Line #28 Creator/Cygames


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cygames_logo_bl.png]]
2	Cygames is a Japanese game company founded in 2011, by several former Creator/SquareEnix developers and artists, that mainly specializes in making mobile games for iOS and Android, both licensed and original. Several of their games have been ''obscenely'' [[CashCowFranchise profitable]] to the point where they often rank in top 10 charts for top grossing on both Apple's App Store and Google Play.
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4	They often work with [=CyDesignation=], ''also'' formed by several former Square Enix artists in 2012 and together with Cygames under the wider umbrella of Cyber Agent, for producing artwork for their games. In 2016, the company founded [=CygamesPictures=], an in-house animation studio to produce original anime and adaptations of their mobile game [=IPs=] and bought out background studio {{Creator/Kusanagi}} around the same time. Further branching out into non-game media includes Cycomi to handle all manga published in print and on the web, and Cymusic to handle music production and selling.
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6	!!Console Games
7	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy''
8	** ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyVersus'', 2020; A console FightingGame spinoff of ''Granblue'' for the [=PS4=], co-developed with Creator/ArcSystemWorks. Published by Creator/XSEEDGames in English-speaking countries.
9	** ''Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising'', 2023; the sequel to ''Versus'' for [=PS4=], [=PS5=], and PC, still co-developed with Arc System Works.
10	** ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyRelink'', 2024; A console ActionRPG for [=PS4=], previously co-developed with Creator/PlatinumGames.
11	* ''Shadowverse: Champion's Battle'', 2020; A console game for the Nintendo Switch, based on the Anime/{{Shadowverse}} anime.
12	* ''VideoGame/LittleNoahScionOfParadise'', 2022 (A console follow-up to ''Little Noah'', co-developed with Grounding Inc.)
13	* ''Project Awakening'', TBA; The company's first original, internally-developed console game, an ActionRPG for Platform/PS4
14	* ''Garnet Arena: Mages of Magicary'', TBA;
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16	!! Collaborations
17	* ''[[VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Zone of The Enders: The 2nd Runner M∀RS]]'', 2018 (Co-developed with Konami)
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19	[[index]]
20	!! Mobile Games
21	* ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'', 2011 for Japan/2012 for the West; the English version was shut down in 2016. As their first work, it pretty much formed the character foundations for several of their other games and [[GenreTurningPoint defined the card-based gacha mobile game]] in Japan for years to come.
22	* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'', 2011
23	* ''Knights of Glory'', 2013, shut down in 2016
24	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestMonsters: Super Light'', 2014
25	* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', 2014; though an English language option was added to the game client in 2016, it is "officially" not available in any country besides Japan (though it also has no IP limitations and players the world over can access it via any computing device equipped with a Chrome browser).
26	* ''Little Noah''[[note]]known as ''Battle Champs'' in globally[[/note]], 2015
27	* ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirlsStarlightStage'', 2015
28	* ''VideoGame/PrincessConnect'', 2015
29	** ''VideoGame/PrincessConnectReDive'', 2018 for Japan/2021 worldwide; A reboot of ''Princess Connect''. Global version published by Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. Service for Global version ended in 2023.
30	* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'', 2016; the first Cygames title to have an in-house directed global release and English dub.
31	* ''Lost Order'', 2017; a tactical RPG collaboration with Creator/PlatinumGames.
32	* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'', 2018; a mobile ActionRPG co-developed in tandem with Creator/{{Nintendo}}. Ended service in 2022.
33	* ''VideoGame/WorldFlipper'', 2019 for Japan/2021 worldwide; a [[GenreMashup pinball/RPG hybrid]]. Global version published by Kakao Games. Will end service in 2024.
34	* ''VideoGame/UmaMusume'', 2021; horse training simulator, featuring [[MoeAnthropomorphism moe anthropomorphized]] racehorses.
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39	!!Anime produced or assisted by Cygames, both as Cygames and Cygames Pictures:
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41	* ''Anime/AkibaMaidWar'' (Episodic Co-Production and Music Production; Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
42	* ''Anime/AssaultLilyBouquet'' (2nd Key Animation)
43	* ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern'' (Cygames Pictures)
44	* ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Blade Runner: Black Out 2022]]'' (Cygames Pictures)
45	* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; Background Art)
46	* ''Manga/FuutoPI'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
47	* ''Manga/GoodNightWorld'' (2nd Key Animation)
48	* ''Anime/GranblueFantasy'' (Co-Production)
49	* ''Anime/GridmanUniverse'' (Co-Production; In-Between Animation)
50	* ''Manga/HeavenlyDelusion'' (2nd Key Animation)
51	* ''Anime/TheIdolmasterCinderellaGirls'' (Co-Production)
52	* ''Anime/JapanSinks'' (Background Art)
53	* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' (Co-Production)
54	* ''Anime/TheMarginalService'' (Production)
55	* ''Anime/MysteriaFriends'' (Cygames Pictures)
56	* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' (Background Art Cooperation; Finish & In-Between Animation)
57	* ''Anime/PrincessConnectReDive'' (Cygames Pictures)
58	* ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' (Co-Production)
59	* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'' (Key & 2nd Key Animation)
60	* ''Anime/Sk8TheInfinity'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
61	* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'' (2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
62	* ''Manga/SummerTimeRendering'' (2nd Key Animation)
63	* ''Anime/TaktOPDestiny'' (2nd Key Animation)
64	* ''Anime/UmaMusume'' (Co-Production)
65	* ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' (Animation Assistance; Key Animation)
66	* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' (Co-Production; In-Between Animation for ''Revenge'')
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68	[[/index]]
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70	!!Tropes employed by Cygames include:
71	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: One of the first, if not the first, developer that gave short story summary if the player wants to skip cutscenes and dialogue scenes.
