h.a.n.d.
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| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | February 26, 1993 |
| Headquarters | Sapporo, Japan |
Key people |
Teruaki Matoba, representative and president Toshinori Imata, director and vice-president |
Number of employees | Approximately 80[1] |
| Website | http://www.hand.co.jp/ |
h.a.n.d. Inc. (ハ・ン・ド ha.n.do), abbreviation of Hokkaido Artists' Network and Development,[2] is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1992. The company originally started as a service selling Macintosh hardware and software to universities before the Mac platform was widely known. When competition in the field increased, h.a.n.d. reorganized to develop original software.[3]
h.a.n.d.'s earliest known game is Treasure Strike: Full Swing, developed in collaboration with publisher, Kid, who released the PC follow-up to the Dreamcast original in 2004. The company consists of two other divisions—North Point Inc. for the development of mobile phone apps and other software, and S.N.S. Inc. who work on social games for Facebook and Mixi for external publishers.
List of works
- Treasure Strike: Full Swing (2004)
- One Piece: Pirates Carnival (2005)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales (2006)
- Tamagotchi: Party On! (2007)
- Ape Escape: SaruSaru Big Mission (2007)
- Oishiku Kiwameru Gourmet DS (2007)
- Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (2007)
- Hana to Taiyou to Ame to (2008)
- Active Life: Outdoor Challenge (2008)
- Flower, Sun, and Rain: Unending Paradise (2008) (DS version only)
- Harvest Moon: My Little Shop (2009)
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (2009) (In cooperation with Square Enix)[4]
- Mr. Brain (2009)
- Puyo Puyo 7 (in cooperation with Sonic Team) (2009)
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (2010) (In cooperation with Square Enix)[5]
- Chocobo Racing 3D (2010) (In cooperation with Square Enix)[6]
- Imaginary Range (2011) (in cooperation with Square Enix)
- Puyo Puyo!! 20th Anniversary (in cooperation with Sonic Team) (2011)
- The World Ends With You -Solo Remix- (in cooperation with Square Enix) (2012)
- Fantasy Life (in cooperation with Level-5) (2012)
- Disney Magical World (2013)
References
- ↑ "Company Profile". h.a.n.d. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ↑ "h.a.n.d. Inc. official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ↑ Sahdev, Ishaan (September 23, 2010). "Company Profile: A h.a.n.d. In Game Development". Siliconera.com. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ↑ IGN Staff (2007-09-26). "Kingdom Hearts DS Update". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- ↑ Square Enix (2010-06-09). "SQUARE ENIX BRINGS AN UNRIVALED LINEUP OF FRANCHISES TO E3 2010". Square Enix. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ Spencer (2010-09-29). "There’s More To Chocobo Racing 3D Than Racing". Siliconera. Retrieved 2010-10-04.