Mitchell Corporation
Native name | 株式会社ミッチェル |
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Romanized name | Mitchell Co., Ltd. |
Industry | Video games |
Fate | All research and development ceased; technically company is still active |
Founded | February 1, 1960 |
Defunct | November 20, 2012 |
Headquarters | Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | Arcade games, video games, software development |
Brands | Pang, Puzz Loop, Polarium |
Website | http://www.mitchell.jp |
Mitchell Corporation (株式会社ミッチェル) is a Japanese video game developer based in the Suginami ward of Tokyo. Roy Ozaki serves as president, and Koichi Niida serves as vice-president. Some employees are former Capcom and TAD Corporation employees. The company was originally established on February 1, 1960, as an import/export business by the father of Roy Ozaki. Ozaki and Niida took over the company and began acting as exclusive overseas agents for such video game companies as Visco, Video System, Seta, Metro, Home Data, and other small video game manufacturers in the 1980s.
Company activity was suspended on 20 November 2012.[1]
Mitchell Corporation develops titles for home consoles, handhelds, Japanese mobile phones, the arcade[2] and interactive kiosks located in restaurants and other places. Mitchell also distributes printed circuit boards for the arcade/coin-op market. The company also develops video games for other publishers. Since 2004 they have developed games only for Nintendo hardware.
Mitchell Corporation is best known as the game developer of Puzz Loop. Copyright and trademark registration of Puzz Loop was established in December 1999, the same year it was released to the international coin-op arcade market. Prior to this, it developed the Pang! series of games, known in America as Buster Bros. and distributed there by Capcom.
Puzz Loop was first released in North America, as well as Europe, under the title Ballistic for the original PlayStation console and Game Boy Color handheld. Infogrames published the PlayStation and Game Boy Color versions in North America in late 1999, while THQ published these same versions for European territories. Capcom published both versions for the Japanese market under the original Puzz Loop title in 2000.
Nintendo of America released Puzz Loop for the Nintendo DS under the title Magnetica on June 5, 2006. A four-player version, titled Magnetica Twist was released two years later on the WiiWare service. Tokyo Crash Mobs is the latest instalment of the Puzz Loop series.
Games
Game | Release date | Genre(s) | Platform |
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Gyoretsu Nageloop (Tokyo Crash Mobs) | 2012-08-08 [3] | Puzzle (Toss) | Nintendo 3DS eShop |
Wii Remote Plus Variety (Wii Play: Motion) [Treasure Twirl and Unicycle mini-games] | 2011-07-07 [3][4] | Action | Nintendo Wii |
Pang: Magical Michael | 2010-09-17[5] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Nintendo DS |
Chotto Sūjin Taisen (Number Battle, Sujin Taisen: Number Battles) | 2009-01-28 [3][6] | Puzzle, Strategy | Nintendo DSiWare |
Kakonde Keshite Wakugumi no Jikan (Wakugumi: Monochrome Puzzle) | 2009-04-01 [3] | Puzzle (Match) | Nintendo DSiWare |
Minna de Puzzloop (Actionloop Twist, Magnetica Twist) | 2008-04-22 [3] | Puzzle (Toss) | Nintendo WiiWare |
Chotto Sūjin Taisen (Number Battle, Sujin Taisen: Number Battles) | 2007-06-07 [7] | Puzzle, Strategy | Nintendo DS |
Shunkan Puzzloop (Actionloop, Magnetica) | 2006-03-02 [7] | Puzzle (Toss) | Nintendo DS |
Tsuukin Hitofude (Polarium Advance) | 2005-10-13 [7] | Puzzle | Game Boy Advance |
Chokkan Hitofude (Polarium) | 2004-12-02 [7] | Puzzle | Nintendo DS |
Kono e-Tako (This Good Octopus)[8] | 2003-11-19 [9] | Puzzle (Match) | Arcade |
Gamshara (Daredevil)[10] | 2002-08 [9] | Shooter (Gallery) | Arcade |
Janpai Puzzle Choukou (Yangtze River Mahjong Tile Puzzle) [11] | 2001-11 [9] | Tabletop, Puzzle (Match), Mature | Arcade |
Puzz Loop 2[12] | 2001-02 [9] | Puzzle (Toss) | Arcade |
Mighty! Pang[13] | 2000-11 [9] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Arcade |
Ballistic | 2000-10-12 [7] | Puzzle (Toss) | Game Boy Color |
Ballistic | 2000-03-16 [7] | Puzzle (Toss) | PlayStation |
Ballistic | 2000 (unreleased)[14] | Puzzle (Toss) | NeoGeo Pocket Color |
Ballistic | 2000 | Puzzle (Toss) | Nuon |
Puzz Loop[15] | 1998-12 [9] | Puzzle (Toss) | Arcade |
Buster Bros. Collection | 1997-03-14 [16] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | PlayStation |
Sankokushi (Three Engraved Intentions)[17] | 1996-08 [9] | Tabletop, Puzzle, Match, Mature | Arcade |
Osman (Cannon Dancer)[18] | 1996-02 [9] | Platform, Fighting (Scrolling) | Arcade |
Sotsugyo Shousho (Diploma)[19] | 1995-11 [9] | Mini-Games | Arcade |
Pang! 3[20] | 1995-06 [9] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Arcade |
Ganbare! Gonta!! 2 (Party Time: Gonta the Diver II)[21] | 1995-05 [22] | Puzzle, Mature | Arcade |
Charlie Ninja[23] | 1995 | Platform, Shooter (Scrolling) | Arcade |