72	* AuthorAppeal: A common form of {{fanservice}} in their works involves female characters with [[SexyBacklessOutfit bare backs and shoulders]], with some even posing in ways that show their armpits. In ''Granblue Fantasy'', the Erunes are a race with this trope in mind.
73	* BribingYourWayToVictory: Their mobile games are all [[AllegedlyFreeGame free-to-play]] but [[RevenueEnhancingDevices often lock desirables behind a randomly-determined]] [[LootBox gacha]]. Thankfully aside from spending money you can acquire in-game rewards and PlayEveryDay to obtain the necessary currency for the gacha (and ''Granblue Fantasy'', in particular, has become rather famous for its generosity during major seasonal and milestone events and for having a much kinder "safety net" in the Cerulean Spark system for obtaining specific characters compared to much of its competition). Still, RandomDrop is in full effect for most of them.
74	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: Several of their games have come about as a result of trying to build upon the failure, real or perceived, of a previous project.
75	** ''Shadowverse'' was primarily designed as a response to the failure of ''Rage of Bahamut'' in the west, by reusing the card game format in a package that would receive a better response globally (that is to say, one that was a bit closer in rules and play style to ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''-style card games, and most specifically ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'').
76	** ''Dragalia Lost'' was one to ''Knights of Glory'', reviving the concept of summoning and transforming into dragons in an ActionRPG package (''[=KoG=]'' having been somewhere between a strategy RPG ala ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' and a traditional RPG like a numbered ''FF''), along with bringing the ''[=KoG=]'' job classes into ''Dragalia Lost'' as their own distinct characters, to boot. Sadly, ''Dragalia'' only lasted marginally longer on the market than ''[=KoG=]'' itself did (being just a bit over four years old when it shut down, in contrast to ''[=KoG=]'' being a hair over three years old at the end).
77	* DVDBonusContent: A marketing strategy of Cygames, wherein redeemable item codes for [[TooAwesomeToUse rare in-game items]] in ''Granblue Fantasy'' are bundled with the DVD/Blu-Ray discs of their games' anime adaptations such as ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'', ''Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul'', ''Anime/UmaMusume'' and ''Anime/MysteriaFriends''. Of course, the ''Granblue'' [[Anime/GranblueFantasy anime]] is no exception.
78	* ReusedCharacterDesign: They've been pretty much porting everyone from ''Rage of Bahamut'' into ''Granblue Fantasy'' and ''Shadowverse'', though recontextualizing their characters for the new games they appear in. ''Dragalia Lost'' gets similar treatment for a few characters (though in this case the recontextualization is often significant, such as turning Jeanne d'Arc into a ''humanoid dragon'') and ''VideoGame/PrincessConnectReDive'' (which features a recontextualized Monika, Anne and Grea, and features Djeeta and Arisa somehow ''directly visiting'' from their home games).
79	* SeriesMascot:
80	** Bahamut the dragon specifically represents Cygames as a whole, it being part of the company's logo.
81	** Their versions of Lucifer and Bahamut from ''Rage of Bahamut'' will pop up in pretty much every original IP they develop. To a lesser extent, Albert the Thunderswift Lord, Anne of Mysteria and Grea the Dragonborn[[note]]no, [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim not that dragonborn]][[/note]] also tend to crop up in games pretty regularly, as does Cygames' version of [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne d'Arc]] (voiced by Creator/MegumiHan) and their version of Cerberus.
82	** In a broader sense for marketing as a company, the protagonists of each IP (Favaro, Amira, Kaiser, Nina to represent both ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'' and the game it's adapting, Lyria, Vyrn, and Gran/Djeeta for ''Granblue Fantasy'', Pecorine, Kokkoro, and Karyl for ''Princess Connect'', Special Week for ''Uma Musume'', Euden/the Prince, Notte, and Zethia for ''Dragalia Lost'', and Arisa and Luna for ''Shadowverse'') are used to market the company as a whole and for each individual property.

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