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{{company | {{company infobox | ||
|logo= | |logo=AlphaDream Logo.svg | ||
|width=148px | |width=148px | ||
|founded=January 12, 2000 | |founded=January 12, 2000 | ||
|defunct=October 1, 2019<ref>https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1179467153906511873 | |defunct=October 1, 2019<ref>https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1179467153906511873</ref> | ||
| | |first_release=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | ||
| | |latest_release=''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.''', or '''AlphaDream''' (formerly known as '''AlphaStar'''), was a Japanese video game development studio | '''{{wp|AlphaDream|AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.}}''', or '''AlphaDream''' (formerly known as '''AlphaStar'''), was a Japanese video game development studio founded on January 12, 2000, as a second-party developer for [[Nintendo]]. AlphaDream developed all five games in the ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' series, along with ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', which is a [[Reissue|remake]] of the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga|first game in the series]], and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', a remake of the [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story|third game in the series]]. The company's staff included prominent developers from [[Square Enix|Square Co.]], such as {{wp|Chihiro Fujioka}} and Yoshihiko Maekawa, who worked as directors on ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''. | ||
AlphaDream's first ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' game, ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', draws heavy inspiration from ''[[nwiki:Tomato Adventure|Tomato Adventure]]'', which includes borrowing the art style, the strong resemblance of some characters (such as [[Hermie III]] being based on the [[:File:Tomato Adventure Yadotsuri.png|Yadotsurī]] enemy), and similar sound effects. Some files from ''Tomato Adventure''{{'}}s soundtrack appear unused in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''{{'}}s files. | |||
On October 1, 2019, the company ceased operations immediately after filing for bankruptcy, citing sluggish revenues and the high development costs exceeding overall debt, which was approximately ¥465 million as of the end of March 2018.<ref>(October 2, 2019) [https://web.archive.org/web/20191002133957/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20191002-00010002-teikokudb-ind 『マリオ＆ルイージRPG』など開発 アルファドリームが破産開始 - ''Yahoo Japan'']. (Wayback Machine) Retrieved May 26, 2020.</ref> The final game worked on by AlphaDream was ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'', which was released a month after the company's bankruptcy. | |||
== | ==''Super Mario'' games developed== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{NIWA|NWiki=1|StrategyWiki | {{NIWA|NWiki=1|StrategyWiki=Category:AlphaDream Corporation}} | ||
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