was a Japanese

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that worked under a publishing agreement with

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. They were best known for making spin-off games for the ''Pokémon'' video game franchise, particularly the '' Pokémon Rumble'' series. Ambrella was formerly a part of

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Overview

Ambrella developed the

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voice recognition game, ''

Hey You, Pikachu! ''Hey You, Pikachu!'' is a virtual pet ''Pokémon'' spin-off video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on December 12, 1998, and in North America on October 30, 2000. The player is ...

'' in 1998, ''

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'' for the

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in 2003, and '' Pokémon Dash'' for the

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in 2004. Ambrella developed ''

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'' for the

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service, which was released in Japan on March 25, 2008, and in North America on June 9, 2008. It developed '' Pokémon Rumble'' which was released in North America on November 16, 2009. The company developed further entries in the ''Pokémon Rumble'' series with '' Pokémon Rumble Blast'' for

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, '' Pokémon Rumble U'' for the

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, and '' Pokémon Rumble World'' for the Nintendo 3DS. The most recent ''Rumble'' games were released via the

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, and contain some variant of microtransactions; ''Pokémon Rumble World'' uses traditional microtransactions and ''Pokémon Rumble U'' uses NFC figurines that predate

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. On October 16, 2020, Creatures announced the acquisition of Ambrella; Creatures received all property rights and Ambrella was disbanded, with the employees then working under Creatures.クリーチャーズ、ゲーム開発会社アンブレラを吸収合併
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Games

References

External links

Archive of the Official Marigul Website (Japanese)
( IGN)
N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management Inc.Iwata Asks: Pokémon Rumble Blast
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