was a Japanese video game developer based in Tokyo. It was founded in 2000 by Square alumni Chihiro Fujioka and Tetsuo Mizuno. Closely associated with Nintendo throughout its existence, the company was known for their role-playing games, most notably the Mario & Luigi series for the Game Boy Advance, the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS. On October 1, 2019, AlphaDream was shut down after filing for bankruptcy.
History
AlphaDream was a spinoff company from a staffing agency that dealt in construction work also known as Chihiro Fujioka joined AlphaStar in 1999 to head up a video game production division. He and Tetsuo Mizuno spun the company off as AlphaStar Software on January 12, 2000, before renaming it to AlphaDream in July of that year. The next game in the Mario & Luigi series, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, included some of the "original staff" according to Nintendo.
Games
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of video games developed by AlphaDream
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Publisher
! scope="col" | Platform(s)
|-
| 2001
! scope="row" | Koto Battle: Tengai no Moribito
| AlphaDream
| Game Boy Color
|-
| 2002
! scope="row" | Tomato Adventure
| rowspan="6" | Nintendo
| rowspan="4" | Game Boy Advance
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
! scope="row" | Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue
|-
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
|-
| 2004
! scope="row" | Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Games
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
| rowspan="5" | Nintendo DS
|-
! scope="row" | Tottoko Hamtaro Nazo Nazo Q Kumonoue no ? Jou
|-
| 2007
! scope="row" | Hi Hamtaro! Ham-Ham Training
| Marvelous Interactive
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
| Nintendo
|-
! scope="row" | PostPet DS
| Marvelous Entertainment
|-
| 2013
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
| rowspan="4" | Nintendo
| rowspan="4" | Nintendo 3DS
|-
| 2015
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
|-
| 2017
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
|-
| 2018
! scope="row" | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
|-
| rowspan="3" |2019
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Kedama no Gonjiro: Fit & Run
| rowspan="2" | ForwardWorks
| Android
|-
| iOS
|-
! scope="row" |Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
| Sega
| Nintendo Switch
|}