Culture Brain

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Culture Brain (カルチャーブレーン) is a small Japanese videogame developer and publisher that was founded in October 5, 1980 as the Japanese Game Corporation. The company was known as Micro Academy in the mid 1980s. It finally renamed itself "Culture Brain" in 1988.

In North America, the company is best known for its video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and, to a lesser extent, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. While Culture Brain's first NES games like Kung-Fu Heroes and Flying Dragon:The Secret Scroll remained identical to their original Famicom versions (with the sole exception being the language factor); later games like The Magic of Scheherazade and Flying Warriors were redesigned by Culture Brain USA to better appeal North American consumers. Culture Brain USA was the company's North American subsdiairy based in Redmond, Washington.

Culture Brain was a company distinct for its innovative gameplay and its mixture of RPG elements with either action or adventure. However, like many other Japanese video game companies, Culture Brain ceased its operations in the United States in the 1990s. Ever since the demise of Culture Brain USA, games developed by Culture Brain have rarely made it in America. An exception of the latter situation is Flying Dragon for the Nintendo 64 which was published by Natsume.

Culture Brain is currently releasing games mainly for the Game Boy Advance, as well as being involved in various activities outside video gaming. Culture Brain is located in Tokyo, Japan. It's current president is Yukio Tanaka, the founder of the company.

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[edit] Games

[edit] Baseball Simulator series

These Baseball titles included some form of "Super League" where pitchers and batters would have special abilities.

Baseball Simulator 1000, also known as Choujin Ultra Baseball
Super Baseball Simulator 1000, also known as Super Ultra Baseball
Super Ultra Baseball 2

[edit] Hiryu No Ken series

Flying Dragon
Flying Dragon:The Secret Scroll
Flying Warriors

[edit] "Super Chinese" series

In this list are series which were originally released as "Super Chinese" in Japan, but with the exception of Kung-Fu Heroes, these titles were released in North America as the "Ninja Brothers" series.