Tri-Crescendo

tri-Crescendo was founded in February 1999 by Hiroya Hatsushiba, who still runs the company. Hatsushiba originally being a sound programmer, tri-Crescendo was initially responsible for the sound in all games by tri-Ace starting with  until 2001 when the company co-created Baten Kaitos with Monolith Soft. tri-Crescendo then went on to make Eternal Sonata for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon for the Wii.

tri-Crescendo was responsible for the battle planning, programming, and sound design in both the first Baten Kaitos and the prequel, Baten Kaitos Origins. In the first game battle planning was handled by Hiroya Hatsushiba and Yoshiharu Kuwabara from Monolith Soft, however in the second game it was handled by tri-Crescendo them-selves led by Shuhei Rokumoto.

Developed titles

 * Nintendo GameCube
 * Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (co-developed with Monolith Soft)
 * Baten Kaitos Origins (co-developed with Monolith Soft)


 * Xbox 360
 * Eternal Sonata


 * PlayStation 3
 * Eternal Sonata


 * Wii
 * Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (co-developed with Namco, Aksent, Rideout, and other 3rd parties)


 * Nintendo DS
 * Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow

Titles involved in with sound work

 * PlayStation
 * Valkyrie Profile


 * Game Boy Color
 * Star Ocean: Blue Sphere


 * PlayStation 2
 * The Fear
 * Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
 * Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Director's Cut
 * Radiata Stories
 * Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria