Back in 2005, a Famitsu article was published that mentioned something about a certain developer working on Brawl, along with Nintendo. This came straight from the mouth of Smash Bros. director, Masahiro Sakurai. Today, that "mystery developer" was revealed. Numerous staff members from GameArts!, a Japanese video game developer, have been secretly working on Brawl all this time.

GameArts! are most famous for developing the Grandia and Lunar RPG series, both highly successful in Japan.

Remember all that talk about a mystery developer being tapped by Nintendo to work on Smash Bros. Brawl? A couple of weeks before the game's Japanese release, and the developer has finally been revealed. When pounding the eggs out of Yoshi as Mario, you'll be experiencing the handy work of the makers of the Grandia and Lunar franchises.

That's right, GameArts! The Japanese developer, known for its RPG series as well as the Sylpheed shooting series is the mystery developer mentioned by Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai in a Famitsu article from 2005. The major project mentioned by Sakurai in that article was, it turns out, Grandia III

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