT: Homologation Special'' (2000) *'' Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Dreamcast Edition'' (2000)

PlayStation 2

*''

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(2002) *'' The King of Route 66'' (co-developed with

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, 2003) *'' Super Robot Wars MX'' (2004) *'' The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge'' (2005) *''Code of the Samurai'' (co-developed with

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) (2005)

GameCube

*''

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'' (2002)

PlayStation 3

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

and

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, 2013)

PlayStation 4

*''

World of Final Fantasy ''World of Final Fantasy'' is a role-playing video game developed by Tose and published by Square Enix. It is a spin-off of the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, featuring characters from across its mainline and supplementary entries. Initially releas ...

'' (co-developed with

, 2016) *''

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'' (co-developed with

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, 2016) *'' Scarlet Nexus'' (co-developed with

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, 2021) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with

, 2022) *'' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

PlayStation 5

*'' Scarlet Nexus'' (co-developed with

, 2021) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with

, 2022) *'' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

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

, 2016)

Nintendo DS

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

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'' (2005) *'' Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime'' (2005) *''Sega Casino'' (2005) *'' Avatar: The Last Airbender'' (2006) *''

Densetsu no Starfy 4 is a platform video game developed by Tose and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the fourth game in ''The Legendary Starfy'' series. As with the other games in the series, ''Densetsu no Starfy 4'' features Stafy, known as Starfy ...

'' (2006) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker'' (2006) *'' Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2'' (2006) *''

MySims ''MySims'' is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spin-off to Maxis's ''The Sims'' franchise for the Wii and Nintendo DS in September 2007, re-released for Microsoft Windows and mobile phones in 200 ...

'' (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) *''

The Legendary Starfy is a video game series developed by Tose and published by Nintendo. The series began in 2002 with '' Densetsu no Starfy'' for the Game Boy Advance, and four sequels were released. For its first seven years, ''Starfy'' games were not released ou ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2008) *''

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'' (2009) *''

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'' (2009) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2'' (2010) *''

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'' (2013) *'' Tetris DS'' (unreleased)

Wii

*''

Pac-Man Party is a party video game by Namco Bandai Games for the Wii, Windows Mobile, and Nintendo 3DS (with the latter released as ''Pac-Man Party 3D''). It is similar to the ''Mario Party'' series and ''Monopoly'' games for the Wii. In the game's story mod ...

'' (2010) *'' Fortune Street'' (2011)

Nintendo 3DS

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

Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 3 is a 2011 action-adventure game by Square Enix for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a spinoff video game to the ''Dragon Quest'' series, and the third entry in the ''Slime'' subseries. The game has not seen an official English release, but a fan-made tr ...

'' (2011) *'' Resident Evil: Revelations'' (2012) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D'' (2012) *''

'' (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 int ...

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

WarioWare Gold ''WarioWare Gold'' is a minigame compilation developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS family of video game consoles. The ninth installment in the ''WarioWare'' series, it was released in PAL regions in Jul ...

'' (2018)

Wii U

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

Nintendo Switch

*''

Splatoon 2 is a 2017 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 21, 2017, as a direct sequel to ''Splatoon''. As with the previous installment, ''Splatoon 2'' consists of online multip ...

'' (2017) *''

'' (co-developed with

, 2018) *''

The Battle Cats Unite! is a free-to-play tower defense game, tower defense video game developed and published by Japanese developer PONOS Corporation for iOS and Android (mobile device platform), Android, originally released in Japan under the name . ''The Battle Cats ...

'' (2018) *'' 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. A spin-off of the ''Dragon Quest'' series, the game takes place on the floating continent of Draconia and follows the siblings Erik and Mia from ''Dragon Quest XI' ...

