Good-Feel
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| Good-Feel | |
| Type | Third-Party |
| Founded | March 10, 2005 |
| Status | Active |
| Base | Kobe, Hyogo, Japan |
| Bestseller | Kirby's Epic Yarn |
| Homepage | Japanese page |
| Notable Members | Shigeharu Umezaki, Etsunobu Ebisu |
History
Good-Feel was a Japan-based company that was established in 2005 by a group of people who already had experience within the gaming industry and wanted to try working on their own. Their name comes from their idea that games should "feel good". They have a main office in Kobe, while their development activities are based in Tokyo. After their company was established, they contacted Nintendo and expressed their willingness to work together on future games.
While most of Good-Feel's works were entertainment games designed for the DS, Takahiro Harada contacted them shortly afterwards about the possibility of working on a new Wario Land sequel for Nintendo, as found Etsunobu Ebisu had apparently been involved in the development of one of the previous Wario Land games (although he only has prior credits with Konami-produced video games). Ebisu originally conceived the game as a Western-style shooter, but Harada vetoed that in favor of a platform game because that was Good-Feel's area of expertise and also because they wanted a sequel that extended more naturally from the previous games. It was eventually developed and released as Wario Land: Shake It!, with animation companies Production I.G. and Kusanagi helping to develop the game's animated sequences and in-game animations. [1]
After that, Good-Feel worked on a project that started as an original title called Fluff's Epic Yarn as a departure from the action-oriented games that they had previously worked on. As the game was developed, they faced obstacles in keeping the game interesting. In 2009, Nintendo suggested that they add Kirby into the game in place of the already-similar Fluff. HAL Laboratory then aided in the game's development and oversaw Kirby. As the game already had a foundation, it was primarily a process of integrating Kirby into the game and then building from there. The end result was Kirby's Epic Yarn. They later applied a similar style to Yoshi, resulting in Yoshi's Woolly World.
Games
Nintendo Wii
- Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Wario Land: Shake It!
- Wii Play: Motion (two minigames)
Nintendo DS
- English Training
- Sense Training: Shape Space
- Training Quiz
- Training Words
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
DSiWare
Nintendo 3DS
- Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (giant battles)
- Streepass Plaza games: Mii Force, Battleground Z, Slot Car Rivals, Market Crashers
- Poochy & Yoshi's Wooly World