Atlus
Atlus
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legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
founding | April 7, 1986 |
resolution | October 1, 2010 |
Seat | Setagaya , Tokyo |
management | Akira Nomoto (President) |
Number of employees | 270 (October 2018) |
sales | 19.2 billion yen (€ 142 million as of July 31, 2009) |
Branch | Computer games |
Website | www.atlusnet.jp |
Atlus ( Japanese ア ト ラ ス , Atorasu ) is a Japanese publisher for computer games . Until 2010 Atlus was an independent company called KK Atlus ( 株式会社 ア ト ラ ス , Kabushiki-gaisha Atorasu , English Atlus Co., Ltd. ), now it is a label for computer games of the company KK Index (English Index Corporation ). Atlus is particularly known for the tactical role-playing game Tactics Ogre and the role-playing game series Megami Tensei .
history
Atlus was founded on April 7, 1986. In July 1995, Atlus and Sega launched the first Purikura machines on the market. In April 1997 the foreign subsidiary Atlus Entertainment Pte Ltd was founded in Singapore and in March 1999 Atlus USA, Inc. was founded in the United States . In July 2000, Atlus entered into a capital and business relationship with Kadokawa Shoten . In January 2005, Shanghai Atlus Digital Eizō Yūgenkōshi (Japanese) / Shanghai Atlus Digital Yingxiang Youxiangongsi (Chinese) ( 上海 ア ト ラ ス デ ジ タ ル 影像 有限公司 , English Atlus Shanghai Digital Image Co., Ltd. ) and im March in Tianjin , the Atlus (Tianjin) Denshi Yūgenkōshi (Jap.) / Atlus (Tianjin) Dianzi Youxiangongsi ((Ch.) アトラス(天津)電子有限公司 , eng. , Ltd. Atlus (Tianjin) Electronics Co. ) was founded. In the same month Atlus entered into a capital and business relationship with the toy manufacturer Takara Tomy , became its subsidiary in October and took over its computer games division in January 2004. The company began selling slot machines in March 2006, but stopped selling them in September 2007.
On October 30, 2006, KK Index Holdings decided to buy the majority of shares in Atlus, whereby Atlus became a subsidiary of the holding on November 29, 2006. In May 2010 Atlus became a 100% subsidiary of KK Index Holdings. In July 2009, Atlus announced a loss of 2.397 billion yen (€ 17.7 million) for the past fiscal year on a 17.4% decline in sales, compared to a profit of 587 million yen (€ 3.47 million) ) last year.
On August 30, 2010, KK Index Holdings announced that it would merge its two subsidiaries, KK Index (mobile phone applications) and KK Atlus, effective October 1. The KK Index Holdings then changed its name to KK Index on December 1, 2010. On September 18, 2013, the games division - including Atlus - was taken over from Index by Sega with effect from November 1, 2013 and transferred to the newly founded subsidiary KK Sega Dream .
