Creatures, Inc.

Creatures, Inc. (Japanese: Creatures) is an affiliate of The Pokémon Company (which itself is a by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures).COMPANY - COMPANY - It was founded on November 8, 1995 by Tsunekazu Ishihara with assistance of Satoru Iwata.Iwata Asks : Pokémon HeartGold Version & SoulSilver Version : Just Making The Last Train Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the Pokémon franchise, including the and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo). Its current president and CEO is Yuji Kitano, who succeeded the president position from Tsunekazu Ishihara and the CEO position from Hirokazu Tanaka on April 2023.The about section on Creatures' Japanese website as of March 30, 2023The about section on Creatures' English website as of March 4, 2023Creatures Inc. sees leadership change as CEO and president step down
The company was founded after the development team of Ape Inc. (known for creating the series of video games) was disbanded. Ape still exists for the purpose of managing its IPs, and is an associate company of Nintendo and .Annual Report 2022 - Nintendo Co., Ltd.Securities Report for Fiscal Period Ending August 2020 - Hobonichi Co., Ltd. (Japanese)
As of April 2023, Creatures has 232 employees.
==Games==
===Pokémon games===
====Developer====
* (co-developed with HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
* Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
* PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
* Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
* Pokédex 3D
* Pokémon Say Tap?
* Pokémon Card Game: How to Play DS (co-developed with )
* PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
* Pokémon Dream Radar
* Pokédex 3D Pro
* Pokédex for iOS
* Dancing? Pokémon Band
* Camp Pokémon
* 
* Detective Pikachu Returns
* Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (co-developed with DeNA Co., Ltd.)
====Pokémon 3D modeling====
* Pokémon Stadium series
* Hey You, Pikachu!
* Pokémon Snap (illustration)
* Pokémon Channel (in cooperation with)
* Pokémon Colosseum
* Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
* Pokémon Battle Revolution
* Pokémon Tretta
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (very special thanks)
* Pokémon X and Y
* Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
* Pokkén Tournament
* Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (very special thanks)
* Pokémon Duel
* Pokémon GO
* Pokémon Ga-Olé
* Pokémon Sun and Moon
* Pokkén Tournament
* Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
* Pokémon Sword and Shield
* Pokémon Mezastar
* Pokémon Legends: Arceus
* Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
====Packaging and logo design====
* Pokémon X and Y (packaging design)
* Pokémon Battle Trozei (logo design)
* Pokémon Shuffle (logo design, icon art)
* Pokémon Picross (logo design)
====Other credits====
* (original TCG planning and design)
* Super Smash Bros. (background modeling)
* Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR! (original TCG planning and design)
* Super Smash Bros. Melee (stage and trophy 3D modeling, animation production)
* e-Reader (software)
* PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS (producer)
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl (senior supervisors)
* The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (very special thanks)
* Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (senior supervisors)
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (original game supervisors)
===Non-Pokémon games===
* (Game Boy, 1996) (co-developed with Jupiter Corporation)
* Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! (Game Boy, 1997)
* (Game Boy Color, 2001)
* (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
* (Nintendo DS, 2006) (co-developed with )
* (Nintendo DS, 2008) (software; co-developed with and Engines)
* (Nintendo DSi, 2009) (co-developed with )
* aDanza (, 2014)
===Peripherals===
* e-Reader
==Other Pokémon products==
* Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia
* Pokémon Trading Card Game
** Illust Collection
** Pokémon Card Game Art Collection
* (producer)
* Pokémon Battrio (Pokémon character models, packaging)
* (co-produced with OLM, Inc.)
* Pokémon Battle Chess (developer)
* Pokédex Game: Pokémania? (developer)
==External links==
* Official website
* Creatures on Wikipedia
==References==
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