Artoon is a computer and video game third-party developer established in 1999. The team is primarily affiliated in the United States with recent and current Microsoft Xbox and Xbox 360 projects, although they have also worked with Hudson Soft and Nintendo on other platforms. Key Artoon personnel include Yoji Ishii, Manabu Kusunoki, Hidetoshi Takeshita, Yutaka Sugano, and Naoto Oshima. When the company formed, it drew personnel and talent from several of Sega's development teams, particularly those which worked on Sonic the Hedgehog (created by Oshima), and Panzer Dragoon. Currently, the developer has approximately 40 employees.

Artoon is currently situated in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecuture, Japan. A secondary studio is maintained in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan

Games developed by Artoon

• Game Boy Advance
  • Ghost Trap
  • Pinobee
  • Yoshi Topsy Turvy | Yoshi's Universal Gravitation

• Nintendo DS
  • Yoshi's Island 2

• PlayStation
  • Pinobee

• PlayStation 2
  • Ghost Vibration
  • Swords of Yi | Swords of Destiny

• Xbox
  • The Time Sweeper
  • Masters of Time and Space | Battle of Time & Space

• Xbox 360
  • Blue Dragon
  • Blinx 3

External links

• Artoon's official website

Computer and video game companies | 1999 establishments

Artoon