AlphaDream
Sign in to saveAlso known as AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd., AlphaDream Corporation, AlphaStar
was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded in 2000 by Square alumni Chihiro Fujioka and Tetsuo Mizuno. Closely associated with Nintendo throughout its existence, it is best known for developing the Mario & Luigi series. On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream was shut down after filing for bankruptcy.
Key facts
- Company.name
- AlphaDream Corporation, Ltd.
- Company.logo
- AlphaDream logo.svg
- Company.native_name
- 株式会社アルファドリーム
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushiki gaisha ArufaDorīmu
- Company.former_name
- AlphaStar Software
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.industry
- Video games
- Company.genre
- Video game development
- Company.fate
- Bankruptcy
- Company.predecessor
- AlphaStar (video game division)
- Company.founded
- , in Tokyo, Japan
- Company.hq_location
- Wako Miyamasuzaka Building, 2-19-8
- Company.hq_location_city
- Shibuya, Tokyo
- Company.hq_location_country
- Japan
- Company.num_locations
- 1 studio
- Company.num_locations_year
- 2019
- Company.key_people
- Tetsuo Mizuno (president)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.alphadream.co.jp
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- inception
- 2000-01-12
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2019-10-01
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was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded in 2000 by Square alumni Chihiro Fujioka and Tetsuo Mizuno. Closely associated with Nintendo throughout its existence, it is best known for developing the Mario & Luigi series. On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream was shut down after filing for bankruptcy.
==History== AlphaDream was a spinoff company from a staffing agency that dealt in construction work also known as Chihiro Fujioka joined AlphaStar in 1999 to head up a video game production division. He and Tetsuo Mizuno spun the company off as AlphaStar Software on January 12, 2000, before renaming it to AlphaDream in July of that year. Several members of their staff had previously worked at Square, including Mizuno, Square's second president, and Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, who were game directors at Square. The name AlphaDream, meaning the 'first dream', is a play on Final Fantasy, Square's most notable series.