Native name
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1-UPスタジオ株式会社 |
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Romanized name
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1-UP Sutajio Kabushiki gaisha |
Formerly called
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Brownie Brown (2000–2013) |
Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | June 30, 2000 |
Founder | Kameoka Shinichi Kouji Tsuda |
Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people
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President Gen Kadoi Representative Directors Yoshiaki Koizumi Keizo Kato Representative Auditor Futoshi Yamaguchi |
Products |
Mother 3 Mana series Super Mario series |
Number of employees
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30 (as of May 2016) |
Parent | Nintendo |
Website | 1-up-studio |
1-UP Studio Co., Ltd. (1‐UPスタジオ株式会社 Wan-Appu Sutajio Kabushiki Gaisha?), formerly Brownie Brown Inc. (ブラウニーブラウン Buraunī Buraun?), is a Japanese Nintendo-funded and owned video game developer founded on June 30, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. On February 1, 2013, the company announced that due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo, that they were undergoing a change in internal structure, which included changing the name of their company to 1-UP Studio.
The company consists of many ex-Square Co., Ltd. 2D artists. At least two of its founders (Kameoka Shinichi and Kouji Tsuda) had previously worked on the award-winning Mana series on the Game Boy and Super NES platforms.Nintendo trademarked the original Brownie Brown name, the meaning of the name is that, according to Brownie Brown's old website, a brownie is a hard working elf, and the elf that is on their logo, is named Brown, thus he is the Brownie Brown. The founders left Square due to "differing ideals."