MonkeyPaw Games


MonkeyPaw Games is a video game publisher based in San Jose, California. They localize retro Japanese games that were never released in the West and publish them on modern gaming consoles.

History

The company was created by John Greiner, who is its president.
In 2012, the company attempted to run a Kickstarter alongside Gaijinworks to localize Class of Heroes 2 and publish the game's special edition. However, this failed to raise enough funds to meet the $500,000 goal. Greiner attributed this to the desire to quickly begin the Kickstarter in order to capitalize off of the success of the Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter, and not having adequate planning. Additionally, MonkeyPaw had promised to release a digital version regardless of whether it succeeded or failed, which led to a lack of urgency. Greiner stated he would continue his goal of publishing as many JRPGs as possible in the United States.
In January 2014, the company announced that it would bring 6 classic PlayStation games to PlayStation Network, in an event called "Retro Rush".
In 2015, the company also localized Class of Heroes 3.