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'Natsume Co., Ltd.' is a Japanese video game developer in Shinjuku, Tokyo, founded on October 20, 1987. It is best known for publishing unique, family-oriented niche games, such as the ''Harvest Moon'' series and ''Legend of the River King''. During the NES and SNES era, they published several action titles such as '', ''Wild Guns'' and ''Shadow of the Ninja''. Natsume also released the SNES game ''Pocky & Rocky'' as well as ''.
Since the end of the Super Nintendo era, Natsume Inc. is known for publishing a series of ''Harvest Moon'' games in North America. The most recent game released is '' for the Nintendo DS. All the ''Harvest Moon'' games are translations of those produced first in Japan by Marvelous Interactive. Natsume also has developed Medabot games.
Natsume became somewhat famous for releasing games (particularly the ''Harvest Moon'' series) that contained several glitches or programming errors, even misspelling their own company name in one of their games, ''Harvest Moon 64'', by changing it to Natume (if rendered with Japanese letters, however, this would not be a mistake, as the characters for "tu" and "tsu" are the same).
The pronunciation of the company's name in English can be approximated with "NAH-tsoo-meh".
The company has a publishing branch in the United States named 'Natsume Inc.' located in Burlingame, California, founded in October 1988.
In October 2002, Natsume founded ATARI Inc. (not to be confused with the American game company) in Osaka, specialized on developing slot and pinball machines.
On May 6, 2005, Natsume Solution began operation in Shinjuku, Osaka. This division specializes on web site development, providing mobile solutions/services and developing web systems. On March 1, 2006, Natsume Solution was merged with Evolve co.,ltd.
★ "IT'S TECHNOSTASY. SINCE 1987." (1990s Japanese slogan)
★ "Serious Fun" (USA, 1990s-current (as of 2006))
★ "DREAM CREATOR" (Japan, current (as of 2006))
Currently Natsume develops games on the following platforms:
★ Nintendo DS
★ Wii
★ PlayStation 2
★ PlayStation Portable
===1989
Famicom/NES
★ ''Abadox'' (アバドックス)
Developer, JP Publisher
★ ''Dungeon & Magic: Sword of the Element'' (ダンジョン＆マジック ソード オブ エレメント) / ''Dungeon Magic''
Developer, JP Publisher
===1990
Famicom/NES
★ ''Dragon Fighter'' (ドラゴンファイター)
Developer
★ ''Final Mission'' (ファイナルミッション) / '' / ''Action in New York''
Developer, JP/US (1991) Publisher
★ ''Kage'' / ''Shadow of the Ninja'' / ''Blue Shadow''
Developer, JP/US Publisher
===1991
Famicom/NES
★ ''Tokkyuu Shirei: Solbrain'' (特救指令 ソルブレイン) / ''Shatterhand''
Developer
★ ''Chaos World'' (カオスワールド)
Developer, JP Publisher
Game Boy
★ ''Lucky Monkey'' (ラッキーモンキー) / ''Spanky's Quest''
Developer, JP/US (1992) Publisher
★ ''Ninja Gaiden: Shadow'' / ''Ninja Ryukenden GB: Matenrou Kessen'' (忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦)
Developer
Super Famicom/SNES
★ ''Hansei Zaru Jiro kun no Daibouken'' (反省ザルジローくんの大冒険) (JP) / ''Spanky's Quest'' (US)
Developer, JP/US (1992) Publisher
===1992
Famicom/NES
★ '' (ジェットソン)
Developer
★ ''Mitsume ga Tooru'' (三つ目がとおる)
Developer
Sega Master System
★ ''Sagaia''
Developer
★ ''Special Criminal Investigation''
Developer
Super Famicom/NES
★ ''Kiki Kaikai: Nazo no Kuro Manto'' (奇々怪界 謎の黒マント) (JP) / ''Pocky & Rocky'' (US, EU)