Games from Atlus
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Game Boy
- Spud's Adventure 1991
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Game Boy Advance
- Super Dodge Ball Advance 2001
- Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis 2002
- Robopon 2: Cross Version 2002
- Robopon 2: Ring Version 2002
- Lufia: The Ruins of Lore 2003
- Shining Soul 2003
- DemiKids: Dark Version 2003
- DemiKids: Light Version 2003
- Double Dragon Advance 2003
- King of Fighters EX2: Howling Blood 2003
- Shining Soul II 2004
- River City Ransomware EX 2004
- Riviera: The Promised Land 2005
- Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon 2004
- Super Army War 2005
- Summon Night : Swordcraft Story 2006
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2006
- Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 2006
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 2006
- Yggdra Union 2006
- Game Boy Color
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GameCube
- Cubivore 2002
- Go! Go! Hypergrind 2003
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Nintendo 64
- Snowboard kids 1998
- Snowboard Kids 2 1999
- Ogre Battle 64 : Person of Lordly Caliber 2000
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Nintendo DS
- Puyo Pop Fever 2005
- Trauma Center : Under the Knife 2005
- SBK: Snowboard Kids DS 2005
- Deep Labyrinth 2006
- Contact 2006
- Touch Detective 2006
- Etrian Odyssey 2007
- Etrain Odyssey II Heros oft Lagaard 2008
- Etrian Odyssey III The Drowned City 2010
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Nintendo 3DS
- Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan 2012
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl 2013
- Shin Megami Tensei IV 2014
- Etrian Odyssey Untold II: The Fafnir Knight 2014
- Citizens of Earth 2015
- Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains 2015
- Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2015
- Etrian Odyssey V 2016
- Etrian Odyssey Nexus 2019
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Nintendo Entertainment System
- Golf Grand Slam 1991
- Rockin Kats 1991
- Wacky Races 1992
- Widget 1992
- Nintendo Switch
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PlayStation
- Space Griffon 1997
- Persona 1997
- Ogre Battle: Limited Edition 1997
- Peak Performance 1997
- Tactics Ogre 1998
- Kartia 1998
- Trap Gunner 1998
- Bomberman World 1998
- Guilty Gear 1998
- Eggs of Steel 1998
- Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena 1999
- Bomberman Fantasy Race 1999
- Hellnight 1999
- Thousand Arms 1999
- Tail Concerto 1999
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure 2000
- Persona 2: Eternal Punishment 2000
- Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth 2001
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PlayStation 2
- Tsugunai: Atonement 2001
- Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land 2001
- Skygunner 2002
- Dual Hearts 2002
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 2003
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne 2004
- Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity 2005
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2005
- Samurai Western 2005
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 2005
- Magna Carta: Tears of Blood 2005
- Metal Saga 2006
- Steambot Chronicles 2006
- Rule of Rose 2006
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2006
- Odin Sphere 2007
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 / FES 2007/2008
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 2008
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PlayStation 3
- Demon's Souls 2009
- Catherine 2011
- Persona 5 2016
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PlayStation 4
- Persona 5 2016
- Catherine Full Body 2019
- Persona 5 Royal (2020, Europe)
- Persona 5 Scramble 2020
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Sega Dreamcast
- Maken X 2000
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Sega Genesis
- Power Instinct 1994
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Sega Saturn
- Virtual Hydlide 1995
- High Velocity: Mountain Racing Challenge 1995
- Lunacy 1997
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- BlaZeon 1992
- Shin Megami Tensei 1992
- Run Saber 1993
- Super widget 1993
- World Soccer '94: Road to Glory 1993
- Pieces 1994
- Power Instinct 1994
- Super Valis IV 1994
- GP-1: Part II 1994
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Virtual boy
- Jack Bros. 1995
- Wii
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Xbox
- Galleon 2004
- Pro Fishing Challenge 2004
- Shin Megami Tensei NINE 2002
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Xbox 360
- Catherine 2011
- Game of Thrones (2012, North America)
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Windows
- Game of Thrones (2012, North America)
- Catherine Classic 2019
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Wii U
- Citizens of Earth 2015
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Atlus Employee Profile . Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ↑ a b 沿革 . Atlus, archived from the original on February 21, 2010 ; Retrieved August 31, 2010 (Japanese).
- ↑ Regarding tender offer results and subsidiary companies. (PDF; 138 kB) (No longer available online.) Index Holdings, November 21, 2006, archived from the original on July 13, 2011 ; accessed on August 30, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 平 成 21 年 7 月 期 決算 短信 . (PDF) Atlus, September 18, 2009, archived from the original on January 5, 2011 ; Retrieved August 31, 2010 (Japanese).
- ↑ 当 社 連結 子 会 社 の 吸収 合併 に 関 す る お 知 ら せ . (PDF; 201 kB) (No longer available online.) Index Holdings, August 30, 2010, archived from the original on September 23, 2010 ; Retrieved August 30, 2010 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ セ ガ サ ミ ー 、 イ ン デ ッ ク ス 買 収 を 正式 発 表 ・ ・ ・ 「ア ト ラ ス」 ほ か 事業 の 大半 を 取得 . In: Inside. September 18, 2013, Retrieved October 7, 2013 (Japanese).