Examu Explained

EXAMU Inc.
Type:Kabushiki gaisha
Subsidiary
Industry:Video games
Products:Fighting games
Assets:160 million[1]
Num Employees:30
Foundation:March 2, 1999
Defunct:Late February, 2020
Fate:Rebranded as Team Arcana
Successor:Team Arcana
Location City:Tokyo
Location Country:Japan

Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property series Arcana Heart. Initially, they developed games for their own arcade system board called eX-Board, to release their games mostly on Taito's NESiCAxLive arcade delivery system. Support for eX-Board ceased in December, 2013.[2] At the end of February 2020, Examu suspended their business operations. Any ongoing development works and product supports (most particularly ongoing supported fighting games (including licensed fighting games)) has since migrated to its rebranded successor since 2019, Team Arcana.

Games

Arcade games

Game Year Hardware Publisher(s)
Samurai Shodown V SNK
Samurai Shodown V Special SNK
Arcana Heart Full! Nexus 3D Yuki Enterprise
Arcana Heart 2 Examu
Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2: Tenkousei Akane to Nazuna Examu
Daemon Bride Examu
Arcana Heart 3 Examu
Aquaplus
Daemon Bride: Additional Gain Examu
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!!! Examu
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!!! Examu
Nitroplus
Square Enix

Console games

Game Release Date System Publisher(s) JP NA EU
Arcana Heart AQ Interactive (JP) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2"
Atlus (NA)
Arcana Heart 2
Arcana Heart 3 Arc System Works (JP) rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3"
Aksys Games (NA)
PQube (EU)
Aquaplus (JP) rowspan="2" rowspan="2" rowspan="2"
Atlus (NA)
Hello Kitty and the Apron of Magic Examu (JP) rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3"
Bergsala Lightweight (EU)
Bergsala Lightweight (NA)
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max!!!!! Arc System Works (JP) rowspan="3" rowspan="3" rowspan="3"
Aksys Games (NA)
NIS America (EU)
Marvelous Entertainment (JP) rowspan="3" rowspan="3" [3] rowspan="3"
XSEED Games (NA)
Marvelous Entertainment (EU)
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!!!!!
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NotesPlayStation 3 version is digital-only.
eShop release only.
PlayStation 4 version only.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 株式会社エクサム . September 5, 2015 . Japanese . Examu Ltd. – Company . June 11, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150611160753/http://www.examu.co.jp/company.html . dead .
  2. Web site: 株式会社エクサム . September 5, 2015 . Japanese . Examu Ltd. – Products . July 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180704171227/http://www.examu.co.jp/product.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Nitroplus Blasterz coming to North America this winter . Romano . Sal . June 12, 2015 . Gematsu.com . September 5, 2015.
  4. Web site: Million Arthur: Arcana Blood for PS4 currently only planned for Japanese release . Romano . Sal . 2018-11-20 . Gematsu . 2018-12-08.
  5. News: Million Arthur: Arcana Blood punching to PC this summer . O'Connor . Alice . 2019-02-19 . . Gamer Network Ltd. . 2019-03-26.