Imagineer confirms it’s developing an unspecified Nintendo Switch title

Imagineer has officially announced its support for the Nintendo Switch. The Japanese game publisher has confirmed they’ve begun development on a title set to launch on the platform sometime after the start of the next fiscal year, which begins April 2018. While the press release highlights the company’s involvement with the Medarot series, it must be stressed that the Switch project wasn’t announced to be a Medarot title. That segment of the announcement also promoted the company’s Kanji Test series, as well as their work on licensed characters, like Rilakumma and Gudetama. The company hopes the unspecified Nintendo Switch title can expand their gaming business, by delivering on the concept of being able to played “by anyone, anytime, and anywhere.”

Imagineer absorbs Rocket Company

Starting July 1st, 2016, Rocket Company will be no more. The Japanese publisher behind the Medarot games will be merged with its parent company Imagineer. The move is being made as Imagineer plans to transition its business to focus less on packaged software for dedicated gaming devices and more on games for smart phones/tablets. While the company will continue to release games on dedicated platforms, worsening market conditions will see fewer titles launch as they review their business strategy.

Medarot 9 Details Leak, Including Its Release Date

Following Famitsu’s official announcement, more details about Medarot 9 have leaked:

Medarot 9 Announced For 3DS

This week’s Famitsu is announcing that Rocket Company is developing Medarot 9: Kabuto Version and Medarot 9: Kuwagata Version for Nintendo 3DS. The Japanese gaming magazine posted up a brief preview of their coverage:

Medarot 8 Website Opens To Reveal Box Art, Manga And More

Earlier in the week, Rocket Company opened up the Medarot 8 website. While it’s far from complete, it does shed some new details on the upcoming 3DS game, as well as its related products. As always, the game will ship in two versions, Kabuto and Kuwagata, with slight variations in content between the two. The mascot Medarot for this release are Metabee and Rokusho.

Imagineer posts higher revenues due to Medarot 7

Imagineer, owner of Medarot series publisher Rocket Company reported their fiscal results for the year ending March 31, 2013. The packaged software division reporting revenues of 633 million yen compared to 401 million the year before. The company attributes the rise to the release of Medarot 7, and Neratte! Tobashite! Rilakkuma GuraGura Sweets Tower for 3DS. Touching on Medarot 7, the company highlighted running the short manga series in Saikyo Jump as a success. Interestingly, the company says it will start aiming software more towards a female audience as Imagineer feels that audience leads itself well to games with longer sales windows, rather than the front loaded nature of games targeted at men. For the next fiscal year the company expects packaged software sales to decline to 554 million yen.

Imagineer pleased with Medarot 7 sales

Imagineer, owner of video game publisher Rocket Company released their fiscal year 2012 results on Halloween. In regards to Medarot 7’s sales, the company said they were pleased with the amount it was selling, and that the title was doing well with both returning fans, as well as new fans. This is in contrast to sales reports that gave the game a low sell through. As of this week the game should have cleared 100,000 units since launch in Japan.