Developer, JP/US (1993)/EU (1993) Publisher
===1993
Sega Master System
★ ''Renegade''
Developer
Super Famicom/NES
★ ''Zen Nihon Pro Wres'' (全日本プロレス)
Developer
===1994
Super Nintendo
★ NATSUME Championship Wrestling ''Developer/publisher''
★ Wild Guns ''Developer/publisher''
★ The Ninjawarriors (developer)
★ Pocky & Rocky 2 ''Developer''
===1995
Super Nintendo
★ Casper ''Developer/publisher''
★ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Developer''
Game Boy
Casper Developer/publisher
===1996
Super Nintendo
★ Lufia II (US publisher)
★ Gundam Wing Endless Duel (developer)
Sega Saturn
Highway 2000 (a racing game, usually not Natsume's type)
===1997
Super Nintendo
★ Harvest Moon ''publisher''
===1998
Game Boy
★ Harvest Moon GB ''publisher''
★ Legend of the River King GB (US publisher)
Nintendo 64
★ Flying Dragon (US publisher)
===1999
Nintendo 64
★ Harvest Moon 64 (US publisher)
PlayStation
★ Bust-A-Move 4 (US publisher)
Game Boy Color
★ Legend of the River King GBC (developer, US publisher)
===2000
Game Boy Color
★ Legend of the River King 2 GBC (developer, US publisher)
★ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ''Developer''
★ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 ''Developer''
★ Harvest Moon 3 (developer, publisher)
★ Keitai Denjū Telefang ''Publisher''
PlayStation
★ (US publisher)
★ Reel Fishing II ''Developer''
===2001
Game Boy
★ Croc 2 ''Developer''
Game Boy Color
★ Harvest Moon 2 (developer, publisher)
★ Harvest Moon 3
★ (US publisher)
Game Boy Advance
★ Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder ''Developer''
★ (developer)
★ Medarot Navi- Kabuto (j) (Natsume, "publisher")
PlayStation
★ Burstrick Wake Boarding ''publisher''
PlayStation 2
2002
Game Boy Advance
★ Car Battler Joe (developer/publisher)
★ Medabots AX (developer/publisher)
★ (Developer)
★ Pocky & Rocky with Becky (publisher)
★ Wizardry Summoner ''Developer/publisher''
★ Keitai Denjū Telefang II ''Publisher''
★ (developer)
PlayStation 2
★ Metropolismania ''Developer/publisher''
===2003
Game Boy Advance
★ (developer)
★ (US publisher)
★ Power Rangers Ninja Storm (developer)
PlayStation 2
★ Reel Fishing III ''publisher''
===2004
Nintendo DS
★ Legend of the River King Series (publisher)
Game Boy Advance
★ (US publisher)
★ Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (developer)
★ (developer)
★ River King (publisher)
★ WWE Survivor Series (developer)
GameCube
★ (US publisher)
★ Medabots Infinity (developer, publisher)
PSP
★ Legend of the River King Series ''Developer''
★ Judgement High School (developer/publisher)
===2005
Nintendo DS
★ Harvest Moon DS (JP)
★ Bokujou Monogatari Korobokkuru Sutēshon for Gaaru (JP)
★ (developer) (JP)
Game Boy Advance
GameCube
★
★
★ Mark Davis Pro Bass Challenge
PlayStation 2
2006
GameCube
PlayStation 2
★ River King: A Wonderful Journey
★ (US, Europe publisher)
Nintendo DS
★ Harvest Moon DS
★ Bokujou Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima (Japan Release)
★
★ Freedom Wings
===2007
Nintendo DS
★
★ Puzzle de Harvest Moon
Playstation Portable
Upcoming
Nintendo DS
★ Harvest Moon DS 2
★ Harvest Moon DS Cute
Playstation 2
Wii
Xbox Live Arcade
★ Omega Five
★ Natsume Co.,Ltd. homepage (Japanese)
★ Official Natsume Inc. website
★ Natsume Solution/evolve co., ltd. homepage (Japanese)
★ Games made by Natsume
The logotype of Natsume Inc.
