1-Up Studio

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**1-Up Studio Inc.** (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 video game developer founded on June 30, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan, and owned by Nintendo. 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.

## History

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. The founders left Square due to "differing ideals."

The company's first original creation was the Japan-only *Magical Vacation* for the Game Boy Advance, which was released in 2001. Another popular title developed by Brownie Brown was *Sword of Mana*, which was created for and published by Square Enix. Thought to be a new title in the *Seiken Densetsu* series, it was actually an enhanced remake of the first game in the series, *Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden* (known as *Mystic Quest* in Europe and *Final Fantasy Adventure* in North America).

The company has also been credited with the development of *Mother 3* in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory, and *Magical Starsign* (*Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align* in Japan) for the Game Boy Advance. Brownie Brown, one of the game's three developers, expressed interest in a Nintendo DS port of *Mother 3* if Nintendo asked them to make it, and that they would like it to be enjoyed by fans abroad.Template:Citation needed

While the company has only released video games for Nintendo's handheld video game systems up to this point, the company had previously announced a title for the Nintendo GameCube, named *Gofuku*, which was scheduled for release in 2005 and was announced alongside *Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align*.

The company later released *Blue Dragon Plus* for the Nintendo DS, developed alongside Mistwalker, and entered into the downloadable games market in 2009 with *A Kappa's Trail*, a DSiWare game. Brownie Brown also worked on the DS title *Livly Garden*, based on a browser game from So-net Entertainment, released in Japan on January 28, 2010, and aided in the development of two Level-5 titles, *Professor Layton's London Life*, a bonus game included with *Professor Layton and the Last Specter*, and *Fantasy Life*, for the DS and 3DS respectively.

On February 1, 2013, the company announced on their original official website that, as a result of their recent development cooperation efforts with Nintendo, Brownie Brown had undergone changes in internal structure, which included officially changing the name of their company to 1-Up Studio.

## List of games developed

### Game Boy Advance

* *Magical Vacation*
* *Mother 3*
* *Sword of Mana*

### Nintendo DS

* *Magical Starsign*
* *Heroes of Mana*
* *Blue Dragon Plus*
* *Livly Garden*
* *London Life* in *Professor Layton and the Last Specter* (co-developed with Level-5)
* *A Kappa's Trail* (released exclusively on DSiWare)

### Nintendo 3DS

* *Super Mario 3D Land* (development cooperation)
* *Fantasy Life* (production assistance)
* *The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes* (development cooperation)

### Wii U

* *Super Mario 3D World* (development cooperation)
* *Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker* (development cooperation, also on the game's 3DS and Switch versions)

### Nintendo Switch

* *Super Mario Odyssey* (development cooperation)
* *Ring Fit Adventure* (Graphic Assistance)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Company History" (in Japanese). 1-Up Studio. https://1-up-studio.jp/company/history.html. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ishaan (2013-02-01). "Nintendo Subsidiary, Brownie Brown, Changes Name To 1-Up Studio". Siliconera. http://www.siliconera.com/2013/02/01/nintendo-subsidiary-brownie-brown-changes-name-to-1-up-studio/. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
3. ↑ IGN Staff (September 29, 2000). "Beware of Hitchhiking Brownies". IGN. http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/085/085751p1.html. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
4. ↑ Long, Andrew (November 3, 2000). "Brownie Brown President Talks About Name, Game". *RPGamer.com*. http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q4-2000/110300a.html. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
5. ↑ "GAF - News - Brownie Brown reveals new DS RPG & GC game". http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=4065.
6. ↑ "RPGamer - News Bulletin - Brownie Brown Names Latest Project". http://www.rpgamer.com/news/Q1-2005/021605g.html.
7. ↑ Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » Brownie Brown developing Blue Dragon Plus
8. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (December 7, 2009). "Nintendo Teams with Brownie Brown for DSiWare". *andriasang.com*. http://www.andriasang.com/j/blog/2009/12/07/kappa\_michi/. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
9. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (August 21, 2009). "Brownie Brown Returns on the DS". *IGN.com*. http://ds.ign.com/articles/101/1016710p1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
10. ↑ http://ds.livly.com/
11. ↑ Gantayat, Anoop (August 25, 2009). "Level-5 Shares Future Vision". *IGN.com*. http://ds.ign.com/articles/101/1017970p1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
12. ↑ "1-UP STUDIO Inc - Homepage". http://1-up-studio.jp/.
13. ↑ https://1-up-studio.jp/works/index.html

## External links

* Official website Template:In lang

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