Popular Games by Genius Sonority
- 21st Nov 2003 (JPN)
- 22nd Mar 2004 (NA)
- 14th May 2004 (UK/EU)
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness GCN
- 4th Aug 2005 (JPN)
- 3rd Oct 2005 (NA)
- 18th Nov 2005 (UK/EU)
- 14th Dec 2006 (JPN)
- 25th Jun 2007 (NA)
- 7th Dec 2007 (UK/EU)
- 20th Oct 2005 (NA)
- 6th Mar 2006 (NA)
- 5th May 2006 (UK/EU)
Learn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure DS
- 21st Apr 2011 (JPN)
- 21st Sep 2012 (UK/EU)
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Wii
- 12th Jul 2007 (JPN)
- 26th Feb 2008 (NA)
- 1st May 2008 (UK/EU)
The New Denpa Men Switch eShop
- 22nd Jul 2024 (JPN)
- 22nd Jul 2024 (UK/EU)
- 22nd Jul 2024 (NA)
The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll 3DS eShop
- 8th May 2014 (UK/EU)
- 8th May 2014 (NA)
Reviews of Genius Sonority Games
Review The New Denpa Men (Switch) - A Simple, Goofy RPG With The Usual F2P Irritations
A winner is you
Back in the days of the Nintendo 3DS eShop, some of you may remember the Denpa Men trilogy, which offered a series of cheap and approachable RPG adventures that felt like a great fit for the portable. However, there was a fourth title released only in Japan in 2014 which experimented with a free-to-play structure that proved...
Review Pokémon Shuffle (3DS eShop)
Hoenn Hustle
Pokémon have been puzzling ever since the Johto days, when Pokémon Puzzle Challenge married the block-flipping gameplay of Panel de Pon with Game Freak's charming, collectable characters. It's a formula that's stuck, with Denpa Men developer Genius Sonority heading up the most recent series of Poké-puzzle combinations, including...
Review The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll (3DS eShop)
Good vibrations
Before Denpa Ningen no RPG washed up on Western shores as The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave in 2012, it felt like a localisation long-shot: a candy-coloured JRPG with off-the-wall style, an AR-based hook, very little story, and deceptively traditional, grind-heavy gameplay. Even the Denpa Men themselves — colourful and oddly...
Review Pokémon Link: Battle! (3DS eShop)
Match maker
DS title Pokémon Link — known as Pokémon Trozei in North America — was a fine example of how Nintendo has been able to diversify and expand the franchise in different directions. This download-only sequel — once again developed by Genius Sonority — continues that trend, but has more monsters to catch, locations to explore and...
Review The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves (3DS eShop)
Love is in the air
The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave was a wonderful 3DS eShop surprise last year, combining elements of Dragon Quest and Pokémon with AR functionality and a delightfully bonkers style all its own, so we were definitely excited to spot The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves washing up onto our shores as well. This sequel pulls out all the...
Review Learn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure (DS)
SEMI-COLON COMMA WOOBAT
It would be very easy to dismiss Learn With Pokémon Typing Adventure as ‘just another Pokémon spin-off’, or even worse, an ‘edutainment game’. Yet in fact, the title conceals a rather addictive addition to the Pokémon franchise, bundled with a nifty Bluetooth keyboard and stand. As with most Pokémon spin-offs,...
Latest Genius Sonority News
Wednesday19th Feb 2025
Talking Point Should We Actually Get Excited For Pokémon Day This Year?
Is it all Sleep Talk?
Next week, on 27th February 2025, Pokémon will be celebrating its 29th birthday. And you know what that means? It's time for some Pokémon Presents. After a relatively 'muted' 2024, there's a lot on people's minds. Inverted commas there because, come on, if muted means releasing a brand new mobile game which has taken the...
Wednesday24th Jul 2024
Random The New Denpa Men Is Getting Roasted For Its Translation Issues
"Hot spring suddenly became hot"
The New Denpa Men is now available to download for free via the Nintendo Switch eShop, but the game's English translation is currently getting roasted by users online. Some folks are even going so far as to say that the game has been machine-translated with little to no human contribution. Honestly, after playing...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News The New Denpa Men Surpasses 100,000 Downloads In One Day
"Thank you for your continued support"
Genius Sonority has announced that its free-to-play title The New Denpa Men surpassed 100,000 downloads on its release day. The publisher and developer shared this news on Twitter, thanking "all those who have downloaded the game so quickly". And 100,000 downloads is nothing to be scoffed at. The New Denpa...
Monday22nd Jul 2024
PSA The New Denpa Men Is Available Now On The Switch eShop
And it's free!
