Mario & Luigi RPG Developer AlphaDream Files for Bankruptcy - News

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Thee studio behind the Mario & Luigi RPG series, AlphaDream, has filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo district court on October 1. The developers debt reached 465 million yen as of March 2018.

AlphaDream was established in May 1991 and began video game development in 2001. They are mainly known for their work on Mario & Luigi RPG series and the Hamtaro series.

Thanks Gematsu.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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HylianSwordsman (on 02 October 2019)

Oh no! Nintendo do something! Buy them! They make your only Mario RPG series that is still good!

And quite frankly, I played the Hamtaro games, they're actually shockingly good.

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SmokedHostage (on 03 October 2019)

Well they have been creatively bankrupt for some time. Their last three Mario & Luigi games being a crossover and two remakes.

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Azzanation (on 03 October 2019)

This is sad. Great talented studio. I enjoyed there spin off series.

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couchmonkey (on 03 October 2019)

How do you go bankrupt in this situation? Feels like they’ve literally been putting out M&L every 2-3 years and nothing else...couldn’t stay 9n budget.

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couchmonkey couchmonkey (on 03 October 2019)

Oops, meant that last bit as a question: couldn’t stay on budget?

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