was a Japanese company that published
video game
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s. Its headquarters were in the in
Shibuya
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,
Tokyo
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.
[会社案内]
" Smilesoft. February 12, 2002. Retrieved on February 11, 2010.
Most of the games Smilesoft produced were monster-collecting
role-playing video game
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s. It shut down in 2003 after the president of the company, , was
arrested on April 10 for charges of child prostitution at a female junior high school. After shutting down, the licenses to its games were bought up by
Rocket Company.
SIT Developer Table (す)
URL accessed on June 10th, 2007. The company used the name "SMILE" to stand for , , , , and .
Games
* 2000
** Keitai Denjū Telefang
is a series of role-playing video games (RPGs) developed by Natsume Co., Ltd. and published by Smilesoft. In the games, the player contacts various creatures using a mobile phone-like device in order to get them to battle the foes he or she wi ...
Power Version ( GBC, developed by Natsume)
** Keitai Denjū Telefang Speed Version ( GBC, developed by Natsume)
* 2001
** Network Bōkenki Bugsite
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* KAZE, an American radio station located in Texas
* KAZe, a Japanese video game developer
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Fiction
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** Network Bōkenki Bugsite Beta ( GBC, developed by KAZe)
* 2002
** Telefang 2 Power (GBA
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, developed by Natsume)
** Telefang 2 Speed (GBA
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, developed by Natsume)
** Gachaste! Dino Device Red (GBA
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** Gachaste! Dino Device Blue (GBA
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)
** Digital Ehon
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Technology and computing Hardware
* Digital electronics, electronic circuits which operate using digital signals
** Digital camera, which captures and stores digital ...
Vol. 1: Imadoki no Momotarou ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 2: Imadoki no Kaguya Hime ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 3: Imadoki no Sarukani ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 4: Imadoki no Hanasaka Jiisan ( PS1)
** Digital Ehon Vol. 5: Imadoki no Urashi Matarou ( PS1)
* 2003
** Gachaste! Dino Device 2 Blue (GBA
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)
** Gachaste! Dino Device 2 Blue (GBA
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)
References
External links
SmileSoft
(Archive)
Defunct video game companies of Japan
Video game publishers
Japanese companies disestablished in 2003
Video game companies disestablished in 2003
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