Magic Pockets (game studio)
Magic Pockets is an independent video game studio based in Torcy, France. It is one of the largest handheld video game developers in France. The company has developed more than 35 games on Nintendo's handheld systems and is currently working on an unannounced Wii U game.[1]
The studio managed to enter the Develop100[2] in 2010, being one of the world's most successful game studios according to Develop.
History
Created in 2000, the studio was aimed at developing games for Nintendo handheld consoles. When Take-Two Interactive bought GAÏA Groupe in 2005, Magic Pockets leads quickly proposed to buy back the studio. Take-Two accepted the offer and Magic Pockets made a fresh start as an independent developer. With the great increase of the Nintendo DS software sales, the studio had the opportunity to grow rapidly from 9 employees to 30, developing 48 games within four years.
The studio has developed games for Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, iOS (iPhone and iPad), Android, Nintendo 3DS and Wii.[3][4]
List of games
- Action Man: Robot Atak (Game Boy Advance)
- Antz Extreme Racing (Game Boy Advance)
- Bakugan: Battle Trainer (Nintendo DS)
- Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance (Nintendo DS)
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Game Boy Advance)
- Battleship (Wii/Nintendo DS/Nintendo 3DS)
- Catwoman (Game Boy Advance)
- Dolphin Island: Underwater Adventures (Nintendo DS)
- Extreme Ghostbusters (Game Boy Color)
- Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1 (Game Boy Advance)
- F1 2002 (Game Boy Advance)
- Ghostrider (Game Boy Advance)
- Gremlins: Stripe vs Gizmo
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Game Boy Advance/Nintendo DS)
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup (Game Boy Advance/Playstation 2/Microsoft Windows/Xbox/GameCube)
- Imagine Dream Resort (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine Fashion Paradise(Nintendo DS)
- Imagine Fashion Stylist (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine: Reporter (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine Teacher (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine Teacher: Class Trip (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine: Wildlife Keeper (Nintendo DS)
- Imagine: Zookeeper (Nintendo DS)
- Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission (Game Boy Advance)
- Jake Power: Fireman (Nintendo DS)
- Jake Power: Policeman (Nintendo DS)
- Jake Power: Repairman (Nintendo DS)
- Mahou no Pumpkin (Game Boy Advance)
- Mini Ninjas (Nintendo DS)
- My Dangerous Pet Snake (Nintendo DS)
- My Dangerous Pet Spider (Nintendo DS)
- Ocean Patrol: Marine Rescue (Nintendo DS)
- Petz Rescue: Ocean Patrol (Nintendo DS)
- Petz Wild Animals: Dolphinz (Nintendo DS)
- Petz Wild Animals: Tigerz (Nintendo DS)
- Popeye: Rush for Spinach (Game Boy Advance)
- Pro Beach Soccer (Game Boy Advance)
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (iPhone/iPod)
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2012 (Nintendo DS)
- Road Rash: Jailbreak (Game Boy Advance)
- The Sims Medieval (iPhone/iPod/iPad)
- The Smurfs (Nintendo 3DS)
- Spirits & Spells (Game Boy Advance)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Xbox 360/Wii/Nintendo 3DS)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Nintendo 3DS)
- Tigerz (Nintendo DS)
- Top Spin 2 (Game Boy Advance)
- Ultimate Beach Soccer (Game Boy Advance)
- Undead: The Last Refuge (iPhone/iPod Touch)