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was a Japanese video game development company 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 ''Pokémon Rumble'' (titled in Japan) is a beat 'em up video game in the ''Pokémon'' series for WiiWare developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. Gameplay The player controls Pokémon as they battle other Pokém ...
'' series. Ambrella was formerly a part of Marigul Management. In 2021
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acquired and dissolved Ambrella.


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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 November 6, 2000. The player is ...
'' in 1998, ''
Pokémon Channel ''Pokémon Channel'', released in Japan as is a 2003 video game in the Pokémon (video game series), ''Pokémon'' series developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the GameCube. The player's goal is to help Pro ...
'' for the
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in 2003, and ''
Pokémon Dash is a racing video game developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was a launch title both in Japan and Europe. ''Dash'' was released in Japan on December 2, 2004; Europe on March 11, 2005; No ...
'' for the
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in 2004. Ambrella developed ''
My Pokémon Ranch is a 2008 virtual pet video game developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company for the Wii. It was released on the WiiWare service. It is a spin-off of the ''Pokémon (video game series), Pokémon'' series. Internationally, this g ...
'' for the
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's
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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 ''Pokémon Rumble'' (titled in Japan) is a beat 'em up video game in the ''Pokémon'' series for WiiWare developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. Gameplay The player controls Pokémon as they battle other Pokém ...
'' which was released in North America on November 16, 2009. The company developed further entries in the ''Pokémon Rumble'' series with ''
Pokémon Rumble Blast ''Pokémon Rumble Blast'', known in the PAL region as ''Super Pokémon Rumble'' and known in Japan as , is an action game, action beat 'em up video game developed by Ambrella and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, The Pokemon Company ...
'' for
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, ''
Pokémon Rumble U is a 2013 action video game in the ''Pokémon'' series available on the Wii U eShop developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo. It is the successor to the 2011 3DS game '' Pokémon Rumble Blast''. It features all P ...
'' for the
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, ''
Pokémon Rumble World is an action video game in the ''Pokémon'' series developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the fourth game in the ''Pokémon Rumble'' subseries, and features toy versions of at least 719 ...
'' for the Nintendo 3DS, and '' Pokémon Rumble Rush'' for mobile devices. 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
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figurines that predate
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. On October 16, 2020, a few months after ''Pokémon Rumble Rush'' was shut down, 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
オタク産業通信.2020-10-16. 021-01-11


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