Feelplus Knowpia

Feelplus Inc.
Native name	株式会社フィールプラス
Formerly	Scarab (1992–2005)
Company type	Subsidiary of AQ Interactive
Industry	Video games
Founded	May 1, 1992
Defunct	2010
Fate	Absorbed into AQ Interactive (parent company)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Nakazato Eiichiro (CEO)
Products	Games for video game consoles
Number of employees	71
Parent	AQ Interactive

Feelplus Inc. (株式会社フィールプラス Kabushiki gaisha Fiirupurasu) was a Japanese video game developer and a subsidiary of AQ Interactive.^[2] The studio was conceived by Microsoft Game Studios specifically to aid Mistwalker in video game development. It was founded by former UPL employees including Tsutomu Fujisawa as Scarab (スカラベ) on May 1, 1992. Former employees of Nautilus and Square Enix later joined in. By September 2002, Cavia (later to become AQ Interactive) bought the company. In May 2005, it became a fully owned subsidiary and Scarab changed its name to Feelplus Inc.

On August 2010, Feelplus Inc., Artoon and Cavia were absorbed into AQ Interactive.^[3]

Games edit

As Scarab

Survival Arts (1993)
Dyna Gear (1994)
Battle Monsters (1995)
Killing Zone (1996)
Zen-Nihon Pro Wrestling Featuring Virtua (1997)
Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1997)
Fighting Vipers 2 (2001, Dreamcast port)

As Feelplus

Lost Odyssey (2007) co-developed with Mistwalker
Infinite Undiscovery (2008) Visual production
Star Ocean: The Last Hope (2009) Visual production
Ju-On: The Grudge (2009)
No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (2010)^[4]
Ninety-Nine Nights II (2010) co-developed with Q Entertainment
MindJack (2011)^[5]
Moon Diver (2011)

References edit

^ ^a ^b "feelplus.jp --- Company Profile" (in Japanese). feelplus. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "事業内容：AQインタラクティブグループ" (in Japanese). AQ Interactive. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
^ "Artoon And Feelplus Also Absorbed Into AQ Interactive // Siliconera". www.siliconera.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17.
^ Spencer (December 1, 2009). "Lost Odyssey Developer Making No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise". Siliconera. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
^ "E3 2010: Square Enix Delivers MindJack". 15 June 2010.