Warashi: History and Key Facts

Warashi Inc. (株式会社 童) was a Japanese video game developer that developed video games for arcade, home console, and mobile platforms, specializing in mahjong and shoot 'em up titles. It is known for the Shienryu series of games and for releasing one of the final Dreamcast games, Triggerheart Exelica, in early 2007.

Warashi became defunct in 2011. Tsutomu Tabata, a former programmer for Warashi and Athena, was hired by game development company Cosmo Machia as its CTO in 2015. The rights to Triggerheart Exelica were acquired by Cosmo Machia in 2023. Hamster Corporation purchased the company's remaining assets in May 2026 and has plans to release them as part of their Arcade Archives and Console Archives series.

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