AlphaDream
| AlphaDream | |
|---|---|
| |
| Founded | January 12, 2000 |
| Defunct | October 1, 2019[1] |
| First Super Mario game | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) |
| Latest Super Mario game | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019) |
AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd., or AlphaDream (formerly known as AlphaStar), was a Japanese video game development studio founded on January 12, 2000, as a second-party developer for Nintendo. AlphaDream developed the Mario & Luigi series, starting with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga up until Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey. The company's staff included prominent developers from Square Co., such as Chihiro Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, who worked as directors on Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
AlphaDream's first game in the Super Mario franchise, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, draws heavy inspiration from the company's prior game Tomato Adventure, which includes borrowing the art style, the strong resemblance of some characters (such as Hermie III being based on the Yadotsurī enemy), and similar sound effects. Some files from Tomato Adventure's soundtrack appear unused in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga's files.
On October 1, 2019, the company ceased operations immediately after filing for bankruptcy, citing sluggish revenues and high development costs exceeding overall debt, which was approximately ¥465 million as of the end of March 2018.[2] The final game worked on by AlphaDream was Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, which was released a month after the company's bankruptcy, and the company ceased to exist on February 28, 2020. However, several developers from AlphaDream who were originally involved in previous Mario & Luigi games later returned for the development of Mario & Luigi: Brothership.[3]
Super Mario games developed
| Title | Year released | Console |
|---|---|---|
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | 2003 | Game Boy Advance |
| Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time | 2005 | Nintendo DS |
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | 2009 | Nintendo DS |
| Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | 2013 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam | 2015 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions | 2017 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey | 2018 | Nintendo 3DS |
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 | 2019 | Nintendo Switch |
References
- ^ https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1179467153906511873
- ^ (October 2, 2019) 『マリオ＆ルイージRPG』など開発 アルファドリームが破産開始 - Yahoo Japan. (Wayback Machine) Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ Brian(@NE_Brian) (June 22, 2024). Nintendo says some of the original Mario & Luigi devs are working on Brothership. Nintendo Everything (english). Retrieved June 22, 2024.