Wolf Team

Wolf Team at a Glance

Wolf Team was a Japanese development studio that operated from 1986 to 2006. While they existed as part of Telenet Japan for much of their life, the company is best known for creating the Tales series before Namco bought a majority stake and renamed them Namco Tales Studio in 2003. Their catalog on PlayPile contains 25 games where they acted as developers and 10 titles where they published games. The studio was most active during the 1990s with 17 releases, compared to only 6 games in the 1980s and 2 in the 2000s. The company focused heavily on Role-playing games and Adventure titles, with 8 games in each of those categories. They also produced a significant number of Platformers, Shooters, and Strategy games. Their output spanned many platforms, including the Sharp X68000, Super Famicom, PC-9800 Series, Sega Mega Drive, and PlayStation. The company does not appear to have had a single dominant platform, with the Sharp X68000 having the most entries at 7 titles. Quality ratings for their work vary significantly across their history. The average IGDB rating is 66.3 out of 100 based on 8 rated titles. This score reflects a mix of performance levels. Only one title reached great status with a rating above 80, which is Tales of Phantasia from 1998 at 86.4. Two other games in the series, Tales of Destiny and Tales of Destiny II, also scored high at 80 and 79.7 respectively. Five games fall into the good range between 60 and 79. The remaining ratings include one mixed score and one poor title below 40. Their most recent releases on the site include Tales of Phantasia: Full Voice Edition from 2006 and Cybernetic Empire from 1999.

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