'' (Co-developed with

, 2022) *'' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with Square Enix, 2022) *'' Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince'' (Co-developed with Square Enix, 2023) *'' Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (2024) * ''Karaoke Joysound'' (2024) *'' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

PC

*'' GONG! Online'' (2007) *''

'' (2013) *''

'' (co-developed with

, 2017) * '' Scarlet Nexus'' (co-developed with

, 2021) * '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with

, 2022) * ''

'' (Co-developed with

, 2023) * '' Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince'' (Co-developed with Square Enix, 2024) * '' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

WonderSwan

* ''Super Robot Wars Compact'' (1999) * ''Super Robot Wars Compact 2'' (2000-2001)

Xbox 360

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

and

, 2013)

Xbox One

* ''

'' (co-developed with

, 2018) * '' Scarlet Nexus'' (co-developed with

, 2021) * '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with

, 2022) * '' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

Xbox Series X/S

* '' Scarlet Nexus'' (co-developed with

, 2021) * '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (co-developed with

, 2022) * '' Tales of Graces f Remastered'' (2025)

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

*'' Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S''

Games ported by Tose

Tose has

ported In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally desig ...

a few games, including

Square In geometry, a square is a regular polygon, regular quadrilateral. It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles. Squares are special cases of rectangles, which have four equal angles, and of rhombuses, which have four equal si ...

and

Enix was a Japanese multimedia publisher who handled and oversaw video games, manga, guidebooks, and merchandise. It was founded in 1975 by Yasuhiro Fukushima as Eidansha Boshu Service Center, initially as a tabloid publisher and later attempting t ...

games for the

Nintendo Entertainment System The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is an 8-bit home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was first released in Japan on 15 July 1983 as the and was later released as the redesigned NES in several test markets in the ...

and

Super NES The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania a ...

. *''

Chrono Trigger is a 1995 role-playing video game by Square. It was originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System as the first entry in the ''Chrono'' series. The game's development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dr ...

'' (

PlayStation is a video gaming brand owned and produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), a division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. Its flagship products consists of a series of home video game consoles produced under the brand; it also consists ...

, Nintendo DS) * ''

Front Mission is a collection of video games and related media produced by Square (video game company), Square, now Square Enix. The series was created by Toshiro Tsuchida and developed by G-Craft, a studio that was later absorbed by Square and existed withi ...

'' (

Nintendo DS The is a foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. The DS, an initialism for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld games: two LCD screens worki ...

) *''

Final Fantasy Origins is a 1987 role-playing video game developed and published by Square (video game company), Square. It is the first game in Square's ''Final Fantasy'' series, created by Hironobu Sakaguchi. Originally released for the Nintendo Entertainment Sys ...

'' and '' Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'' (ports of ''Final Fantasy I & II'' for the PlayStation and

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...

, respectively) *''

Final Fantasy IV titled ''Final Fantasy II'' in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square (now Square Enix) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The fourth main installment of the ''Final ...

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

Final Fantasy V is a 1992 role-playing video game developed and published by Square (video game company), Square. It is the fifth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainmen ...

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

Final Fantasy VI also known as ''Final Fantasy III'' in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the ''Final Fantasy'' ser ...

'' (PlayStation, Game Boy Advance) *'' Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth'' (

PlayStation Portable The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PA ...

) *'' Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions'' (

) *'' Star Ocean: First Departure'' (

) *'' Star Ocean: Second Evolution'' (

) *'' Resident Evil Revelations HD'' (

Windows Windows is a Product lining, product line of Proprietary software, proprietary graphical user interface, graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. It is grouped into families and subfamilies that cater to particular sec ...

PlayStation 3 The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). It is the successor to the PlayStation 2, and both are part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. The PS3 was first released on ...

Wii U The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. The W ...

Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the Xbox (console), original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detail ...

) *''

Ōkami is a 2006 action-adventure game developed by Clover Studio and published by Capcom. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2006 in Japan and North America, and in 2007 in Europe and Australia. After the closure of Clover Studio a few months afte ...

'' (

Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, f ...

, co-developed with

Ready At Dawn Ready At Dawn Studios LLC (RAD) was an American video game developer located in Irvine, California that was composed of former members of Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment. Formed in 2003, the company was closely affiliated with Sony Compu ...

) *''

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

'' (

GameCube The is a PowerPC-based home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, in Europe on May 3, 2002, and in Australia on May 17, 2002. It is the suc ...

, co-developed with

EA Canada EA Vancouver (formerly known as EA Burnaby, then EA Canada) is a Canadian video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened as Distinctive Software in January 1983, and is also Electronic Arts's largest a ...

, Creations, 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 franchise of 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 operative (usually S ...

'' (

port) *'' Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop'' (port of ''Dead Rising'' for

) *'' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' (

Nintendo Switch The is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth generation of home consoles, the Switch succeeded the ...

port)

Notes

References

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