(stylized as GoödFeël) is a Japanese

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. Good-Feel started in

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, in 2005 and opened a production facility in

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in the same year. Their main focus had been educational games for the

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, which were released solely in Japan. The games, the first of which was released in 2007, consist of primers for young children (kindergarten and below) and English language training for kids and adults. In 2008, the company became the developer for the Wii game, '' Wario Land: Shake It!'', published by

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, which marked Good-Feel's first entry into the

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market. Since this release Good-Feel has had a close relationship with

, having developed games starring Nintendo characters such as Kirby, Yoshi, and

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that released exclusively on Nintendo consoles.

History

Good-Feel was founded by the former

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employee, Etsunobu Ebisu, on October 3, 2005. He told Nintendo about the new company and asked if they could work on a game. Long-time Nintendo employee Takahiro Harada asked Ebisu if he would like to make a new '' Wario Land'' title, since Harada learned before the meeting that Ebisu was involved in the development of a

platform game he enjoyed very much, and Harada always wanted to make a ''Wario Land'' sequel. Though Ebisu suggested a shooting game, he agreed to create a platform game after Harada convinced him. The development resulted in ''Wario Land: Shake It!'', a 2D platform game released in 2008 with hand-drawn graphics made with the help of the animation studios Production I.G and Kusanagi. They later made the 2010 game '' Kirby's Epic Yarn'', a unique entry into the '' Kirby'' franchise. In October 2019, Good-Feel announced ''Monkey Barrels'', their first self-published game and their first game in over a decade to not be published by Nintendo. ''Monkey Barrels'' was released in November 2019 for

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. A

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version was released on February 9, 2021.

Games developed

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