Creatures, Inc.

Creatures, Inc. (Japanese: クリーチャーズ  Creatures) is an affiliate of The Pokémon Company (which itself is a by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures). It was founded on November 8, 1995 by Tsunekazu Ishihara with assistance of Satoru Iwata. Creatures is one of the companies responsible for producing and licensing various aspects of the Pokémon franchise, including the and other merchandise in Japan. Creatures owns one-third of the copyright to the Pokémon franchise (the other two-thirds owned by Game Freak and Nintendo). Its current president is Hirokazu Tanaka, while Ishihara remains as chairman.

The company was founded after Ape Inc. was disbanded, known for creating the series of video games. Nintendo does use Ape Inc. when referring to Creatures in financial documents.

As of November 2015, 84 people work at the company.

Developer

 * (co-developed with HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
 * Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (co-developed with HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
 * PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure
 * Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs (co-developed with HAL Laboratory, Inc.)
 * Pokédex 3D
 * Pokémon Say Tap?
 * Pokémon Card Game: How to Play DS (co-developed with )
 * PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond
 * Pokémon Dream Radar
 * Pokédex 3D Pro
 * Pokédex for iOS
 * Dancing? Pokémon Band
 * Camp Pokémon
 * Detective Pikachu – Birth of a New Duo

Pokémon 3D modeling

 * Pokémon Stadium series
 * Hey You, Pikachu!
 * Pokémon Snap (illustration)
 * Pokémon Channel (in cooperation with)
 * Pokémon Colosseum
 * Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
 * Pokémon Battle Revolution
 * Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (very special thanks)
 * Pokémon Tretta
 * Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (very special thanks)
 * Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
 * Pokkén Tournament
 * Pokémon Duel
 * Pokémon Ga-Olé
 * Pokémon GO

Packaging and logo design

 * Pokémon X and Y (packaging design)
 * Pokémon Battle Trozei (logo design)
 * Pokémon Shuffle (logo design, icon art)
 * Pokémon Picross (logo design)

Other credits

 * (original TCG planning and design)
 * Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! (original TCG planning and design)
 * e-Reader (software)
 * PokéPark: Fishing Rally DS (producer)
 * The Thieves and the 1000 Pokémon (very special thanks)

Non-Pokémon games

 * (Game Boy Color, 2001)
 * (Game Boy Advance, 2005)
 * (Nintendo DS, 2006) (co-developed with )
 * (Nintendo DS, 2008) (software; co-developed with and Engines)
 * (Nintendo DSi, 2009) (co-developed with )
 * aDanza (, 2014)

Peripherals

 * e-Reader

Other Pokémon products

 * Pokémon Trading Card Game
 * Illust Collection
 * Pokémon Card Game Art Collection
 * (producer)
 * Pokémon Battrio (Pokémon character models, packaging)
 * (co-produced with OLM, Inc.)
 * Pokémon Battle Chess (developer)
 * Pokédex Game: Pokémania? (developer)