Clover Studio
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| Clover Studio Co., Ltd | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004-07-01 |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Key people | CEO Atsushi Inaba Vice-President Kenzo Tsujimoto Director Yoshifumi Yamashita Senior Manager Haruhiro Tsujimoto Managing Director Tamio Oda Design Lead Shinji Utsunomiya Software Engineer Ryuta Takahashi |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Products | Viewtiful Joe, Ōkami & God Hand |
| Employees | 64 |
| Parent | Capcom |
| Website | http://www.cloverstudio.co.jp/ |
Clover Studio was an independent development studio, funded by Capcom Japan. Clover Studio has been responsible for the development of the Viewtiful Joe franchise for the Nintendo GameCube and its PlayStation 2 port of Viewtiful Joe, both versions of Viewtiful Joe 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube, and the recent PlayStation 2 titles Ōkami and God Hand. Clover's president and CEO Atsushi Inaba has made it clear that the studio's goal is to promote and develop games with creativity and imagination since the studio was established on July 1, 2004. The name "clover" is cited as an abbreviation of "creativity lover".[1] However, according to Insert Credit's more recent interview with Clover's CEO Atsushi Inaba, the name Clover derives from the Japanese syllables mi (Three) and ba (Leaf) coming from the names of Resident Evil's Shinji Mikami, and Clover's own Atsushi Inaba.[2]
On 2006-10-12, a Capcom Co., Ltd Board of Directors meeting resolved to dissolve Clover Studio. The dissolution is scheduled to take place at the end of March 2007.[3] All of Clover's intellectual properties will be default back to Capcom, leaving the possibility open for further sequels. God Hand marks the last game to be developed by Clover.
Talent from Clover has regrouped to form Seeds, a new development group.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Games developed by Clover Studio
- Viewtiful Joe – (2004) (PlayStation 2 - Port from GameCube)
- Viewtiful Joe 2 – (2004) (GameCube)
- Viewtiful Joe 2 – (2004) (PlayStation 2)
- Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble – (2005) (GameCube)
- Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble – (2005) (Nintendo DS)
- Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble – (2006) (PlayStation Portable)
- Ōkami – (2006) (PlayStation 2)
- God Hand – (2006) (PlayStation 2)
[edit] Notes
The original Viewtiful Joe game was developed by Production Studio 4 (another Capcom development studio) for Nintendo GameCube, and was released in June, 2003 (Japan).
