tri-Ace

tri-Ace, Inc. (株式会社トライエース, Kabushiki Gaisha Toraiēsu) is a Japanese video game development company formed in March 1995 by former Telenet Japan employees Yoshiharu Gotanda (programmer, current tri-Ace President), Masaki Norimoto (game designer) and Joe Asanuma (director). The name is a play on words regarding the "three aces" who formed the company. Most of tri-Ace's games have been published by Square Enix (formerly Enix).

tri-Ace, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMarch 1995
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
  • Yoshiharu Gotanda (President)
  • Masaki Norimoto (designer)
  • Motoi Sakuraba (composer)
  • Joe Asanuma (former president)
Products
Number of employees
162
ParentNepro Japan (2015–)
Websitetri-ace.co.jp

The company exclusively makes role-playing video games, and is known for giving their games' action-packed battle systems and deep skill systems. This trademark style began when the founders of tri-Ace originally worked for Telenet Japan's Wolfteam, and had created Tales of Phantasia. This game, published by Namco, is a precursor to tri-Ace's own Star Ocean games in several ways; e.g., an action battle system where the player controls one character and AI controls others in the party and special battle skills that the player can assign to different buttons. Besides the Star Ocean series, they also released Valkyrie Profile in 1999. Their 2010 release of Resonance of Fate, was taken to Sega publishing.

tri-Ace games have sold over 3.8 million copies worldwide as of September 2005.[1] The company's sound programmer Hiroya Hatsushiba formed tri-Crescendo in 1999 which has since developed several games independently of tri-Ace.

Japanese mobile company Nepro Japan acquired tri-Ace in February 2015.[2] Despite being acquired by a company focusing on mobile gaming, tri-Ace will continue developing video games for consoles.[3]

Games developed

Some games that have been developed by tri-Ace include;[4][5]

YearTitlePublisher(s)Platform(s)
1996Star OceanEnixSNES
1998Star Ocean: The Second StoryPlayStation
1999Valkyrie Profile
2001Star Ocean: Blue SphereGame Boy Color
2003Star Ocean: Till the End of TimePlayStation 2
2004Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Director's CutSquare Enix
2005Radiata Stories
2006Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
2008Infinite UndiscoveryXbox 360
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the PlumeNintendo DS
2009Star Ocean: The Last HopeXbox 360
2010Resonance of FateSegaPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Star Ocean: The Last Hope InternationalSquare EnixPlayStation 3
2011Final Fantasy XIII-2[6]PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Frontier GateKonamiPlayStation Portable
2012Beyond the LabyrinthNintendo 3DS
Danball Senki WLevel 5PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita
2013Frontier Gate Boost+KonamiPlayStation Portable
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII[7]Square EnixPlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2014Silent Scope: Bone-EaterKonamiArcade
Judas Codetri-AcePlayStation Vita
Phantasy Star NovaSega
2015Exist Archive: The Other Side of the SkySpike ChunsoftPlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
2016Star Ocean: Integrity and FaithlessnessSquare EnixPlayStation 4, PlayStation 3
Heaven × InfernoNTT DocomoiOS, Android
Star Ocean: AnamnesisSquare Enix
2017Star Ocean: The Last Hope - 4K & Full HD RemasterMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4
2018Resonance of Fate 4K / HD EditionSega / tri-Ace
2019Star Ocean First Departure RSquare EnixNintendo Switch, PlayStation 4
2022Star Ocean: The Divine ForceMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

References
  1. "tri-Ace Company Sales". tri-Ace.co.jp. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  2. Matulef, Jeffrey (February 20, 2015). "Star Ocean developer tri-Ace acquired by Japanese mobile company". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  3. "Don't Worry, tri-Ace Will Keep Making Games For Consoles". Siliconera. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  4. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=tri-Ace. Retrieved April 14, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Games by tri-Ace - Nintendo Life". www.nintendolife.com. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  6. "Tri-Ace Helped Out With Final Fantasy XIII-2". Siliconera. December 18, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  7. Spencer (November 13, 2013). "NORA Won't Return For Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII". Siliconera. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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