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Company type | Defunct |
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Industry | Video games |
Founded | July 1996 |
Defunct | May 2003 |
Fate | Liquidation |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Products | Games for Nintendo video game consoles |
Marigul was a Japanese corporation created and jointly owned by video game company Nintendo Co., Ltd. (40%) and media company Recruit (60%).[1] Its name is a combination of Nintendo's mascot Mario and Recruit's mascot Seegul.
Marigul was founded because the Nintendo 64 was not getting enough third-party support. Marigul would provide financing, to let game studios focus on making games. The only condition was that the studios would have a game ready in five years.