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'''1-UP Studio Co., Ltd.''', formerly '''Brownie Brown Inc.''', is a [[Nintendo]]-funded video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was initially founded in 2000 by former [[Square]] employees, and is best known for its collaborative efforts with Nintendo.
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'''1-UP Studio Inc.''' ({{Tt|1-UPスタジオ株式会社|Wan Appu Sutajio Kabushiki-gaisha}}), formerly '''Brownie Brown Inc.''' ({{Tt|株式会社ブラウニー・ブラウン|Kabushiki-gaisha Buraunī
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Buraun}}), is a [[Nintendo]]-funded video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was initially founded in 2000 by former [[Square Enix|Square]] employees, and is best known for its collaborative efforts with Nintendo. In 2013, founders Shinichi Kameoka and Kōji Tsuda would leave 1-UP Studio to form Brownies later that year.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
Brownie Brown was initially founded in June 2000 by a group of former 2D artists for Square, who left due to creative differences. Nintendo trademarked the name, which according to Brownie Brown referred to their logo: an elf known as a brownie named Brown.
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Brownie Brown was initially founded in June 2000 by a group of former 2D artists for Square, who left due to creative differences. Nintendo trademarked the name, which according to Brownie Brown referred to their logo: an elf known as a [[kovopedia:Brownie|brownie]] named [[kovopedia:Brown|Brown]].
  
 
In February 2013, as part of a corporate restructure and reflecting their recent collaborations with Nintendo, the company was renamed to 1-UP Studio.
 
In February 2013, as part of a corporate restructure and reflecting their recent collaborations with Nintendo, the company was renamed to 1-UP Studio.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> - <small>Development assistance with [[Level-5]].</small><br>
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<nowiki>**</nowiki> - <small>Co-developed with [[Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development|Nintendo EAD]].</small>
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==External links==
 
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*{{wp|1-UP Studio|1-UP Studio on Wikipedia}}
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Latest revision as of 21:45, 25 September 2023

1-UP Studio
1-Up Studio logo.png
Founded: June 30, 2000
Founder: Shinichi Kameoka
Kōji Tsuda
President: Gen Kadoi
Parent / owner: Nintendo
Divisions / subsidiaries: N/A
Website:
1-up-studio.jp

1-UP Studio Inc. (1-UPスタジオ株式会社), formerly Brownie Brown Inc. (株式会社ブラウニー・ブラウン), is a Nintendo-funded video game developer based in Tokyo, Japan. The studio was initially founded in 2000 by former Square employees, and is best known for its collaborative efforts with Nintendo. In 2013, founders Shinichi Kameoka and Kōji Tsuda would leave 1-UP Studio to form Brownies later that year.

History

Brownie Brown was initially founded in June 2000 by a group of former 2D artists for Square, who left due to creative differences. Nintendo trademarked the name, which according to Brownie Brown referred to their logo: an elf known as a brownie named Brown.

In February 2013, as part of a corporate restructure and reflecting their recent collaborations with Nintendo, the company was renamed to 1-UP Studio.

Games published by Nintendo

Game Year Console
Magical Vacation 2001 Game Boy Advance
Sword of Mana[note 1] 2003 Game Boy Advance
Mother 3[note 2] 2006 Game Boy Advance
Magical Starsign 2006 Nintendo DS
Professor Layton and the Last Specter[note 3] 2009 Nintendo DS
A Kappa's Trail 2009 DSiWare
Super Mario 3D Land[note 4] 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Fantasy Life[note 3] 2012 Nintendo 3DS
Flipnote Studio 3D[note 4] 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario 3D World[note 4] 2013 Wii U
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[note 4] 2014 Wii U
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes[note 4] 2015 Nintendo 3DS
Super Mario Odyssey[note 5] 2017 Nintendo Switch
Ring Fit Adventure[note 5] 2019 Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons[note 5] 2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D All-Stars[note 5] 2020 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[note 5] 2021 Nintendo Switch
  1. Co-developed with Square Enix.
  2. Co-developed with HAL Laboratory.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Development assistance for Level-5.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Co-developed with Nintendo EAD.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Co-developed with Nintendo EPD.

Gallery

External links

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1st & 2nd Party / Owned
Internal divisions
Subsidiaries
Owned / Affiliated Seattle Mariners* • The Pokémon Company • Warpstar Inc.
* – Former / Defunct
3rd Parties / Partners
8-4 • AlphaDream* • Ambrella* • Argonaut Games* • Arika • Artoon* • Arzest • AS Tokyo Studios • Bandai Namco • Capcom • Camelot • Cing* • Creatures Inc. • DeNA • DigiNin* • DigitalScape • Eighting • Flagship* • Fuse Games* • Game Freak • Ganbarion • Genius Sonority • Good-Feel • Grezzo • HAL Laboratory • Hatena • Hudson Soft* • indieszero • iNiS • Intelligent Systems • Jamsworks • Jupiter • Koei Tecmo • Kuju • Left Field Productions* • Level-5 • Mistwalker • Monster Games • Noise • Paon • PlatinumGames • Q-Games • Rare* • Red Entertainment • Sega (Atlus) • Sora Ltd. • skip • Softnica • Spike Chunsoft • Square Enix • St.GIGA* • Syn Sophia • TOSE • Treasure • Vanpool* • Vitei
* – Former / Defunct
Key employees
Presidents
Managers, etc. Internal
Subsidiaries
  • NNSD: Yusuke Beppu
  • Monolith Soft: Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • 1-Up Studio: Gen Kadoi
  • ND Cube: Hidetoshi Endo
  • Retro: Michael Kelbaugh
  • NERD: Alexandre Delattre