Clover Studio Co., Ltd.
Moby ID: 5610
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Clover Studio Co., Ltd. was an internal development studio of Capcom, founded in July 2004. It was set up as a wholly owned subsidiary to develop new IP and original franchises. Their first successful venture was the Viewtiful Joe series, followed by the highly original Ōkami and God Hand, both in 2006.
On 11th October 2006, Capcom announced to close the studio by March 2007, due to an internal restructuring process with less, but larger development units. Although management was pleased with the games' creativity, Capcom games from other divisions, such as Lost Planet and Dead Rising, sold much better. The franchises are still owned by Capcom.
Part of the staff stayed at Capcom, but three major developers, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya and Atsushi Inaba, left to found the company SEEDS Inc. and took along about 50 other people.
Credited on 6 Games from 2004 to 2006
| God Hand (2006 on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3) |
| Ōkami (2006 on Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3...) |
| Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble (2005 on GameCube, PSP) |
| Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! (2005 on Nintendo DS) |
| Viewtiful Joe 2 (2004 on PlayStation 2, GameCube) |
| Viewtiful Joe (2003 on PlayStation 2, GameCube) |
History +
- October 11, 2006
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Capcom announces to close the studio, finalized in March 2007.
- July 2004
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Company founded.
Trivia +
The company name of Clover Studio comes from the word "three leaf" comprised of the japanese phonetics "mi" and "ba". These phonetics are derived from the family names of CEO Atsushi Inaba (Ba) and his mentor, famed developer Shinji Mikami (Mi).
However after all that meaning, the Clover Studio logo is actually a four leafed clover. Atsushi Inaba says that the four-leaf creation simply looked better when it came to designing a logo.
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Clover Studio Co., Ltd.
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Frequent Collaborators
Companies- 6 games with Capcom Co., Ltd.
- 6 games with Capcom Entertainment, Inc.
- 6 games with CE Europe Ltd.
- 3 games with Hanshaw Ink & Image
- 2 games with Activision Asia-Pacific
- 1 game with Plaion, S.L.U.
- 1 game with CRI Middleware Co., Ltd.
- 1 game with Electronic Arts Polska Sp. z o.o.
- 1 game with Nintendo Australia Pty., Ltd.
- 1 game with Capcom U.S.A., Inc.
- 6 games with Koichi Hidaka
- 6 games with Yoshie Maeda
- 6 games with Kenichirō Yoshimura
- 6 games with Masahiro Okamoto
- 6 games with Atsushi Inaba
- 5 games with Hideki Kamiya
- 5 games with Ryuta Takahashi
- 5 games with Ayumi Terada
- 5 games with Shinji Utsunomiya
- 5 games with Masato Kimura
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