- Name
- tri-Ace Inc.
- Abbreviation
- Founded
- 15 March 1995
- Location
- Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan
- Website
- http://www.tri-ace.co.jp/en/index.html
- Aliases
tri-Ace Inc.
Tokyo,Tokyo,Japan
Makers of the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile series.
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Formed 1995 by Yoshiharu Gotanda (Person) and a small group of Wolf Team (Company) members.
tri-Ace develop exclusively in the realm of Japanese RPGs their games tend to have a action oriented spin to them similar to Linear Motion Battle System (or LMBS) seen in the Tales (Franchise) series, which key tri-Ace members worked upon, with players acting at all times using a single key character on a real time battle arena while AI takes care of the remaining party members often using a deep combination system emphasizing the dichotomy of the party members relevant skills.
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tri-Ace has also been know to dabble in a more rooted, strict flavor of RPG with the Valkyrie Profile series, regularly thought to be amongst the hardier JRPGs around. Being more traditional in nature the battles are turn based whilst retaining the involved combo system that tri-Ace is known for.
tri-Ace alumni, Hiroya Hatsushiba (Person) formed tri-Crescendo in 1999 and went on to create Eternal Sonata (Game), a game also influenced by LMBS and the combo systems tri-Ace developed. The two teams still work together, recently with Valkyrie Profile 2:Silmeria.
The Japanese mobile phone company Nepro Japan acquired Tri-Ace in February 2015. After the purchase, tri-Ace maintains the management on its developments and the focus on consoles.
Developed Games
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Star Ocean: The Second Story (Game)
Discover the world of Expel in this popular JRPG from Tri-Ace.
Star Ocean (Game)
The first game in the Action RPG series. A human starship crashes into an alien planet and works with the natives to cure a deadly extra-terrestrial disease.
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (Game)
Covenant of the Plume is the first Valkyrie Profile game for the Nintendo DS. The game stars a young hero, Wilfred, who has the ability to wield incredible power due to a special feather.
Frontier Gate (Game)
A new game coming out for PSP by tri-Ace. It will be sort of like monster hunter but turn based. The game will have multiplayer components.
Beyond the Labyrinth (Game)
Beyond the Labyrinth is a dungeon crawler for the 3DS, being developed by tri-Ace.
Judas Code (Game)
Free to play "gun action" game with a card battle multiplayer component for the PlayStation Vita.
Published Games
View all published gamesJudas Code (Game)
Free to play "gun action" game with a card battle multiplayer component for the PlayStation Vita.