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AlphaDream

AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.
Native name
株式会社アルファドリーム
Romanized name
Kabushikigaisha ArufaDorīmu
Formerly called
AlphaStar
Private
Industry Video games
Founded January 12, 2000; 17 years ago (2000-01-12)
Tokyo, Japan
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Tetsuo Mizuno
Products Mario & Luigi series
Number of employees
38 (as of January 2011)
Website www.alphadream.co.jp

AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd. (株式会社アルファドリーム Kabushikigaisha ArufaDorīmu?) is a Japanese video game development company founded in 2000 by Tetsuo Mizuno in Tokyo, Japan. It was formerly known as Alpha Star.

In partnership with Nintendo, it has produced software for the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, including the Mario & Luigi series. The company's staff includes prominent former developers from Square, such as Chihiro Fujioka.

AlphaDream was founded on January 12, 2000. They were then known as Alpha Star. Several members of their staff were notable staff from Square. They are known for their RPGs, most notably the Mario & Luigi series for the Game Boy Advance, the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS.

The company was founded in 2000 by Tetsuo Mizuno, the past president of Square. Their first game, Koto Battle, was a Pokémon-style role-playing game, wherein the player battles three of their twenty character cards against AI opponents. It was released in March 2001 for the Game Boy Color. While it remains a Japan-only game, it was later re-released for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.


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