Brownie Brown
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| Type | Private Subsidiary of Nintendo |
| Founded | June 30, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | President Shinichi Kameoka Directors Tomoki Anazawa Koji Tsuda Nobuyuki Inoue Koji Yoshida (Nintendo Co. Ltd) Auditor Futoshi Yamaguchi (Nintendo Co. Ltd) |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
| Employees | 29 |
| Parent | Nintendo |
| Website | http://www.br2.co.jp/ |
Brownie Brown Inc. (ブラウニーブラウン Buraunī Buraun?) is a Nintendo-funded and owned video game development studio opened on June 30, 2000 and based in Tokyo, Japan.
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[edit] History
The company itself consists of many ex-Square Co., Ltd. 2D artists, who had participated on the development of Legend of Mana. Two of its founders had previously worked on the award-winning Seiken Densetsu series on the Game Boy and Super Nintendo gaming consoles. Nintendo trademarked the Brownie Brown name, the meaning of the name is that according to Brownie Brown's website, a Brownie is a hard working elf, and the elf that is on their logo, is named Brown, thus he is the Brownie Brown.[1]
The company's first original creation was the Japan-only Magical Vacation for the Game Boy Advance, which was released in 2001. Another popular title developed by Brownie Brown was Sword of Mana, which was created for and published by Square Enix. Thought to be a new title in the Seiken Densetsu series, it was actually an enhanced remake of the first game in the series, Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (known as Mystic Quest in Europe and Final Fantasy Adventure in North America).
Brownie Brown has also been credited with the development of Mother 3 in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory, and Magical Starsign (Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align in Japan) for the Nintendo DS.
While Brownie Brown has only released video games for Nintendo's handheld video game systems up to this point, the company had previously announced a title for the Nintendo GameCube, named Gofuku, which was scheduled for release in 2005 and was announced alongside Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align.[2][3]
The company's most recent release is Heroes of Mana for the Nintendo DS, and they are currently developing Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS along with Mistwalker.[4]
[edit] Games
[edit] Game Boy Advance
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[edit] References
- ^ Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » New Nintendo trademarks
- ^ GAF - News - Brownie Brown reveals new DS RPG & GC game
- ^ RPGamer - News Bulletin - Brownie Brown Names Latest Project
- ^ Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » Brownie Brown developing Blue Dragon Plus
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