Arzest

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Arzest
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Founded June 25, 2010[?]
First Super Mario game Yoshi's New Island (2014)
Latest Super Mario game Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (2018)
Current president Yoji Ishii

Arzest is a Japanese video game developer. It was founded by members of Artoon, shortly after the company went defunct. The current staff of Arzest consists of former Sega employee and president Yoji Ishii, as well as executive vice president Naoto Ohshima and vice president Yutaka Sugano, who were also from Sega.

Arzest worked on the built-in Nintendo 3DS software StreetPass Mii Plaza, adding new features including SpotPass support to Find Mii II (known as StreetPass Quest II outside North America), the StreetPass map, and Puzzle Swap. The company also developed the minigame Mii Trek (known as StreetPass Explorers outside North America), which was released as part of a software update on September 1, 2016.[1]

For games in the Super Mario franchise, Arzest developed Yoshi's New Island, co-developed the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games alongside Sega and Spike Chunsoft,[2] and was involved in developing the giant battles for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey.

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References

  1. ^ Whitehead, Thomas (September 5, 2016). Feature: Looking for Hits in the Latest StreetPass Games. Nintendo Life (English). Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Hero of Legend (March 3, 2016). Arzest, formed by key ex-Sega folks, worked on M&S Rio 2016 3DS. Sonic Stadium (English). Archived March 6, 2016, 15:16:42 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 1, 2024.