APE
From West Elmira Computers Museum
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Ape | |
Type | Subsidiary of Nintendo |
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Founded | March 1989 |
Headquarters | Kyoto, Japan |
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Industry | Video games |
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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 |
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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 |