Nintendo-exclusive Super Robot Wars games' developer company A,I Co., Ltd. has gone bankrupt

by Kite Stenbuck on 14 April, 2025

The Japanese game development company A,I Co., Ltd., mostly best known for working on Nintendo console exclusive Super Robot Wars entries, is no more. The Japanese Bankruptcy Information Accumulation Center website spotted the company starting to file for bankruptcy earlier this year on March 10. The same document added that April 14 is the deadline date for submissions of claims for the bankruptcy, with another hearing set to commence on June 17 at 1:15 PM JST.

A,I was established in July 1990. One of the first games they worked on was Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure for PC Engine in 1993. However, they eventually become known for mostly developing games for Super Famicom (SNES) and subsequent Nintendo consoles, such as Hudson's Bomberman B-Daman and Atlus' Power Instinct. They also worked on producing mini-games for Mario Party 2, Mario Party 3, and Mario Party Advance.

A,I ultimately became best known for developing Super Robot Wars games that appeared exclusively on Nintendo consoles. The cooperation started with Super Robot Wars 64 for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. But despite the specific fame, not every game they worked on is Nintendo-exclusive. A,I also worked on Super Robot Wars XO—the Xbox 360 port of the GameCube entry Super Robot Wars GC, as well as the remake of the first-ever Super Robot Wars for the PS3 and Vita. In addition, they were also involved in the development of the 2018 title-specific PS4 strategy RPG Full Metal Panic! Fight! Who Dares Wins, which also became the very last title they worked on.

The last SRW title A,I worked on was Super Robot Wars BX for Nintendo 3DS in 2015. This was also the last console title to be released exclusively in Japan before Bandai Namco launched the international localization arc with Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers in 2016 and Super Robot Wars V in 2017.

Here is the complete list of Super Robot Wars entries A,I Co., Ltd. had a hand with, both as the sole developer and co-developer:

Super Robot Wars 64 - Nintendo 64, 1999
Super Robot Wars A - Game Boy Advance, 2001
Super Robot Wars R - Game Boy Advance, 2002
Super Robot Wars D - Game Boy Advance, 2003
Super Robot Wars J - Game Boy Advance, 2005
Super Robot Wars GC - GameCube, 2004
Super Robot Wars XO - Xbox 360 port of GC in 2006
Super Robot Wars W - Nintendo DS, 2007
Super Robot Wars K - Nintendo DS, 2009
Super Robot Wars L - Nintendo DS, 2010
SupaRobo Gakuen (Super Robot Academy) - school-themed spinoff for DS in 2009
Super Robot Wars UX - Nintendo 3DS, 2013
Super Robot Wars BX - Nintendo 3DS, 2015
Super Robot Wars - remake of the first game for PS3 & PS Vita in 2014

As a side note, the mainline Super Robot Wars entries that normally have PlayStation consoles as their primary platforms are being developed by Banpresto's game studio, which later became B.B. Studio. The studio was very recently reorganized into Bandai Namco Forge Digitals ahead of the upcoming release of Super Robot Wars Y.