577:. The studio was renamed Aruze Global Trading on September 21, 2007, during large-scale structural changes within Aruze. Under its new name, Aruze Global Trading was not involved in game development. The company was merged into another Aruze subsidiary, Aruze Marketing Japan, on February 1, 2009. Aruze Marketing Japan was itself merged into Aruze in June of that year. Several of Sacnoth's staff eventually joined
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399:(RPG) genre. The company was founded on 30 April 1997, with Kikuta as its CEO. While SNK provided funding for the company, it had little involvement in its products and creative direction, with SNK's Norimasa Hirano describing Sacnoth as an independent developer. Sacnoth's headquarters were based in
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RPG", beginning development of the title following the company's foundation. Kikuta acted as the game's director, producer, writer and composer. His original plan for the gameplay and combat was to combine mechanics from
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2142:[Feature: Top 20 Neo Geo Pocket/NGP Color Games].
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Kikuta resigned as Sacnoth's CEO following the release of
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was the last game developed by Sacnoth under that name.
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Sacnoth developed their first two projects in parallel:
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1991:"Shadow Hearts Lives On As A Slot Machine"
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1756:Nutt, Christian (22 September 2005).
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2246:[Dive Alert] (in Japanese).
2065:from the original on 9 February 2013
1661:"Shadow Hearts 3: Odaiba Roundtable"
1895:from the original on 24 August 2022
1853:"Shadow Hearts: From The New World"
1790:Winkler, Chris (20 February 2007).
1694:"Shadow Hearts 2 Details Announced"
1637:from the original on 24 August 2022
1492:Robuschi, Majkol (2 January 2016).
992:"An Interview with Norimasa Hirano"
2138:Alonso, Álvaro (2 February 2014).
2084:Parish, Jeremy (28 October 2014).
1734:from the original on 29 March 2015
1588:佐藤藍子さんをＣＭに起用！ アルゼ、『シャドウハーツ』完成記者発表会
1413:Strohm, Alex (19 September 2000).
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2356:Shadow Hearts: From the New World
1989:Yip, Spencer (18 December 2008).
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2051:Ciolke, Todd (6 February 2013).
2020:Yip, Spencer (1 December 2009).
1563:(in Japanese). 26 January 2001.
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1395:Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
1391:"NGPC: How Will We Miss Thee..."
558:instead of adding new elements.
327:Aruze Global Trading Corporation
42:Aruze Global Trading Corporation
2903:2007 disestablishments in Japan
2053:"The X Button – Squared Circle"
1963:. 27 April 2009. Archived from
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1630:. 31 December 2018. p. 5.
1556:アルゼ、プレイステーション2用RPG「シャドウ ハーツ」を発表
1357:Stuart, Keith (27 April 2005).
204:Matsuzo Machida (game director)
1523:Schweitzer, Ben (9 May 2013).
1402:. 8 November 2001. p. 12.
1157:クリエイターインスピレーション Vol. 4 – 菊田 裕樹
930:クリエイターインスピレーション Vol. 3 – 菊田 裕樹
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18:Nautilus (video game company)
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1597:(in Japanese). 14 May 2001.
896:"Interviews – Hiroki Kikuta"
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2177:"Remembering Shadow Hearts"
1823:"Shadow Hearts rises again"
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1124:"The History of SNK"
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1920:(6 December 2007).
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1453:インタビュー: 『シャドウハーツII』
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1833:on 18 October 2010
1561:Game Watch Impress
1415:"Q&A: Sacnoth"
1233:on 8 November 2009
1189:天使の怖れ:菊田 裕樹インタビュー上
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560:From the New World
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