Announced during the latest Nintendo Direct showcase, The New Denpa Men from Genius Sonority is available to download now via the Switch eShop. We say 'download' rather than 'purchase' because, well, it's completely free. You'll need to explore dungeons and battle monsters as you work to collect the Denpa Men, but there's also plenty...
Thursday22nd Feb 2024
News The Denpa Men Return In New Free-To-Play Switch Game
Announced for Japan only
Japan's Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, which aired yesterday, had a fair few differences from ours. And one of the biggest of them was the announcement of The New Denpa Men RPG Free!, a brand new free-to-play game from Genius Sonority (thanks, Gematsu!). This is the first game to feature the Denpa Men since 2017's The...
Saturday18th Nov 2023
Soapbox 20 Years On, It's About Time These Pokémon Games Got Switch Remasters
Gotta snag em’ all
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, ahead of its 20th anniversary on 21st November, Nathanial looks back on a Pokémon region that's been pretty much ignored for two decades... A common mislabelling seen online...
Tuesday13th Oct 2015
News Spooky Halloween Events Are Now Live In Pokémon Shuffle
Ends 26th October
With the spooky time of year fast approaching, Pokémon Shuffle is celebrating the occasion with two new Halloween-inspired events. The first is titled Dusknoir Descends and requires players to defeat the ghost type Pokémon in 20 moves or less. If acquired and then used in battle, Dusknoir may occasionally use Last-Ditch Effort...
Tuesday22nd Sep 2015
News Save Data Hackers Top Competition Leaderboards in Pokémon Shuffle
Nintendo and Genius Sonority are slow to react
Pokémon Shuffle has been a target for hacks in the past, with the free-to-play download previously being targeted by those seeking to obtain in-game items without buying them. It's part of the 'game' that data hackers infiltrate titles, with Nintendo and other developers then regularly issuing updates...
Monday11th May 2015
News Legendary Regirock Rocks The Scene In The Latest Pokemon Shuffle Challenge
Pedra Valley also added to main stages
Pokémon Shuffle continues to expand with the launch of its latest challenge featuring the legendary Regirock Pokémon and the addition of ten new main stages taking the total main stage count from 180 to 190. The Regirock Great Challenge gives players the opportunity to take on the powerful foe over 30 moves...
Monday20th Apr 2015
News New Safari Event Now Live In Pokémon Shuffle
The expedition is on!
Nintendo’s strong support for its free-to-play 3DS eShop title, Pokémon Shuffle, continues with the latest in-game event now live. Pokémon Safari draws inspiration from the main game series featuring Safari Zones, and more recently Friend Safari, which has players attempting to catch a random selection of Pokémon. Each...
Monday23rd Mar 2015
News Nintendo’s Free-To-Play Experiment Pokémon Shuffle Surpasses 2.5 Million Downloads
Promising signs for the micro-transaction eShop title?
Nintendo has dabbled in the free-to-play market for some time now, and their latest attempt testing the micro-transaction based waters, Pokémon Shuffle, may be their most popular creation yet, with a timely announcement that the title has clocked up more than 2.5 million downloads. The...
Wednesday25th Feb 2015
News 3DS Browser Exploit Hackers Bypass Pokémon Shuffle Microtransactions
Actually free-to-play
Pokémon Shuffle has endured a mixed reception among vocal Nintendo fans since its recent release on the 3DS eShop; the free-to-play title is quite heavily reliant on microtransactions, which can be a sticking point for a number of gamers. That monetisation is being bypassed by some, however, with hackers utilising a loophole...
Wednesday18th Feb 2015
Reaction Pokémon Shuffle Isn't Quite Microtransaction Hell, But It's Getting There
Tom Whitehead scratches his head, waits 30 minutes, then scratches it again
Microtransactions. It's a grubby phrase in the eyes of many, mainly because it represents a concept that thrives on being small and inoffensive, yet has the capability to lead to extravagant costs or to simply wreck a game's momentum. It's worse than 'free-to-play', as a...
Sunday8th Feb 2015
News Free-to-Play Denpa Men Sequel Hits 1.8 Million Downloads in Japan
No word on a Western transmission
Nintendo has not been concealing its desires to experiment with free-to-play and smartphone-inspired titles as of late. If the company truly is committed to exploring this route, they are almost assuredly keeping tabs on the attention that The Denpa Men RPG Free! has been receiving in Japan. Developer Genius...
Thursday3rd Jul 2014
News The Denpa Men Are Going Free-To-Play In Japan
A reaction to low sales in the west?
The next entry in the popular RPG series The Denpa Men will be a free-to-play title. Denpa Ningen no RPG Free! will launch in Japan on July 23rd, and will feature items which can only be obtained by spending real-world cash. Aside from the teaser trailer below and the rather spare website, we don't have any more...
