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, formerly , is a Japanese Nintendo-funded and owned video game developer founded on June 30, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan. On February 1, 2013, Brownie Brown 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 (Kameoka Shinichi and Kouji Tsuda) had previously worked on the award-winning ''Mana'' series on the Game Boy and Super Nintendo gaming consoles. Nintendo trademarked the original Brownie Brown name, the meaning of the name is that, according to Brownie Brown's old website, a brownie is a hard working elf, and the elf that is on their logo, is named Brown, thus he is the Brownie Brown.〔(Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » New Nintendo trademarks )〕 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'' (known as ''Mystic Quest'' in Europe and ''Final Fantasy Adventure'' in North America). The company has also been credited with the development of ''Mother 3'' in a collaborative effort with Shigesato Itoi and HAL Laboratory, and ''Magical Starsign'' (''Magical Vacation: When the Five Stars Align'' in Japan) for the Game Boy Advance. Brownie Brown, one of the game's three developers, 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''.〔(GAF - News - Brownie Brown reveals new DS RPG & GC game )〕〔(RPGamer - News Bulletin - Brownie Brown Names Latest Project )〕 The company's most recent release is ''Blue Dragon Plus'' for the Nintendo DS, developed alongside Mistwalker.〔(Go Nintendo » Blog Archive » Brownie Brown developing Blue Dragon Plus )〕 Brownie Brown entered into the downloadable games market in 2009 with Kappa Michi, a ''DSiWare'' game. Brownie Brown also announced the DS title ''Livly Garden'', which is based on a browser game from So-net Entertainment and is due for release in Japan on January 28.〔http://ds.livly.com/〕 Brownie Brown is also aiding the development of two Level-5 titles, ''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 due to their recent co-development efforts with Nintendo, Brownie Brown had undergone a change in internal structure, which includes officially changing the name of their company to 1-UP Studio.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1-UP Studio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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