Company closes its doors after 19 years
Mario & Luigideveloper AlphaDream has filed for bankruptcy. The news broke yesterday from aJapanese financial report on Yahoo News. It seems the mounting debt the studio had was too much and has forced the developer to close. As of March 2018, the company had amassed around $4.3 million in debt, which is what contributed to the recent filing.
Founded in 2000, the company is closing its doors after 19 years in the industry. While the company did produce a few games before theMario & Luigiseries (some licensed games and Japan only releases), its turn with Nintendo is what put the company on the map. I remember how much of a surpriseSuperstar Sagawas in 2003 for me. I had definitely enjoyedSuper Mario RPGandPaper Mario, but I didn’t expect a GBA RPG to be so in-depth and funny.
It’s a sad day for fans, but hopefully, the devs will go on to something better.
AlphaDream, developers of theMario & Luigiseries, file for bankruptcy[GoNintendo]