Friday25th Apr 2014
News The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll Hits North America and Europe on 8th May
Demo next week, progress transferred to full game
Earlier this year we shared the news that Genius Sonority was bringing The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll to the West, the third entry in the quirky but rather excellent augmented reality RPG series. It was previously announced that there'd be a demo in May, and the developer wasn't kidding —...
Friday7th Mar 2014
News The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll Is Spreading To The West This Summer
Demo coming in May, Denpa Men 2 going on sale
Genius Sonority has confirmed that the third instalment in the Denpa Men series is making its way to the North American and European 3DS eShops this summer. A free demo of The Denpa Men 3: Rise of the Digitoll will be made available in May which will be limited to 30 plays, but users will be able to...
Friday3rd Jan 2014
News Genius Sonority Has Something "Challenging" In Store For Fans In 2014
Denpa Men studio working on new software this year
Genius Sonority has revealed in an interview with 4Gamer that it is hard at work on new content for 2014, and that it could prove to be quite a stern test for players. The Japanese company — famous for its Denpa Men series — isn't able to give a name to this new project yet, but president...
Monday9th Dec 2013
News Genius Sonority Reconsidering Denpa Men Direction After Underwhelming Sales In The West
Studio also eyeing a move into Wii U development
Genius Sonority president Manabu Yamana has been speaking to Nintendo Everything about the critically-acclaimed Denpa Men series, and has revealed that the games haven't sold as well in the west as was previously expected — forcing a rethink for the entire franchise: Both “The Denpa Men: They...
Saturday20th Apr 2013
News The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves Penciled In For A May Release In North America
Should be in the 3DS eShop in a couple of weeks
The Denpa Men: They Came By The Wave is one of the more bizarre games to make it to the 3DS eShop, but we're very glad it did as it managed to captivate many a Western gamer. Naturally, Japanese 3DS owners enjoyed it quite a lot too so Genius Sonority quickly got to work on making a sequel. Due to the...
Wednesday10th Apr 2013
News The Denpa Men 2: Beyond The Waves Gets Australian Classification
Localisation splashing onto our shores
The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave was possibly a bit of a surprise when it arrived on the 3DS eShop, going from a peculiarly advertised title to turn out, in our words, to be an experience that's "long and rewarding". It also made significant use of its portable platform, encouraging gamers to build their little...
Friday26th Oct 2012
News 3DS eShop Title The Denpa Men 2 Is Coming To The West
Skin tight delight
The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave developer Genius Sonority has confirmed that the Japanese sequel will be localised for western markets. Speaking to Siliconera before the recent release of The Denpa Men 2 in Japan, Genius Sonority president Manabu Yamana revealed the good news: Yes, we are releasing Denpa Men 2 on the Japanese...
Friday19th Oct 2012
News This Denpa Men Promotional Video Is Tight
Skin tight, we mean
As you'll no doubt be aware from our The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave review, it's a fantastic game that every North American 3DS owner should download right away. So fantastic in fact, developer Genius Sonority has decided that it's worthy of a trailer starring men in skin-tight bodysuits. In this video - which is being dubbed...
Thursday27th Sep 2012
Guide A Beginner's Guide to The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave
Five tips to keep your Men alive!
Ready to plunge into The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave? Well, don't be fooled by its cuddly exterior,as this game offers some absolutely devious challenge! Of course you could learn the ins and outs of the quest through trial and error, but that's liable to leave your conscience strewn with avoidable — and adorable...
Thursday20th Sep 2012
News The Denpa Men are Coming to Your 3DS Next Week
Pikmen
If, like us, you've been giddily waiting for Genius Sonority's The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave, you're in for a nice surprise next week. It'll be hitting the North American 3DS eShop on 27th September. The dungeon-crawling RPG lets you use 3DS' augmented reality functionality to track down the radio wave-carried Denpa Men in your every day...
Monday20th Aug 2012
Hands On Learn With Pokemon: Typing Adventure
Gotta type 'em all
On Saturday, Nintendo Life was lucky enough to get a sneaky preview of Nintendo and Genius Sonority's most bizarre upcoming release, Learn With Pokémon: Typing Adventure. The version we demoed was the Japanese version, Battle & Get! Pokémon Typing DS, complete with the Japanese Bluetooth keyboard add-on. The aim of Pokémon...
Monday23rd Jul 2012
News Genius Sonority's Denpa Ningen no RPG Heading to the West
You know, the guys behind Pokémon Colosseum
We at Nintendo Life absolutely loved Pokémon Colosseum. Who didn't? Which is precisely why we are so excited to hear that Colosseum developer Genius Sonority is bringing its latest 3DS eShop game over to the West. Back in January, we introduced you to the utterly absurd-looking Denpa Ningen no RPG...
