Yuke's Co. Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka . It was established on 26 February 1993 by Yukinori Taniguchi . The company is best known for developing the WWE video game series, based on the professional wrestling promotion of the same name , until 2018.
6-519: Founded in 1993, Yuke's was named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi's high school nickname. The first two games that the company developed were the platform game Hermie Hopperhead and the pro wrestling game Toukon Retsuden . The latter title was a best-seller in Japan. Though Activision purchased the rights to publish the game in North America and began localization work, only the first game
12-706: The list of games that the company developed. Hermie Hopperhead Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic is a platform video game developed by Yuke's and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation . It was released in Japan in September 1995. The player can collect stars, which act as hit points throughout the level. After 100 stars have been collected, they can be used to hatch eggs. Eggs turn into animal assistants such as chickens, dragons, penguins or turtles. Different colored eggs will turn into different animals. These assistants can aid
18-458: The player by shooting, or flying, and the player can have a maximum of three animal assistants at any time. If the player collects 400 stars, they can get an extra life. The story follows the eponymous Hermie as he witnesses an egg leap out of a trashcan and, peering inside said receptacle, falls into an alternate dimension. Hermie Hopperhead: Scrap Panic was the second game developed by Yuke's. Japan Studio assisted on development. The game
24-833: Was localized, becoming Power Move Pro Wrestling with a different roster of wrestlers. Beginning in 2000, Yuke's began to develop wrestling games for THQ based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). They were recommended to THQ by Aki , who had developed their own line of wrestling games. From 2005 to 2012, Yuke's owned 54% of New Japan Pro-Wrestling , the top professional wrestling promotion in Japan. In August 2019, then-series publisher 2K Games announced it had moved WWE game development to California-based studio Visual Concepts . Earlier that year, Yuke's had revealed its frustration over what it had been able to achieve with recent WWE 2K games and suggested that its relationship with publisher 2K Sports
30-462: Was partly responsible. Producer Hiromi Furuta revealed that Yuke's had established a new development team tasked with creating a rival wrestling IP, with the intention of reinvigorating its staff. On November 10, 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced an upcoming console game developed by Yuke's, led by Def Jam Vendetta and WWF No Mercy director, Hideyuki "Geta" Iwashita,; this game would later go on to become AEW Fight Forever . These are
36-551: Was released on September 29, 1995, for the PlayStation by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was re-released under The Best for Family budget range on December 6, 1996. Hermie Hopperhead has not been available on the Japanese PlayStation Store . Famitsu 24/40. Mega Fun 61. Maniac gave it a 66%. GameFan 84. Super Game Power gave it an overall score of 4.5 out of 5 and called it
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