Millennium Kitchen
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Native name | 株式会社ミレニアムキッチン |
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| Company type | Limited |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | December 1, 1997 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kaz Ayabe |
Number of employees | 8 (As of November 2013)[1] |
| Website | Millennium Kitchen |
Millennium Kitchen Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社ミレニアムキッチン) is a Japanese video game developer. Founded by Kaz Ayabe in 1997, the company is best known as the creators of the Boku no Natsuyasumi (lit. ('My Summer Vacation') series of video games.
History
[edit | edit source]Millennium Kitchen was established as a limited company on December 1, 1997[2] by video game developer Kaz Ayabe. Ayabe, who had previously worked at the video game companies NMK and K-Idea as a programmer and a designer, founded the company in order to produce Boku no Natsuyasumi, which was released for the PlayStation in 2000. On December 1, 2013, the company became a joint-stock company.[2]
Accolades
[edit | edit source]Boku no Natsuyasumi (2000) won a New Wave Award at the fifth Japan Game Awards,[3] and was a finalist for the Excellence Award at the third Japan Media Arts Festival.[4] Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 (2002) and Bokura no Kazoku (2005) were selected as juror-recommended works at the Japan Media Arts Festival,[5] and Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (2015) was selected as an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the Game Developers Choice Awards.[6]
Works
[edit | edit source]As developer
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 2000 | Boku no Natsuyasumi | PlayStation | [7] | |
| 2002 | Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 | PlayStation 2 | ||
| 2005 | Bokura no Kazoku | PlayStation 2 | ||
| 2006 | Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable | PlayStation Portable | Port of Boku no Natsuyasumi | |
| 2007 | Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 | PlayStation 3 | ||
| 2009 | Boku no Natsuyasumi 4 | PlayStation Portable | ||
| 2010 | Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2 | PlayStation Portable | Port of Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 | |
| 2013 | Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale | Nintendo 3DS | [5] | |
| 2021 | Shin-chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows | [8] | |
| 2023 | Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid | Nintendo Switch, Windows | [9] | |
| 2024 | Shin-chan: Shiro and the Coal Town | Nintendo Switch, Windows | [10] |
Other games
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Platform(s) | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Reel Fishing III | PlayStation 2 | Promotional visuals, packaging | [11] |
| 2004 | Popolocrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bōken | PlayStation 2 | Character modeling | [11] |
| 2008 | Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi | PlayStation 2 | Graphics support | [11] |
| 2009 | Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times | Nintendo DS | Character modeling, character design | |
| 2010 | Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise | Nintendo DS | Character modeling, map design |
References
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