DreamRift is an American independent video game developer based in Orlando, Florida, founded in 2009. They have developed two video games for Nintendo's handheld systems, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS: '' Monster Tale'' and '' Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion''.

Overview

Founded in 2009 by Peter Ong and Ryan Pijai, DreamRift is an independent videogame company that has developed games with major publishers including

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and

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. Its first project was announced in November 2009 under the working title of ''Project Monster''. In an interview with Peter Ong, Dreamrift's Co-Founder and Creative Director,

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asked about the inception of the project and company: Ong responded by saying: ''Project Monster'' evolved into the company's first game, titled '' Monster Tale'', and was selected for publishing by

. '' Monster Tale'' was released on March 22, 2011 to highly favorable reviews, and was found to have one of the highest Metacritic ratings of an original IP released that year for the Nintendo DS. In 2011, DreamRift transitioned to the Nintendo 3DS and began working on a top-secret project, the project was confirmed by

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in March 2012 to be ''Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'', developed in collaboration with

. Following the news of DreamRift's involvement with ''Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'', first details revealed that the game was not only a new game within the ''

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'' series, but also a sequel to the classic 1990

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videogame, '' Castle of Illusion''. Penny Arcade reported at a press event in Anaheim that "Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion is a faithful spiritual successor to the Genesis game". According to

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, ''Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'' is the first full-retail third-party Nintendo 3DS game to be released on the Nintendo eShop in addition to releasing in stores on November 18, 2012. In October 2012, Nintendojo reported that Dreamrift is interested in returning to its ''Monster Tale'' series. On November 8, 2012, Australian Video Game Website, vooks.net, reported that Dreamrift has begun work on another unannounced project. In the April 2015 issue of

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, the magazine revealed ''Monster Tale Ultimate'', a remake of the original ''Monster Tale'' game for the Nintendo 3DS.

Games

* 2011 - '' Monster Tale'',

(Nintendo DS) * 2012 - '' Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion'',

(Nintendo 3DS)

Website Closure

As of May 16, 2019, http://www.dreamrift.com no longer acts as DreamRift's website.

References

External links

Official website
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