Neverland (company)
Japanese video game developer
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Neverland Company Inc.[a] was a Japanese video game developer founded on May 7, 1993. It has developed games for Super NES, Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 and the Wii. The most notable games this company developed were part of the Lufia and Rune Factory series of video games. By November 2013, the company ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy.[1] The following year, many former members of the studio were hired by Marvelous, who had published many of their previous games.
Native name | 株式会社ネバーランドカンパニー |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video game |
| Founded | May 7, 1993 |
| Defunct | November 29, 2013 |
| Products | Rune Factory |
History
Rune Factory 4 was the final game developed by Neverland.[2] The company filed for bankruptcy on November 29, 2013.[1]
Games developed
| Year | Title | Platform | Publisher | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Lufia & the Fortress of Doom | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Taito | |
| 1994 | Hat Trick Hero 2 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Taito | |
| 1995 | Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Taito, Natsume | |
| 1996 | Chaos Seed: Fūsui Kairoki | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Taito | [3] |
| Energy Breaker | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Taito | [4] | |
| 1998 | Senkutsu Katsuryu Taisen: Chaos Seed | Sega Saturn | Neverland | [3] |
| 2001 | Lufia: The Legend Returns | Game Boy Color | Natsume | |
| Record of Lodoss War: Advent of Cardice | Dreamcast | Conspiracy Entertainment | [5] | |
| 2002 | Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren Gaiden: Jokenji Asuka Kenzan! | Dreamcast | Sega | |
| 2003 | CIMA: The Enemy | Game Boy Advance | Natsume | |
| Disney's Party | GameCube | Electronic Arts | ||
| 2005 | Shining Force Neo | PlayStation 2 | Sega | [6] |
| Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory | PlayStation Portable | Konami | ||
| Egg Monster Hero | Nintendo DS | Square Enix | ||
| 2006 | Rengoku II: The Stairway to H.E.A.V.E.N. | PlayStation Portable | Konami | |
| 2007 | Shining Force EXA | PlayStation 2 | Sega | [7] |
| Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon | Nintendo DS | Natsume | [8] | |
| 2008 | Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon | Nintendo DS | Natsume | [8] |
| 2009 | Rune Factory Frontier | Nintendo Wii | Xseed Games | [8] |
| 2010 | Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon | Nintendo DS | Natsume | [8] |
| Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals | Nintendo DS | Natsume | [9] | |
| 2011 | Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny | PlayStation 3 | Natsume | [8] |
| 2013 | Rune Factory 4 | Nintendo 3DS | Natsume | [8] |
