Arzest

Arzest Corporation (株式会社アーゼスト, Kabushiki-gaisha Āzesuto) is a Japanese video game developer based in Yokohama. The company was formed by key members of Artoon, which was also founded by Sonic the Hedgehog designer mh:awesomegames:Naoto Ohshima. Their most known games are Yoshi's New Island and Balan Wonderworld.

Why They Aren't Big, Dreamy Islands

 * 1) Their games are very notorious for having bad graphics and soundtrack, despite being founded by key members of Artoon and Sega.
 * 2) They're responsible for ruining the reputation of mh:awesomegames:Yuji Naka by being the co-developer of Balan Wonderworld and even ruined what made the game originally good.
 * 3) They even tried to retcon the original Yoshi's Island by making a pointless sequel which nobody even asked for.
 * 4) Their logo is very generic, as it is just stock art of a speech bubble with the "ARZEST" wordmark added onto it.
 * 5) The 3DS port of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games wasn't good, especially when compared to other 3DS versions of other games.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) They did make some good/decent games, such as Poochy & Yoshi's Wooly World (a 3DS port of Yoshi's Woolly World; it was co-developed with Good-Feel) Hey! Pikmin, and Wii Play: Motion.
 * 2) * They were also responsible for Giant Battles for Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr. Journey, modeling characters in Time Travelers, and co-developed Fantasian with the latter being considered to be the best game ever made by them, although the studio Mistwalker made the lead job.
 * 3) They helped add various features to StreetPass Mii Plaza and developed one paid downloadable game for mentioned application, that is Mii Trek.

Trivia

 * The company's name is a portmanteau of "Art" and "Zest".

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