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{{Unreferenced|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox Company | company_name = Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc. | company_logo = GrasshopperManufacture.png | company_type = Corporation |company_slogan="Punk's Not Dead" | foundation = March 30, 1998 | location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Suginami]], [[Tokyo]] | key_people = [[Goichi Suda]]: [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] | area_served = | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | products = Various [[video game]] titles | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 82 | parent = | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.grasshopper.co.jp/ Grasshopper Manufacture] | footnotes = }} '''Grasshopper Manufacture, Inc.''' ('''グラスホッパー・マニファクチュア''' Gurasuhoppā Manifakuchua) is a [[Japan]]ese [[video game]] [[Video game developer|development house]] founded on March 30, 1998 in [[Suginami]], Japan. Grasshopper gained mainstream notoriety in [[2005]] for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] and [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Killer7]]''. In addition to ''Killer7'', they have developed ''[[Michigan: Report From Hell]]'' (released in Japan and Europe) and a number of Japan-only titles. Grasshopper Manufacture was also recently responsible for the [[Nintendo DS]] game ''[[Contact (video game)|Contact]]'', as well as the [[Wii]] game ''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]'' and its sequel ''[[No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle]]''. The company is headed by [[Goichi Suda]], also known as Suda51, and is noted for its original and imaginative titles - ones that are also fraught with financial risk. Potential losses are often made up by the development of games based on popular anime franchises, such as ''[[Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked]]'' and ''[[Blood+: One Night Kiss]]''. In May 2007, Suda announced during a speech at the 2007 Game Developers Conference that Grasshopper was at the time working on three titles for the Wii, two of which have now been released: ''No More Heroes'' and ''[[Fatal Frame IV]]''. There is no information on the status of the third Wii game in development then. Grasshopper is also said to be working on an [[Xbox 360]] title, and have presented a concept for a [[PlayStation 3]] game called ''Kurayami'', a non-linear action adventure inspired by the worrying and confused universe of the Czech writer [[Franz Kafka]], whom Goichi Suda admires. In August 2008 [[Electronic Arts|EA]] announced a deal to publish an as yet untitled action horror game developed by Grasshopper in conjunction with [[Q Entertainment]]. The project will be directed by Suda and produced by [[Shinji Mikami]] for release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. ==Games developed== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year !! Title !! System !! Miscellaneous |- | 1999 || ''[[The Silver Case]]'' || [[PlayStation]] || Only released in Japan; a remake was developed, but not released, for [[Nintendo DS]] |- | 2001 || ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]'' || [[PlayStation 2]] || Japan-exclusive |- | 2003 || ''[[Shining Soul]]'' || [[Game Boy Advance]] || Co-developed by [[Nextech]] |- | 2004 || ''[[Shining Soul II]]'' || [[Game Boy Advance]] ||Co-developed by Nextech |- | 2004 || ''[[Michigan: Report From Hell]]'' || [[PlayStation 2]] || Only released in Japan and Europe |- | 2005 || ''[[Killer7]]'' || [[Nintendo GameCube]] & [[PlayStation 2]] || PlayStation 2 version ported by Capcom |- | 2006 || ''[[Blood+: One Night Kiss]]'' || [[PlayStation 2]] || Only released in Japan; co-developed by [[Namco Bandai]] |- | 2006 || ''[[Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked]]'' || [[PlayStation 2]] || Only released in Japan and North America |- | 2006 || ''[[Contact (video game)|Contact]]'' || [[Nintendo DS]] || |- | 2008 || ''[[No More Heroes (video game)|No More Heroes]]'' || [[Wii]] || An [[enhanced port]] was developed by [[feelplus]] and released for [[Xbox 360]] in Japan and [[PlayStation 3]] in Japan and Europe under the title ''[[No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise]]'' |- | 2008 || ''[[Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen]]'' || [[Wii]] || Only released in Japan; co-developed by [[Tecmo]] and [[Nintendo]] |- | 2009 || ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain]]'' || [[Nintendo DS]] || Remake developed by [[h.a.n.d.]] |- | 2010 || ''[[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle]]'' || [[Wii]] || |- | 2011 || ''[[Sine Mora]]'' || [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[PlayStation Network]] || Co-developed by [[Digital Reality]] |- | 2011 || ''[[Codename D]]'' || [[Xbox 360]] || |- | 2011 || ''[[Shadows of the Damned]]'' || [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]] || Co-developed by [[Q Entertainment]] and [[EA Partners]] |} ==External links== * [http://www.grasshopper.co.jp Grasshopper official site] * [http://games.ign.com/objects/564/564069.html Grasshopper Manufacture] at [[IGN]] * [http://www.gamerwiki.com/index.php/Grasshopper_Manufacture GamerWiki article] [[Category:Companies based in Tokyo]] [[Category:Companies established in 1998]] [[Category:Grasshopper Manufacture| ]] [[Category:Japanese video game companies]] [[Category:Video game developers]]
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