Prope

Prope Ltd. is an independent video game development studio of famed programmer Yuji Naka.

Prope Limited
TypePrivate
FoundedMay 23, 2006 (Foundation)
June 1, 2006 (Operations Began)
HeadquartersJapan
Key people
Yuji Naka
Number of employees
1[1]
Websitewww.prope.jp

Formation

As part of Sega's "support program for independent game creators", Yuji Naka left Sonic Team to start his own studio. Ten members of Sega's Sonic Team joined him at Prope, with a starting capital of 10 million yen, 10% of which came from Sega in exchange for the right of first refusal option for publishing games made at Prope, though if Sega rejected a title produced by the new studio, Naka would then be free to approach other publishers.[2]

Prope was founded on May 23, 2006 and it began operations on June 1, 2006.[3]

Prope intended to create games with a graphical style that appeals to both children and adults, and to explore the possibilities of developing both 3D and 2D games.[4]

Naka joined Square Enix in January 2018, leaving the status of Prope uncertain.[5] In March 2019, Yuji Naka confirmed through Twitter that Prope has been reduced to a one-person company since the end of April 2017.[6]

Games

Previously, the studio had been consistently linked with a sequel to Nights into Dreams...,[7] though Nights: Journey of Dreams was ultimately developed by Sega Studio USA. Naka has claimed in an interview that he presently has no intention to revisit any of his former Sega properties.[8]

Prope's first two titles, the Wii rhythm game Let's Tap, and the WiiWare game Let's Catch, were both released in December 2008. Both games were published by Sega.

After a series of simplistic iOS games such as 10 Count Boxer and Fluffy Bear, under the iPrope label, Prope's next major game Ivy the Kiwi? was released in November 2009 exclusively for Windows Phone, with Microsoft publishing it. In April 2009, it was ported to WiiWare and DSiWare and published by Namco Bandai in Japan, Xseed Games in America and Rising Star Games in Europe as Prope's parent company Sega refused to publish the game and Namco Bandai decided not to publish the game outside Asia. In 2010, an expanded physical release (in contrast to a digital one) was released for Wii and Nintendo DS, featuring 50 levels (whereas the downloadable version featured 25) as well as original backgrounds and music for each level.

In 2011, Prope released Real Ski Jump, which, as of 2014, had been downloaded 4 million times.[9]

iOS/Android

Published under the iPrope and aPrope label respectively

  • Let's Tap (2009)
  • 10 Count Boxer (2009)
  • Fluffy Bear (2009)
  • Just Half (2010)
  • PD -prope discoverer- (2011)
  • Real Ski Jump HD
  • Get the Time (2011)
  • Past Camera (2011) (photography app - not a video game)
  • Power of Coin (2011)
  • Nine Dungeon (2011)
  • Real Animals HD (2011)
  • Flick Pig (2011)
  • Real SkiJump Battle (2012)
  • Ivy the Kiwi? (2012)
  • Buddy Monster (2012)
  • Real Whales (2013)
  • E-Anbai Just Right (2014)
  • Samurai Santaro (2014)

Nintendo DS

Nintendo 3DS

PlayStation 3

PlayStation Portable

Wii

Windows Mobile

Xbox 360

References
  1. "Yuji Naka On Prope's Status: Downsized To One-Person Company". Siliconera. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. Yuji Naka forms new studio funded by SEGA - Idle Forums Archived 2006-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "IGN: Yuji Naka Forms Prope". Archived from the original on 2012-08-15. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  4. Prope (Yuji Nakas studio) website relaunch - NeoGAF
  5. Phillips, Tom. "Sonic creator Yuji Naka joins Final Fantasy maker Square Enix". Eurogamer. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. "Yuji Naka On Prope's Status: Downsized To One-Person Company". Siliconera. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. C3 News :: Nintendo News | Naka Says No to NiGHTS on Wii
  8. "GamesRadar+". gamesradar. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  9. "株式会社プロペ 公式サイト". iprope.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  10. Ransom, Ko. "Sonic Creator's Prope Studio Develops Digimon Adventure RPG". Anime News Network.
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