MTO (video game company)
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MTO, which stands for Motorsports Software Technical Office, is a Yokohama
-based video game developer
and publisher
founded in May 1996. The company is most known for the GT series of games that it has released (GT Advance Championship Racing
, GT Pro Series
) and the more recent pet games such as Dogz
and Catz
.
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
-based video game developer
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
and publisher
Video game publisher
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer....
founded in May 1996. The company is most known for the GT series of games that it has released (GT Advance Championship Racing
GT Advance Championship Racing
GT Advance Championship Racing is a racing game developed by MTO and published by THQ. It was a launch title for the Game Boy Advance, and was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, and in Europe on June 15, 2001...
, GT Pro Series
GT Pro Series
GT Pro Series is a franchise developed by MTO and published by Ubisoft as a launch title for Nintendo Wii. It includes over 80 licensed Japanese cars, next-gen physics and many gameplay modes, including Championship, Quick Race, Time Attack, Versus , Drift, and Replay. Graphically, the game uses a...
) and the more recent pet games such as Dogz
Petz
Petz is a series of games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets...
and Catz
Petz
Petz is a series of games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets...
.
Games developed
| Year | Title | System | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | GT Advance Championship Racing GT Advance Championship Racing GT Advance Championship Racing is a racing game developed by MTO and published by THQ. It was a launch title for the Game Boy Advance, and was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, and in Europe on June 15, 2001... |
GBA Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China... |
THQ THQ THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices... |
| 2002 | GT Advance 2: Rally Racing GT Advance 2: Rally Racing GT Advance 2: Rally Racing is a rally racing game developed by MTO and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in Japan on December 7, 2001, in Europe on June 28, 2002, and in North America on June 30, 2002... |
GBA | THQ |
| 2002 | GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing GT Advance 3: Pro Concept Racing is a racing game developed by MTO and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance. It was released in Japan on April 26, 2002, in North America on February 6, 2003, and in Europe on May 23, 2003... |
GBA | THQ |
| 2003 | GT Cube GT Cube GT Cube is a racing video game release in 2003 by MTO for GameCube. The game was re-released as GT Pro Series for Wii in 2006.... |
GameCube Nintendo GameCube The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia... |
MTO |
| 2006 | Catz Petz Petz is a series of games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets... |
GBA DS Nintendo DS The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP... |
Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |
| 2006 | Dogz Petz Petz is a series of games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets... |
DS | Ubisoft |
| 2006 | GT Pro Series GT Pro Series GT Pro Series is a franchise developed by MTO and published by Ubisoft as a launch title for Nintendo Wii. It includes over 80 licensed Japanese cars, next-gen physics and many gameplay modes, including Championship, Quick Race, Time Attack, Versus , Drift, and Replay. Graphically, the game uses a... |
Wii Wii The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others... |
MTO Ubisoft |
| 2006 | Hamsterz Life Hamsterz Life Hamsterz Life is a hamster simulation video game released by Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS. Hamsterz Life is also known as Love ♥ Hamster or Love Love Hamster in Japan.-Gameplay:... |
DS | Ubisoft |
| 2006 | Horsez Horsez Horsez is a videogame released by Ubisoft on October 26, 2006 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PC and Game Boy Advance. This PC game is the sequel to Champion Dreams: First to Ride and is also part of the second series of Petz. In Horsez, you play as Flora , a new member of the Sycamore Academy... |
DS PS2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan... PC Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal... GBA |
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| 2007 | Dogz 2 Petz: Dogz 2 and Catz 2 and are video games for the PC, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and Wii, the latter two are similar to The Dog Island. Players can choose from 40 breeds of dogs or cats, in Dogz most breeds have a choice of two fur colours. In the UK these games are titled Dogz and Catz.-The beginning:It all starts at... |
DS | Ubisoft |
| 2007 | Master Chef | DS | Ubisoft |
| TBA | ActiveDogs | PS3 PlayStation 3 The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles... |
TBA |
Games published
| Year | Title | System | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Castleween Castleween Castleween, also known as Spirits & Spells in North America and Mahou no Pumpkin in Japan, is a platform video game developed by Wanadoo Edition.-Story:... |
PS2 PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan... GameCube Nintendo GameCube The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia... GBA Game Boy Advance The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China... |
Wanadoo Edition |
| 2003 | GT Cube GT Cube GT Cube is a racing video game release in 2003 by MTO for GameCube. The game was re-released as GT Pro Series for Wii in 2006.... |
GameCube | MTO |
| 2006 | GT Pro Series GT Pro Series GT Pro Series is a franchise developed by MTO and published by Ubisoft as a launch title for Nintendo Wii. It includes over 80 licensed Japanese cars, next-gen physics and many gameplay modes, including Championship, Quick Race, Time Attack, Versus , Drift, and Replay. Graphically, the game uses a... |
Wii Wii The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others... |
MTO Ubisoft Ubisoft Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries.... |