was a Japanese video game development company that worked under a publishing agreement with Nintendo. They were best known for making spin-off games for the Pokémon video game franchise, particularly the Pokémon Rumble series. Ambrella was formerly a part of Marigul Management. In 2021 Creatures Inc acquired and dissolved Ambrella.
Overview Ambrella developed the Nintendo 64 voice recognition game, Hey You, Pikachu! in 1998, Pokémon Channel for the GameCube in 2003, and Pokémon Dash for the Nintendo DS in 2004. Ambrella developed My Pokémon Ranch for the Wii's WiiWare service, which was released in Japan on March 25, 2008, and in North America on June 9, 2008. It developed Pokémon Rumble which was released in North America on November 16, 2009.
The company developed further entries in the Pokémon Rumble series with Pokémon Rumble Blast for Nintendo 3DS, Pokémon Rumble U for the Wii U, Pokémon Rumble World for the Nintendo 3DS, and Pokémon Rumble Rush for mobile devices. The most recent Rumble games were released via the Nintendo eShop, and contain some variant of microtransactions; Pokémon Rumble World uses traditional microtransactions and Pokémon Rumble U uses NFC figurines that predate Amiibo.
On October 16, 2020, a few months after Pokémon Rumble Rush was shut down, Creatures announced the acquisition of Ambrella; Creatures received all property rights and Ambrella was disbanded, with the employees then working under Creatures.クリーチャーズ、ゲーム開発会社アンブレラを吸収合併.オタク産業通信.2020-10-16.[2021-01-11].
Games + List of video games developed by Ambrella Year Title Genre Platforms Publisher 1998 Hey You, Pikachu! Life-simulation Nintendo 64 Nintendo 2003 Pokémon Channel Adventure, digital pet, simulation GameCube NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2004 Pokémon Dash Racing Nintendo DS NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2006 Pokémon PC Master Edutainment PC The Pokémon Company 2008 My Pokémon Ranch Digital pet WiiWare NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2009 Pokémon Rumble Action role-playing, beat'em up WiiWare NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2011 Pokémon Rumble Blast Action role-playing, beat'em up Nintendo 3DS NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2013 Pokémon Rumble U Action role-playing, beat'em up Wii U NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2015 Pokémon Rumble World Action role-playing, beat'em up Nintendo 3DS NintendoThe Pokémon Company 2017 uVu - yoU versus Universe Arcade Mobile Ambrella 2019 Pokémon Rumble Rush Action role-playing, beat'em up Android, iOS The Pokémon Company
References
External links Archive of the Official Marigul Website (Japanese) Source of Company Profile (IGN) N-Sider's article containing info about Marigul Management Inc. Iwata Asks: Pokémon Rumble Blast