TOSE
TOSE Co. Ltd (sometimes referred to as Tose[1]) is the Japanese game development company that produces games in The Legendary Starfy series, which are published by Nintendo. Its name is possibly a concatenation of Toa and Seiko, the two companies which they branched out from in 1979.
Nintendo and TOSE have co-developed titles in The Legendary Starfy series. The inspiration for The Legendary Starfy series came from a collaboration with Nintendo producer Hitoshi Yamagami and TOSE producer Yasuhiro Minamimoto who both wanted to create a 'floaty platformer'. This spawned a prototype balloon-lifting game until plans were changed and the main character was decided as a starfish in a prototype of Densetsu no Starfy for the Game Boy. This character eventually became Starfy.
As well as The Legendary Starfy series, TOSE are well known for developing Super Princess Peach (with Nintendo), where Starfy wearing sunglasses cameos as an enemy. TOSE are also known for developing titles in the Game & Watch Gallery series of video games. TOSE are often known for never directly accrediting themselves in the games which they developed, with the exception of titles in The Legendary Starfy and Game & Watch Gallery series. According to an interview in the Nintendo Power magazine, even though they have apparently developed or co-developed over 1000 games since their inception in 1979, they are always 'behind the scenes' and like it that way.
