Dimps
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 6, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
Key people | Takashi Nishiyama (President) |
Number of employees | 181 (As of March 2010) |
| Subsidiaries |
Safari Games Co.,Ltd. Dimps, Inc. (Overseas subsidiary) |
| Website |
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Dimps (ディンプス Dinpusu) is an Osaka, Japan-based video game development studio with an additional office in Tokyo, Japan. Employing a staff of 218 people, it is known for developing such games as the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai trilogy for the PlayStation 2. The company also co-developed the Sonic the Hedgehog games specific to the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS in collaboration with Sonic Team, Tales of the Tempest on the Nintendo DS with Namco Tales Studio, and Street Fighter IV for various platforms with Capcom. The company was founded on March 6, 2000 by several former SNK and Capcom employees, including Street Fighter co-creators Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto.
Games developed
Arcade
Taito Type X2
- Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Super Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
Atomiswave
- Demolish Fist
- Premier Eleven (limited release)
- The Rumble Fish
- The Rumble Fish 2
Taito Type X3
- Street Fighter V 3D battles (co-developer)
Game Boy Advance
- Digimon Battle Spirit
- Digimon Battle Spirit 2
- Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
- Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Tomo to Kimi to Senjou De
- One Piece
- Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
- Sonic Advance
- Sonic Advance 2
- Sonic Advance 3
Nintendo DS
- Crash Boom Bang!
- Draglade
- Mossman Goes Nice
- Draglade 2
- Tales of the Tempest
- Fat Hank's Special Pinball
- Teeth!
- Sonic Rush
- Sonic Rush Adventure
- Skeleton Bones DS
- Rosario + Vampire Tanabata no Mishi Yokai Gaikui
- Bleach DS 4th Flame Bringer
- Sonic Colors[1]
- Nodame Cantabile DS (co-developer)
iPhone/iPod Touch
- Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (co-developer)
Nintendo GameCube
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Japanese: DragonBall Z)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 2)
Nintendo 3DS
- Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (co-developer)
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Lost World
- Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission
Neo Geo Pocket Color
PlayStation
- Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
- Naruto: Shinobi no Sato no Jintori Kassen
- Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans
PlayStation 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Japanese: DragonBall Z)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 2)
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 3)
- Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
- Gunslinger Girl Volume I to III
- Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary
- Saint Seiya: The Hades
- Seven Samurai 20XX
- Shaman King: Funbari Spirits
- The Rumble Fish
- Sonic Unleashed
- Yū Yū Hakusho Forever
- The Battle of Yū Yū Hakusho: Shitō! Ankoku Bujutsu Kai
PlayStation 3
- Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Saint Seiya Senki
- Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (co-developer)
- Super Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (co-developer)
- Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers
- Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul
PlayStation 4
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Street Fighter V 3D battles (co-developer)
- Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul
PlayStation Vita
- Freedom Wars (co-developer)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (co-developer)
PlayStation Portable
- Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
- Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
- Dragonball Evolution
Xbox
Xbox 360
- Mobile Ops: The One Year War
- Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
- Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (co-developer)
- Super Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (co-developer)
Xbox One
- Dragon Ball: Xenoverse
PC
- Universal Century Gundam Online: Dawn of Australia
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (co-developer)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (co-developer)
- Street Fighter IV (co-developer)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (co-developer)
- Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition (co-developer)
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse
- Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul
Wii
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (co-developer)
Subsidiaries
- SAFARI GAMES Co., Ltd.
- Dimps, Inc. (Overseas subsidiary)
See also
- Computer and video game industry
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Safari Games website (Japanese)
- List of developed games by Dimps (Japanese)
- Dimps profile on MobyGames