is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese software company established on March 27, 2006 by Toshio Tabeta, a former producer of Interchannel

Interchannel

Interchannel is a Japanese game developer and publisher. Previously known as NEC Interchannel and before that NEC Avenue, it was originally a subsidiary of NEC before 70 percent of the company was sold to Index Corporation for approximately 3 billion yen in 2004...

. While still with Interchannel, Tabeta's team was responsible for mainly developing and publishing versions of visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

s originally published by Visual Art's

Visual Art's

, formally , is a Japanese publishing company specializing in the publishing and distribution of visual novels for a large list of game developers. Visual Art's has developed the game engines their brands currently use, including the current engine, called Siglus, and older engines RealLive and...

 for consumer platforms like the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 and PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

. After Prototype split off from Interchannel, the company still continued to work with Visual Art's. Prototype is also involved in producing mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 ports through Visual Art's Motto which Prototype manages. Prototype has also produced a set of drama CDs based on Key's

Key (company)

Key is a Japanese visual novel studio which formed on July 21, 1998 as a brand under the publisher Visual Art's and is located in Kita, Osaka, Japan. Key released their debut visual novel Kanon in June 1999, which combined an elaborate storyline, an up-to-date anime-style drawing style, and a...

 visual novel Clannad.

PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

• Air
• Alice in the Country of Hearts
  Alice in the Country of Hearts
  is a Japanese female-oriented romance adventure visual novel developed by Quin Rose. The game is a re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A manga adaptation illustrated by Soumei Hoshino was serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Avarus between the October 2007...
  
   series
  • Heart no Kuni no Alice
  • Clover no Kuni no Alice
• Arabians Lost: The Engagement on Desert
  Arabians Lost: The Engagement on Desert
  is a Japanese female-oriented romance adventure Otome game developed by QuinRose. It has been released in Japan for three different consoles. The PC version was released by Quin Rose on August 8, 2006...
  
  
• Clannad
• Hanakisō
• Kanon
  Kanon
  is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key and originally released as an adult game on June 4, 1999, playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. An all ages version for the PC was released in January 2000, and was later ported to the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable...
  
  
• Little Busters! Converted Edition
  Little Busters!
  is a Japanese visual novel developed by Key which was originally released, rated for everyone as a limited edition version, on July 27, 2007 playable on a Windows PC; a regular edition, also rated for everyone, followed on September 28, 2007. Little Busters! is Key's sixth game, along with other...
  
  
• Piyotan: Oyashiki Sennyū Taisakusen
• Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
• Sangoku Koi Senki: Otome no Heihou!
• Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica
  Shinkyoku Sokai Polyphonica
  , also known as simply Polyphonica, is an all-age Japanese visual novel created by Ocelot and first released on the PC on April 28, 2006. Aside from the game, multiple series of light novels have been created, and a manga adaptation started in March 2007. An anime adaptation started airing in Japan...
  
   series
• Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition

PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

• Air
• Amatsumi Sora ni! Kumo no Hatate ni
• Clannad
• Gakuen Heaven
  Gakuen Heaven
  is a popular franchise that is based on the PC game Gakuen Heaven: Boy's Love Scramble, originally released by the company SPRAY. The franchise gradually expanded to include three PlayStation 2 games, two PlayStation Portable games, drama CDs, manga, and anime.A Boys' Love manga adaptation series...
  
   series
• Hanakisō
• Heart no Kuni no Alice
• Kanon
• Little Busters! Converted Edition
• Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
• Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica series
• Snow
  Snow (video game)
  Snow is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Studio Mebius for the PC first released on January 31, 2003. It was later ported to the Dreamcast in September 2003, and the PlayStation 2 in February 2004 with adult content removed for both ports...
  
  
• Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition

Mobile phone games

• Air
• Clannad
• Gakuen Heaven
• Kanon
• Kare to Ano Made
• Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume
• Realize
• Seraphim Spiral
• Shinkyoku Sōkai Polyphonica
• Soshite Bokura wa,
• Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life

External links

• Prototype's official website
• Visual Art's Motto's official website