Grasshopper Manufacture

Grasshopper Manufacture
legal form	Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
founding	March 30, 1998
Seat	Suginami
management	Goichi Suda
Branch	Software manufacturer
Website	www.grasshopper.co.jp

Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese manufacturer of video games .

The company was founded on March 30, 1998 in Suginami ( Tokyo ); the company director is Gōichi Suda , also called Suda51 . In 2005 the company had its breakthrough with the game killer7 .

Games

In addition to killer7 , Grasshopper Manufacture has developed the games No More Heroes , Lollipop Chainsaw and Killer Is Dead as well as several titles only for the Japanese market.

As an independent developer, the studio changes its publishers on a project-by-project basis.

Previous titles

year	title	system	various
1999	The Silver Case	PlayStation	Released in Japan only; a developed remake for the Nintendo DS has not yet been released
2001	Flower, Sun, and Rain	PlayStation 2	Released in Japan only; a remake for the Nintendo DS was also released in the west
2003	Shining soul	Game Boy Advance	In collaboration with Nextech
2004	Shining Soul II	Game Boy Advance	In collaboration with Nextech
2004	Michigan: Report From Hell	PlayStation 2	Released in Japan, Europe and Australia only
2005	Killer7	Nintendo GameCube & PlayStation 2	PlayStation 2 version ported by Capcom
2006	Blood +: One Night Kiss	PlayStation 2	Released in Japan only; in collaboration with Namco Bandai
2006	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked	PlayStation 2	Released in Japan and North America only
2006	Contact	Nintendo DS
2008	No More Heroes	Wii	An improved version was of feel plus developed and Japan ( Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 ), the Americas and Europe ( PlayStation 3 ) under the title No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise publishes
2008	Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen	Wii	Released in Japan only; in collaboration with Tecmo and Nintendo
2009	Flower, Sun, and Rain	Nintendo DS	Remake developed by hand
2010	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle	Wii
2011	Frog minutes	iPhone
2011	Shadows of the Damned	Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3	in collaboration with Shinji Mikami and EA Partners
2011	Rebuild of Evangelion : Sound Impact	PlayStation Portable
2012	Sine Mora	PlayStation Vita , PlayStation Network , Xbox Live Arcade & PC	In collaboration with Digital Reality ; published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox Live Arcade and by Kalypso Media for Windows
2012	Diabolical pitch	Xbox Live Arcade	Published by Microsoft Studios
2012	Guild01	Nintendo 3DS	In collaboration with Vivarium Inc. and Level-5
2012	Lollipop chainsaw	Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3	Published by Kadokawa Games in Japan and Warner Bros. outside of Japan
2012	Black Knight Sword	Xbox Live Arcade , PlayStation Network	In collaboration with Digital Reality
2013	Killer is Dead	Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , Microsoft Windows	Published by Kadokawa Games in Japan, Deep Silver in Europe and Marvelous USA in North America
2014	Rinko Tsukigime's Longest Day	PlayStation 3	In association with Crispy's Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Games
2015	Let It Die	PlayStation 4	Formerly called Lily Bergamo

Web links

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Grasshopper Manufacture at Konsolenpodcast.de
• Overview of all publications ( memento from October 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) of Grasshopper Manufacture at GameSpot (English)
• About Grasshopper Manufacture at IGN Entertainment (English)
• History of the Grasshopper Manufacture at GBASE

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Let It Die E3 2014 Trailer: Suda 51's Next Project . Retrieved June 9, 2014.
2. ↑ Grasshopper Manufacture announces PS4 title Lily Bergamo . Retrieved September 18, 2013.