'Natsume Co., Ltd.' is a Japanese video game developer in Shinjuku, Tokyo, founded on October 20, 1987. It is best known for publishing unique, family-oriented niche games, such as the ''Harvest Moon'' series and ''Legend of the River King''. During the NES and SNES era, they published several action titles such as '', ''Wild Guns'' and ''Shadow of the Ninja''. Natsume also released the SNES game ''Pocky & Rocky'' as well as ''.
Since the end of the Super Nintendo era, Natsume Inc. is known for publishing a series of ''Harvest Moon'' games in North America. The most recent game released is '' for the Nintendo DS. All the ''Harvest Moon'' games are translations of those produced first in Japan by Marvelous Interactive. Natsume also has developed Medabot games.
Natsume became somewhat famous for releasing games (particularly the ''Harvest Moon'' series) that contained several glitches or programming errors, even misspelling their own company name in one of their games, ''Harvest Moon 64'', by changing it to Natume (if rendered with Japanese letters, however, this would not be a mistake, as the characters for "tu" and "tsu" are the same).
The pronunciation of the company's name in English can be approximated with "NAH-tsoo-meh".
Corporate divisions
The company has a publishing branch in the United States named 'Natsume Inc.' located in Burlingame, California, founded in October 1988.
In October 2002, Natsume founded ATARI Inc. (not to be confused with the American game company) in Osaka, specialized on developing slot and pinball machines.
On May 6, 2005, Natsume Solution began operation in Shinjuku, Osaka. This division specializes on web site development, providing mobile solutions/services and developing web systems. On March 1, 2006, Natsume Solution was merged with Evolve co.,ltd.
Company slogans
★ "IT'S TECHNOSTASY. SINCE 1987." (1990s Japanese slogan)
★ "Serious Fun" (USA, 1990s-current (as of 2006))
★ "DREAM CREATOR" (Japan, current (as of 2006))
Works
Currently Natsume develops games on the following platforms:
★ Nintendo DS
★ Wii
★ PlayStation 2
★ PlayStation Portable
===1989
★ ''Abadox'' (アバドックス)
Developer, JP Publisher
★ ''Dungeon & Magic: Sword of the Element'' (ダンジョン＆マジック ソード オブ エレメント) / ''Dungeon Magic''
Developer, JP Publisher
===1990
★ ''Dragon Fighter'' (ドラゴンファイター)
Developer
★ ''Final Mission'' (ファイナルミッション) / '' / ''Action in New York''
Developer, JP/US (1991) Publisher
★ ''Kage'' / ''Shadow of the Ninja'' / ''Blue Shadow''
Developer, JP/US Publisher
===1991
★ ''Tokkyuu Shirei: Solbrain'' (特救指令 ソルブレイン) / ''Shatterhand''
Developer
★ ''Chaos World'' (カオスワールド)
Developer, JP Publisher
Game Boy
★ ''Lucky Monkey'' (ラッキーモンキー) / ''Spanky's Quest''
Developer, JP/US (1992) Publisher
★ ''Ninja Gaiden: Shadow'' / ''Ninja Ryukenden GB: Matenrou Kessen'' (忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦)
Developer
Super Famicom/SNES
★ ''Hansei Zaru Jiro kun no Daibouken'' (反省ザルジローくんの大冒険) (JP) / ''Spanky's Quest'' (US)
Developer, JP/US (1992) Publisher
===1992
★ '' (ジェットソン)
Developer
★ ''Mitsume ga Tooru'' (三つ目がとおる)
Developer
Sega Master System
★ ''Sagaia''
Developer
★ ''Special Criminal Investigation''
Developer
Super Famicom/NES
★ ''Kiki Kaikai: Nazo no Kuro Manto'' (奇々怪界 謎の黒マント) (JP) / ''Pocky & Rocky'' (US, EU)
Developer, JP/US (1993)/EU (1993) Publisher
