Acquire Corp. (株式会社アクワイア) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, mainly known for the Mario & Luigi series game, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and their Tenchu and Way of the Samurai series.[1]
History
Acquire was founded on December 6, 1994, and in 1998 developed Tenchu: Stealth Assassins for the PlayStation, which turned into a franchise. The developer pushed for a more sandbox approach to the level design, which found its way in other Acquire titles like Way of the Samurai and Shinobido: Way of the Ninja.[2]
In 2011, the company was acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment.[3] The studio co-developed Octopath Traveler with supervision and funding from