1-Up Studio


, formerly, is a Japanese video game developer founded on June 30, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan, and owned by Nintendo. On February 1, 2013, the company announced that due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo, that they were undergoing a change in internal structure, which included changing the name of their company to 1-Up Studio.

History

The company consists of many ex-Square Co., Ltd. 2D artists. At least two of its founders had previously worked on the award-winning Mana series on the Game Boy and Super NES platforms. The founders left Square due to "differing ideals."
The company's first original creation was the Japan-only Magical Vacation for the Game Boy Advance, which was released in 2001. Another popular title developed by Brownie Brown was Sword of Mana, which was created for and published by Square Enix. Thought to be a new title in the Seiken Densetsu series, it was actually an enhanced remake of the first game in the series, Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden.
The company has also been credited with the development of Mother 3 in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy Advance, and Magical Starsign for the Nintendo DS. Brownie Brown expressed interest in a Nintendo DS port of Mother 3 if Nintendo asked them to make it, and that they would like it to be enjoyed by fans abroad.
While the company has only released video games for Nintendo's handheld video game systems up to this point, the company had previously announced a title for the Nintendo GameCube, named Gofuku, which was scheduled for release in 2005 and was announced alongside Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align.
The company later released Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS, developed alongside Mistwalker, and entered into the downloadable games market in 2009 with A Kappa's Trail, a DSiWare game. Brownie Brown also worked on the DS title Livly Garden, based on a browser game from So-net Entertainment, released in Japan on January 28, 2010, and aided in the development of two Level-5 titles, Professor Layton's London Life, a bonus game included with Professor Layton and the Last Specter, and Fantasy Life, for the DS and 3DS respectively.
On February 1, 2013, the company announced on their original official website that, as a result of their recent development cooperation efforts with Nintendo, Brownie Brown had undergone changes in internal structure, which included officially changing the name of their company to 1-Up Studio.

Games developed

As Brownie Brown

YearTitleGenrePlatformPublisher
2001Magical VacationRole-playingGame Boy AdvanceNintendo
2003Sword of ManaAction role-playingGame Boy AdvanceSquare Enix
2006Mother 3Role-playingGame Boy AdvanceNintendo
2006Magical StarsignRole-playingNintendo DSNintendo
2007Heroes of ManaReal-time strategyNintendo DSSquare Enix
2008Blue Dragon PlusTactical role-playingNintendo DSAQ Interactive
2009A Kappa's TrailPuzzleNintendo DSiNintendo
2009Professor Layton's London LifeRole-playingNintendo DSLevel-5
2009Professor Layton's London LifeRole-playingNintendo DSNintendo
2010Livly GardenNintendo DSMarvelous Entertainment
2011Super Mario 3D LandPlatformNintendo 3DSNintendo
2012Fantasy LifeRole-playingNintendo 3DSLevel-5
2012Fantasy LifeLife simulationNintendo 3DSNintendo

As 1-Up Studio

YearTitleGenrePlatformPublisher
2013Flipnote Studio 3DNintendo 3DSNintendo
2013Super Mario 3D WorldPlatformWii UNintendo
2014'Action puzzleWii UNintendo
2015'Action-adventureNintendo 3DSNintendo
2017Super Mario OdysseyPlatformNintendo SwitchNintendo
2017Super Mario OdysseyAction-adventureNintendo SwitchNintendo
2018'Action puzzleNintendo SwitchNintendo
2018'Action puzzleNintendo 3DSNintendo
2019Ring Fit AdventureExergameNintendo SwitchNintendo
2019Ring Fit AdventureRole-playingNintendo SwitchNintendo
2020Social simulationNintendo SwitchNintendo