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Vanpool, Inc.(JP)(CN) was a Tokyo based developer founded in 1999. They were founded from ex-Square staff who had worked together in a number of major titles. Best known for their Dillon's Rolling Western series, Vanpool have developed various titles for Nintendo since their creation. Nintendo published titles include Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Tingle's Balloon Fight, Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love, Dekisugi Tingle Pack, and the minigames in the Game Boy Advance game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Other games they've created for Nintendo systems include the titles Let's Yoga and Let's Pilates, both for the Nintendo DS. In recent years, they had partnered with HAL Laboratory, working on various Kirby titles.

It was dissolved May 31, 2023. [1]

Games released by Vanpool[]

Titles Formats Release Date(s)
3°C 22WiiWare 2009-05May 2009
Coloball 2002 Playstation 2 2002-06June 2002
Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash 23Nintendo 3DS 2015-10October 2015
Dekisugi Tingle Pack 19DSiWare 2009-06June 2009
Dillon's Rolling Western 99Nintendo eShop 2012-02February 2012
Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger 99Nintendo eShop 2013-04April 2013
Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers 23Nintendo 3DS 2018-05May 2018
Endosia Playstation 2 2001-05May 2001
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland 17Nintendo DS 2006-09September 2006
Hamster Power Android 20102010
I am a Fish Mobile 20072007
Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip 17Nintendo DS 2009-08August 2009
Let's Yoga 17Nintendo DS 2007-05May 2007
Let's Pilates 17Nintendo DS 2007-12December 2007
Little King's Story 20Wii 2009-09September 2009
Lively Garden 17Nintendo DS 2010-03March 2010
Kirby and the Forgotten Land 28Nintendo Switch 2022-03March 2022
Kirby Fighters 2 28Nintendo Switch 2020-09September 2020
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe 28Nintendo Switch 2023-02February 2023
Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times 17Nintendo DS 2008-11November 2008
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 14Game Boy Advance 2003-11November 2003
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 23Nintendo 3DS 2012-11November 2012
PostPet DS 17Nintendo DS 2009-12December 2009
SpotMessage + Android 20102010
Super Kirby Clash 28Nintendo Switch 2019-09September 2019
Tingle's Balloon Fight DS 17Nintendo DS 2007-04April 2007
Wii Play: Motion 20Wii 2011-07July 2011

Trivia[]

  • Being the creator of the minigames in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, they are the only developers outside of Square Enix to incorporate Geno in a game.

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