List of companies with minor representation
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Spike Chunsoft
| Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | |||
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| Type | Subsidiary | ||
| Founded | April 9, 1984 (Chunsoft) October 18, 1991 (Spike) April 1, 2012 (as Spike Chunsoft) | ||
| Headquarters |  Tokyo, Japan
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| Key people | Koichi Nakamura Mitsutoshi Sakurai | ||
| Industry | Video games | ||
| Products | Video games | ||
| Employees | 200 (2016) | ||
| Parent | Dwango | ||
| Website | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | ||
Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd (株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト) is a Japanese video game development studio best known for creating the Mystery Dungeon series. The company is the result of a merger between Chunsoft Co., Ltd.—founded by Dragon Quest programmer Koichi Nakamura, who developed Portopia Serial Murder Case, the early Dragon Quest titles, Sound Novel games, Mystery Dungeon and Zero Escape series—and Spike Co., Ltd.—who developed the Danganronpa, Fire Pro Wrestling and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series. Prior to the merging with Spike, Chunsoft originally developed the early Dragon Quest titles up to Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride for the NES and Super Famicom respectively. The Mystery Dungeon series appears as a dependent universe, with small references to it appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series.
The company also provides development support to other companies. They assisted with Nintendo for Wii Play Motion and the Warrior's Way minigame for StreetPass Mii Plaza, collaborated with Red Entertainment for the development of Fossil Fighters: Frontier, and Bandai Namco for games related to the Weekly Shōnen Jump set of mangas like Jump Force. Spike Chunsoft also publishes western games in Japan, one being the Crypt of the NecroDancer series in Japan, including the Zelda themed Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer feat. The Legend of Zelda.
- Dragon Quest series:
Erdrick and Solo, who are alternate costumes for the Luminary, are male protagonists sourced from Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest IV respectively.- The alternate costumes of Erdrick and Solo are based on the Hero of Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest I respectively.
- The Hero of Dragon Quest I, Dragon Quest II and Dragon Quest V make a cameo in Hero's Final Smash Gigaslash.
- Most spells from Hero's Command Selection and in his moveset are sourced from games prior to Dragon Quest VI.
- Mii costumes of Martial Artist from Dragon Quest III, and Erdrick and the Slime headgear from Dragon Quest I, appear as purchasable DLCs.
- Soundtracks sourced from Dragon Quest III and Dragon Quest IV can be played in Yggdrasil's Altar, and in every iterations of Battlefield and Final Destination as of version 8.1.0.
- Slime, King Slime, Dracky, Golem, Great Sabrecub, Great Sabrecat and Liquid Metal Slime appear as spirits.
- Slime, Liquid Metal Slime and Mimic appear as stage elements in Yggdrasil's Altar.
- Mystery Dungeon series:
The Chocobo headgear is based on the main Chocobo character of Final Fantasy's Chocobo sub-series and appear as a purchasable DLC. The headgear most closely resembles its appearance in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon; the third game in the Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon trilogy.- The Chocobo headgear returns as a purchasable DLC. It was updated to its latest appearance in the Chocobo sub-series, being Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!, the remake for Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.
- Fossil Fighters series:
- Jura, Tria, and Nibbles from Fossil Fighters: Frontier appear as a collective trophy.
- Nibbles from Fossil Fighters: Frontier returns as a spirit.
- "Battle Start - Fossil Fighters: Frontier": The sourced track, can be played in stages from non-playable universes, and in every iterations of Battlefield and Final Destination as of version 8.1.0.
- Warrior's Way:
Wentworth and Emperor Fynalle appear as separated trophies.