Mirage Youjuu Mahjongden (Demon Mirage Mahjong)[24] | 1994-05 [22] | Tabletop, Mahjong, Mature | Arcade |
Super-X [licensed from NTC][25] | 1994 | Shooter (Flying Vertical) | Arcade |
Double Wings[26] | 1993-12 | Shooter (Flying Vertical) | Arcade |
Moeyo Gonta!! (Lady Killer) [licensed from Yanyaka][27] | 1993-12 [22] | Puzzle, Mature | Arcade |
Chatan Yarakuu Shanku (The Karate Tournament)[28] | 1992-12 [22] | Fighting (Versus) | Arcade |
Funky Jet [licensed from Data East][29] | 1992-07 [22] | Platform, Fighting | Arcade |
Pang Pom's [licensed from Metro][30] | 1992 | Platform, Puzzle | Arcade |
Super Pang (Super Buster Bros.) | 1992-08 [31] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Super NES |
Mahjong Ikaga Desu ka (Mahjong How Are You)[32] | 1991? | Tabletop, Mahjong, Mature | Arcade |
Super Pang (Super Buster Bros)[33] | 1990-11 [22] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Arcade |
Pomping World (Buster Bros, Pang)[34] | 1989-11 [22] | Platform, Puzzle, Shooter (Gallery) | Arcade |
Mad Motor[35] | 1989 | Fighting (2.5D) | Arcade |
Poker Ladies[36] | 1989 | Casino, Mature | Arcade |
Game websites
- Ballistic/Puzz Loop for Game Boy Color (Official Infogrames website from The Internet Archive)
- Ballistic/Puzz Loop for Playstation (Official Infogrames website from The Internet Archive)
- Ballistic/Puzz Loop for Playstation (Official PlayStation North America website)
- Magnetica/Puzz Loop for the Nintendo DS (Official Nintendo of America game website)
- Magnetica Twist for Nintendo WiiWare (Official Nintendo of America game website)
- Polarium for the Nintendo DS (Official Nintendo of America game website)
- Polarium Advance for the Game Boy Advance (Official Atlus USA game website)
- Tokyo Crash Mob (Official Nintendo Japan game website)
External links
- Archive.org: Mitchell Corporation official website (Japanese)
- Interview with Mitchell's Roy Ozaki
- Archive.org: Puzz Loop history from Mitchell Corporation (in Japanese & English)
- Iwata Asks: Wii Play Motion (Nintendo developer roundtable interview)
- cubed3 Sujin Taisen Interview (Developer interview)
References
- ↑ "Notice that company activity has been suspended". Mitchell.jp. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ http://caesar.logiqx.com/php/game_search.php?desc=&desc_match=begins&manu=Mitchell&manu_match=contains&year=&year_match=begins
- 1 2 3 4 5 "mitchell.jp". mitchell.jp. Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "Iwata Asks". Iwataasks.nintendo.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ Pang: Magical Michael
- ↑ "Interview | Mitchell Talks Sujin Taisen (Nintendo DSiWare)". Cubed3. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "mitchell.jp". mitchell.jp. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "Kono e-Tako - Arcade Otaku Wiki". Wiki.arcadeotaku.com. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "mitchell.jp". mitchell.jp. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Gamshara (10021 Ver.A)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Janpai Puzzle Choukou (Japan 010820)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Puzz Loop 2 (Japan 010205)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Mighty! Pang (Japan 001011)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "NGPC Masterlist | complete NGPC list |". Neo-geo.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Puzz Loop (Japan)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ http://ks23364.kimsufi.com/psxdata/databasepsx/games/J/S/SLPS-00360.html
- ↑ "CAESAR - Sankokushi (Japan)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Osman (World)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Sotsugyo Shousho". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Pang! 3: Kaitou Tachi no Karei na Gogo (Japan 950511)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Party Time: Gonta the Diver II / Ganbare! Gonta!! 2 (World Release)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "mitchell.jp". mitchell.jp. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Charlie Ninja". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Mirage Youjuu Mahjongden (Japan)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Super-X (Mitchell)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Double Wings". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Lady Killer". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Karate Tournament, The". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Funky Jet (World)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Pang Pom's (Mitchell)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ Super Buster Bros
- ↑ "CAESAR - Mahjong Ikaga Desu ka (Japan)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ "CAESAR - Super Pang (World 900914)". Caesar.logiqx.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ↑ http://caesar.logiqx.com/php/emulator_game.php?id=mame&game=pompingw
- ↑ http://caesar.logiqx.com/php/emulator_game.php?id=mame&game=madmotor
- ↑ http://caesar.logiqx.com/php/emulator_game.php?id=mame&game=pkladies