===1993
★ ''Renegade''
Developer
Super Famicom/NES
★ ''Zen Nihon Pro Wres'' (全日本プロレス)
Developer
===1994
★ NATSUME Championship Wrestling ''Developer/publisher''
★ Wild Guns ''Developer/publisher''
★ The Ninjawarriors (developer)
★ Pocky & Rocky 2 ''Developer''
===1995
★ Casper ''Developer/publisher''
★ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Developer''
Game Boy
Casper Developer/publisher
===1996
★ Lufia II (US publisher)
★ Gundam Wing Endless Duel (developer)
Sega Saturn
Highway 2000 (a racing game, usually not Natsume's type)
===1997
★ Harvest Moon ''publisher''
===1998
★ Harvest Moon GB ''publisher''
★ Legend of the River King GB (US publisher)
Nintendo 64
★ Flying Dragon (US publisher)
===1999
★ Harvest Moon 64 (US publisher)
PlayStation
★ Bust-A-Move 4 (US publisher)
Game Boy Color
★ Legend of the River King GBC (developer, US publisher)
===2000
★ Legend of the River King 2 GBC (developer, US publisher)
★ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater ''Developer''
★ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 ''Developer''
★ Harvest Moon 3 (developer, publisher)
★ Keitai Denjū Telefang ''Publisher''
PlayStation
★ (US publisher)
★ Reel Fishing II ''Developer''
===2001
★ Croc 2 ''Developer''
Game Boy Color
★ Harvest Moon 2 (developer, publisher)
★ Harvest Moon 3
★ (US publisher)
Game Boy Advance
★ Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder ''Developer''
★ (developer)
★ Medarot Navi- Kabuto (j) (Natsume, "publisher")
PlayStation
★ Burstrick Wake Boarding ''publisher''
PlayStation 2
★ (US publisher)
2002★ Car Battler Joe (developer/publisher)
★ Medabots AX (developer/publisher)
★ (Developer)
★ Pocky & Rocky with Becky (publisher)
★ Wizardry Summoner ''Developer/publisher''
★ Keitai Denjū Telefang II ''Publisher''
★ (developer)
PlayStation 2
★ Metropolismania ''Developer/publisher''
===2003
★ (developer)
★ (US publisher)
★ Power Rangers Ninja Storm (developer)
PlayStation 2
★ Reel Fishing III ''publisher''
===2004
★ Legend of the River King Series (publisher)
Game Boy Advance
★ (US publisher)
★ Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny (developer)
★ (developer)
★ River King (publisher)
★ WWE Survivor Series (developer)
GameCube
★ (US publisher)
★ Medabots Infinity (developer, publisher)
PSP
★ Legend of the River King Series ''Developer''
Mobile (Java)
★ Judgement High School (developer/publisher)
===2005
★ Harvest Moon DS (JP)
★ Bokujou Monogatari Korobokkuru Sutēshon for Gaaru (JP)
★ (developer) (JP)
Game Boy Advance
★
GameCube★
★
★ Mark Davis Pro Bass Challenge
PlayStation 2
★ (US, Japan (rerelease only) publisher)
★ (US publisher)
2006
★ (US publisher)
PlayStation 2★ River King: A Wonderful Journey
★ (US, Europe publisher)
Nintendo DS
★ Harvest Moon DS
★ Bokujou Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima (Japan Release)
★
★ Freedom Wings
===2007
★
★ Puzzle de Harvest Moon
Playstation Portable
★
★
Upcoming★ Harvest Moon DS 2
★ Harvest Moon DS Cute
Playstation 2
★ Special Edition
Wii
★ (US Publisher)
★ (due for release in Europe)
Xbox Live Arcade★ Omega Five
External links
★ Natsume Co.,Ltd. homepage (Japanese)
★ Official Natsume Inc. website
★ Natsume Solution/evolve co., ltd. homepage (Japanese)
★ Games made by Natsume
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