Company Profile

Marigul was a company created and jointly owned by Nintendo

Nintendo

is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....

 (40%) and Japanese company Recruit

Recruit (company)

Recruit Co., Ltd. is a classified advertisement, publication and human resources company in Japan, founded in 1963 originally as an advertisement company specialized in university newspapers.-Overview:...

 (60%). Its name is a combination of Mario and Seegul (Recruit's corporate mascot). Although Marigul was liquidated in May, 2003, Ambrella

Ambrella

Ambrella is a Japanese video game development company that works under a publishing agreement with Nintendo best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise...

 and Noise

Noise (company)

is a video game development company that works in partnership with Nintendo, developing games for the Custom Robo series.-History:Noise was founded with a staff of 10 people on September 2, 1996 for the original purpose of developing games for PCs...

 continue to make games.

Marigul was founded because the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

 was not getting enough third-party support. Marigul would let game studios focus on making a game by taking care of the financial end of things. The only condition was that they would have a game ready in five years.

Many of Marigul's games have not been localized or released in North America.

Studios

• Ambrella
  Ambrella
  Ambrella is a Japanese video game development company that works under a publishing agreement with Nintendo best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise...
  
  
• Clever Trick
  Clever Trick
  Clever Trick is a video game development company that works in partnership with Nintendo. Clever Trick was a part of Marigul Management, Inc.. Clever Trick may be defunct as Marigul was liquidated in May, 2003., and Clever Trick has not yet released a game....
  
  
• Noise
  Noise (company)
  is a video game development company that works in partnership with Nintendo, developing games for the Custom Robo series.-History:Noise was founded with a staff of 10 people on September 2, 1996 for the original purpose of developing games for PCs...
  
  
• Param
  Param (company)
  Param is a video game development company that works in partnership with Nintendo. Param was a part of Marigul Management, Inc.. Param may be defunct as its parent company was liquidated in May, 2003.-Company Profile:...
  
  
• Saru Brunei
  Saru Brunei
  Saru Brunei is a video game development company that works in partnership with Nintendo. Saru Brunei is a part of Marigul Management, Inc. Saru Brunei is headed up by former Nintendo game designer Gento Matsumoto. Matsumoto was Shigeru Miyamoto's right-hand man for 15 years...
  
  

External links

• Official Marigul Website (Japanese)
• Archive of the Official Marigul Website (Japanese)
• Source of Company Profile (IGN
  IGN
  IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
  
  )
• N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management Inc.