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Native name | 株式会社アルファドリーム |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha ArufaDorīmu |
| Formerly | AlphaStar Software |
| Company type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Video games |
| Genre | Video game development |
| Predecessor | AlphaStar (video game division) |
| Founded | January 12, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan |
| Defunct | October 1, 2019 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | Wako Miyamasuzaka Building, 2-19-8, Shibuya, Tokyo , Japan |
Number of locations | 1 studio (2019) |
Key people | Tetsuo Mizuno (president) |
| Products | Games |
| Brands | Mario & Luigi series |
Number of employees | 38 (2011) |
| Website | alphadream.co.jp at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2019) |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.[a] was a Japanese video game development company founded in 2000 by Tetsuo Mizuno and Chihiro Fujioka in Tokyo, Japan. In partnership with Nintendo, it produced software for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch, including the Mario & Luigi series. The company's staff included former developers from Square, such as Yoshihiko Maekawa. On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream was shut down after filing for bankruptcy, and on February 28, 2020, AlphaDream ceased to exist as a company.
- ^ "会社概要 -Profile- | 株式会社アルファドリーム ALPHADREAM CORPORATION". alphadream.co.jp. 2018-06-24. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "A New Mario & Luigi Trademark Has Been Filed By Nintendo After AlphaDream's Bankruptcy". ScreenRant. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Mario & Luigi RPG Developer AlphaDream Has Gone Bankrupt". Kotaku. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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