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{{Short description|Defunct Japanese video game development company}}
'''Punchline''' is a [[Japan]]ese company that develops [[video game]]s. It was founded by former [[Love-de-Lic]] employee [[Yoshiro Kimura]].<ref>{{cite web | author=1UP staff | title=Sealed With a Kiss | url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3108537&did=1 | work=1UP.com | accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> The company currently has around 25 employees.<ref>{{cite web | author=Sheffield, Brandon | date=June 7, 2006 | title=Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Why Rule of Rose May Be 2006's Most Controversial Game | url=http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20060607/sheffield_01.shtml | work=GamaSutra.com | accessdate=2008-09-06}}</ref> Kimura currently works for [[Marvelous Interactive]], and recently founded [[Town Factory]], leaving Punchline's status in question. No new Punchline games have been announced in some time.
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'''Punchline''' is a defunct Japanese company that develops [[video game]]s. It was founded by former [[Love-de-Lic]] employee Yoshiro Kimura and had around 25 employees.<ref>{{cite web | author=1UP staff | title=Sealed With a Kiss | url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3108537&did=1 | work=1UP.com | accessdate=6 September 2008 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018112703/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3108537&did=1 | archivedate=18 October 2007 }}</ref> Kimura left to work for [[Marvelous Inc.]], and later opened a new studio with the name Onion Games.<ref>{{cite web | author=Sheffield, Brandon | date=7 June 2006 | title=Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Why Rule of Rose May Be 2006's Most Controversial Game | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/disciplines/thank-heaven-for-little-girls-why-i-rule-of-rose-i-may-be-2006-s-most-controversial-game | work=GamaSutra.com | accessdate=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Hadlock, Christopher |title=[News] Yoshiro Kimura Reveals His New Studio - TwinFinite news |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203120707/http://twinfinite.net/blog/2012/06/30/news-yoshiro-kimura-opens-up-his-own-studio/}} (archived from the [https://twinfinite.net/blog/2012/06/30/news-yoshiro-kimura-opens-up-his-own-studio/ original])</ref>


==Games==
== Games ==
*''[[Chulip]]'' - ([[2002]], [[PlayStation 2]])
*''[[Chulip]]'' (2002, [[PlayStation 2]])
*''[[Rule of Rose]]'' - ([[2006]], [[PlayStation 2]])
*''[[Rule of Rose]]'' (2006, PlayStation 2)


==References==
== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20050531234503/http://www.punch-line.org/index.html}}<small> (archived from the [http://www.punch-line.org/ original]) </small>{{in lang|ja}}
*[http://www.punch-line.org/ Punchline official site]


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Latest revision as of 17:47, 7 June 2024

Punchline is a defunct Japanese company that develops video games. It was founded by former Love-de-Lic employee Yoshiro Kimura and had around 25 employees.[1] Kimura left to work for Marvelous Inc., and later opened a new studio with the name Onion Games.[2][3]

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  1. ^ 1UP staff. "Sealed With a Kiss". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Sheffield, Brandon (7 June 2006). "Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Why Rule of Rose May Be 2006's Most Controversial Game". GamaSutra.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hadlock, Christopher. "[News] Yoshiro Kimura Reveals His New Studio - TwinFinite news". (archived from the original)
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