APE

Ape
Type	Subsidiary of Nintendo
Founded	March 1989 (disbanded in 1995)
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan
Key people	Shigesato Itoi, CEO (1989 - 1995)
Industry	Video games
Products	Video games
Employees	not disclosed
Website	http://www.nintendo.com/

APE was a subsidiary of Nintendo that was established in March 1989 and was disbanded in 1995.

Formation

APE was founded after Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi decided to form a new company to support the work of a writer named Shigesato Itoi.

It was primarily founded to create Mother, although APE also provided development support for projects by other studios.

The sequel to Mother, Mother 2, was co-developed by HAL Laboratory, which was brought in after the game's development started to falter.

Closure

APE disbanded in 1995, and much of the former staff of APE joined a new company named Creatures, also a subsidiary of Nintendo, which was founded on November 8, 1995.

Games by Ape

Title	Released	Platform	Notes	Added to the Museum
EarthBound Beginnings	1989 2015	Famicom Wii U	Originally released only in Japan for Famicom as Mother. The previously unreleased NES version was released on the Wii U Virtual Console.	Wii U: December 3, 2017
Monopoly	1993	Super Famicom	Co-developed with Cream Soft and released only in Japan.	Not Yet
Earthbound	1994 1995 2013 2016 2017	Super Famicom SNES Wii U New 3DS SNES Classic	Co-developed with HAL Laboratory and originally released in Japan as Mother 2. Localized for North America as Earthbound. The SNES version was released on the Wii U Virtual Console. The SNES version was released on the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. The SNES version was included on the SNES Classic Edition.	New 3DS: February 19, 2018 SNES Classic: March 16, 2018
Mario's Picross	1995 2011	Game Boy 3DS	Co-developed with Jupiter. It was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console.	Not Yet
Tamori's Picross	1995	Super Famicom Satellaview	Co-developed with Jupiter and released episodically on the Satellaview only in Japan with a new puzzle each week. Although he wasn't featured in the game, it tied into and was promoted on a radio show by the Japanese celebrity, Tamori.	Not Yet
The Monopoly Game 2	1995	Super Famicom	Co-developed with Tomcat System and released only in Japan.	Not Yet
Mario's Super Picross	1995 2006 2013	Super Famicom Wii Wii U	Co-developed with Jupiter and released on Super Famicom only in Japan. It was re-released on the Wii and Wii U Virtual Consoles in Japan, Europe, and Australia, with the original Japanese text untouched.	Not Yet