Tose
 | |
|---|---|
| Local Name | 株式会社トーセ |
| Company Type | Developer |
| Founded | November 1979 |
| Status | Trading |
| Head Quarters | Kyoto, Japan |
| Website | www.tose.co.jp |
3DO Games
| Game | Region | Code | Type | Developer | Publisher | Release Date | Local Title | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakusho!! All Yoshimoto Quiz-Ou Ketteisen |  |
FZ-SJ5451 | Quiz game | Tose | Yoshimoto Kogyo | March 24, 1995 | 爆笑！！ オール吉本 クイズ王決定戦 | 1 |
| Crayon Shin-chan: The Mystery of the Puzzle Demon King | |
FZ-SJ1452 | Puzzle | Tose | Bandai Co Ltd | March 10, 1995 | クレヨンしんちゃん ～パズル大魔王の謎～ | 1 |
| Moon Cradle: The Strange Bride | |
FZ-SJ0405 | Adventure | Tose | Pack-In-Video | December 15, 1995 | ムーン・クレイドル ～異形の花嫁～ | 1 |
| Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery: The Season of Evil: Tokyo to Nanki Shirahama Serial Murders | |
FZ-SJ0403 | Adventure | Tose | Pack-In-Video,Panasonic | November 25, 1994 | 西村京太郎トラベル・ミステリー 悪逆の季節 東京～南紀白浜連続殺人事件 | 1 |
| Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S | |
FZ-SJ1453 | Fighting | Tose | Bandai Co Ltd | March 17, 1995 | 美少女戦士セーラームーンＳ | 1 |
| Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S-Demo | |
FZ-JJ9DS8-58 | Demodisc | Tose | Bandai Co Ltd | March 17, 1995 | 美少女戦士セーラームーンS デモンストレーション版 | 1 |
| Ultraman Powered | |
FZ-SJ1451 | Fighting | Tose | Bandai Co Ltd | 20th March 1994 | ウルトラ・マンパワード | 1 |
| Yu Yu Hakusho | |
FZ-SJ4351 | Fighting | Hudson Soft,Tose | Tomy | December 23, 1994 | 幽・遊・白書 | 1 |
| Yu Yu Hakusho Demo | |
FZ-JJ9DSY-4L | Demodisc | Hudson Soft,Tose | Tomy | December 23, 1994 | 幽☆遊☆白書 デモ版 | 1 |
3DO Overview
Tose were a prolific developer and most likely had its fingers in many cancelled 3DO/M2 projects. It leads me to believe they were involved in the infamous Dragon Ballz for the 3DO.
Overview
Tose Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4728) (also called Tose Software) is a Japanese video game development company based in Kyoto. It is mostly known for developing Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery series, various Dragon Ball games, as well as other Nintendo products. Tose has developed or co-developed over 1,000 games since the company's inception in 1979, but is virtually never credited in the games themselves (an exception to this is Scarlet Nexus with Bandai Namco, Game & Watch Gallery 4 and The Legendary Starfy series, as Tose shares the copyright with Nintendo). Tose maintains a policy of having no creative input into the work they do, going so far as to refuse to put their names in the credits for most of the games they work on. As such, Tose has gained a reputation for being a "ghost developer"
According to a feature in Famitsu magazine, as of November 30, 2016, Tose has worked on 1032 home console titles, 940 phone/mobile titles (this number may also include portable console titles), and 285 arcade titles and "other content".
History
Tose was established in November 1979 in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, as an independent entity from Toa Seiko Co. Ltd. It moved its head office to Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture in May 1986. In July 1988, Tose moved its head office to Yamazaki, Kyoto. In May 1990, Tose began developing software for the Game Boy and the Super Famicom.
In August 1999, Tose was listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange 2nd Section and the Kyoto Stock Exchange. In October of that year, Tose's Kyoto Head office was opened at Shijo-Karasuma, which integrated its head office functions with the Karasuma CG Center. On 27 September 2000, Tose was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 2nd Section. In August 2001, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section and Osaka Securities Exchange 1st Section.
On 18 December 2007, Tose announced the leakage of its business information onto the Internet, which was discovered the day before. The leak included 10 pieces of information relating to customer names, development cases, development contents, development fees, and reception time.
On September 1, 2011, Tose announced the separation of its amusement machine development business from its second game development department (ゲーム事業部開発２部) into a separate amusement machine developer (AM開発部).
In July 2024, it was reported that Tose was experiencing financial hardship due to a number of cancelled games from partners including Square Enix and Bandai Namco. For the period covering September 2023 to May 2024 the studio's net sales fell nearly 28%, leading to an operating loss of 599 million yen ($3.7 million)