566:. 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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388:(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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September 2007 before being absorbed into another Aruze subsidiary in February 2009. The work of Sacnoth for the NGPC has been mentioned positively in articles on the console, while the
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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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featuring new characters to reach a wider audience. The game was released in Japan in 2005, coming to
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2131:[Feature: Top 20 Neo Geo Pocket/NGP Color Games].
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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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254:. While their first releases were the
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2145:from the original on 2 September 2021
1923:from the original on 11 December 2008
1745:Nutt, Christian (22 September 2005).
1648:Alfonso, Andrew (26 September 2005).
1590:from the original on 19 December 2018
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7:
2235:[Dive Alert] (in Japanese).
2054:from the original on 9 February 2013
1650:"Shadow Hearts 3: Odaiba Roundtable"
1884:from the original on 24 August 2022
1842:"Shadow Hearts: From The New World"
1779:Winkler, Chris (20 February 2007).
1683:"Shadow Hearts 2 Details Announced"
1626:from the original on 24 August 2022
1481:Robuschi, Majkol (2 January 2016).
981:"An Interview with Norimasa Hirano"
2127:Alonso, Álvaro (2 February 2014).
2073:Parish, Jeremy (28 October 2014).
1723:from the original on 29 March 2015
1577: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
1402:Strohm, Alex (19 September 2000).
1125:from the original on 26 April 2018
570:, which helped develop games like
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2345:Shadow Hearts: From the New World
1978:Yip, Spencer (18 December 2008).
1556:from the original on 28 June 2013
1524:from the original on 21 June 2017
1493:from the original on 8 March 2016
1416:from the original on 29 June 2001
762:Shadow Hearts: From the New World
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161:Merged into Aruze Marketing Japan
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2040:Ciolke, Todd (6 February 2013).
2009:Yip, Spencer (1 December 2009).
1552:(in Japanese). 26 January 2001.
1455:from the original on 27 May 2016
1384:Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
1380:"NGPC: How Will We Miss Thee..."
547:instead of adding new elements.
316:Aruze Global Trading Corporation
31:Aruze Global Trading Corporation
2892:2007 disestablishments in Japan
2042:"The X Button – Squared Circle"
1952:. 27 April 2009. Archived from
1681:Winkler, Chris (18 June 2003).
1619:. 31 December 2018. p. 5.
1545: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
1346:Stuart, Keith (27 April 2005).
193:Matsuzo Machida (game director)
1512:Schweitzer, Ben (9 May 2013).
1391:. 8 November 2001. p. 12.
1146:クリエイターインスピレーション Vol. 4 – 菊田 裕樹
919:クリエイターインスピレーション Vol. 3 – 菊田 裕樹
190:Hiroki Kikuta (CEO, 1997–1999)
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1111:Provo, Frank (11 June 2004).
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1586:(in Japanese). 14 May 2001.
885:"Interviews – Hiroki Kikuta"
559:series were never realized.
2166:"Remembering Shadow Hearts"
1812:"Shadow Hearts rises again"
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1113:"The History of SNK"
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143:1 February 2009
84:Nautilus (2002–2007)
1909:(6 December 2007).
1693:on 27 November 2017
1442:インタビュー: 『シャドウハーツII』
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1295:on 26 November 2014
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1157:on 16 December 2000
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55:アルゼグローバルトレーディング株式会社
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2047:Anime News Network
2021:on 1 February 2016
1877:. 3 October 2007.
1822:on 18 October 2010
1550:Game Watch Impress
1404:"Q&A: Sacnoth"
1222:on 8 November 2009
1178:天使の怖れ:菊田 裕樹インタビュー上
1036:on 20 October 2002
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