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AJawesomesauce Jan 28 @ 3:02pm
Whats Genki been doing the last 18 years?
Just curious really. I thought they were defunct until a few weeks ago. I heard there were a few mobile games. But couldn't find much info, thought maybe someone just bought rights to use the name. So what have then done to stick around all this time?
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ruphus Jan 28 @ 3:45pm 
They're essentially the go to outsourcing company.

And Maximum Tune series (4 onwards)
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AJawesomesauce Jan 28 @ 6:34pm 
Originally posted by ruphus:
They're essentially the go to outsourcing company.

And Maximum Tune series (4 onwards)
Ah ok, didn't realize that, I thought Namco made the Maximum tune games. They outsource to Genki?
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Gen. Heineken Jan 28 @ 7:00pm 
Look at Mobygames' listing for Genki. They've been working on Wangan Midnight in secrecy (for Bamco) since the PS360 era.

I'd love it if Bamco would put Maximum Tune on home PC or consoles.
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PootisMayo Jan 28 @ 7:50pm 
And how long has TXR2025 been in development? I’m seriously curious.
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Gen. Heineken Jan 28 @ 8:28pm 
It was announced last Summer. Probably some time after Maximum Tune 6 (2018) or its annual revisions. Last version was released a year ago. They set up a new office floor with a "Hello!!" tweet in Feb 2023, almost a a teaser that they were back.

https://x.com/Genki_official/status/1624998022177488898

I've been keeping an eye on them for several years with hope that they would come back with a new TXR game.
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initial donger Jan 28 @ 9:58pm 
WMMT and a mostly forgotten shutoku battle mobile game in 2017 that EOS'd in a year, but yeah WMMT is probably the reason they popped out from nowhere suddenly knowing how to make an optimized racing game in UE5
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Cheezus Jan 28 @ 11:14pm 
iirc the map in this game and some cars are ported over from previous work which is why it was able to be produced so efficiently
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Hong Meiling Jan 28 @ 11:22pm 
Originally posted by AJawesomesauce:
Just curious really. I thought they were defunct until a few weeks ago. I heard there were a few mobile games. But couldn't find much info, thought maybe someone just bought rights to use the name. So what have then done to stick around all this time?

You know how some game studios under bigger publishers becomes just support studios for their more important developers like Criterion? Genki is kinda like that except they're independent. They've been helping with Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune for Bamco, a few mobile games based on anime franchises for Square Enix, and Yakuza 0 for Sega.

They also probably do some support for their parent company which is a pachislot company.
Last edited by Hong Meiling; Jan 28 @ 11:24pm
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Calorie Mate Jan 29 @ 5:05am 
Gathering their power.
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Rynxie Jan 29 @ 5:08am 
Maximum powa!!!!
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Thanathos Jan 29 @ 7:37am 
Originally posted by Gen. Heineken:
It was announced last Summer. Probably some time after Maximum Tune 6 (2018) or its annual revisions. Last version was released a year ago. They set up a new office floor with a "Hello!!" tweet in Feb 2023, almost a a teaser that they were back.

https://x.com/Genki_official/status/1624998022177488898

I've been keeping an eye on them for several years with hope that they would come back with a new TXR game.
It's funny because I revisited the TXR franchise back in 2023 and after beating txr3 i legit was curious what genki was upto and remember seeing this post:
https://x.com/Genki_official/status/1837262998735626547/photo/1
but thought nothing of it.
Wasn't expecting another TXR considering how small they are but I'm glad they are back.

That team picture suspiciously have the physical profiles of some of the rivals in the game lol
Last edited by Thanathos; Jan 29 @ 7:38am
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Calorie Mate Jan 29 @ 7:45am 
Originally posted by Thanathos:
Originally posted by Gen. Heineken:
It was announced last Summer. Probably some time after Maximum Tune 6 (2018) or its annual revisions. Last version was released a year ago. They set up a new office floor with a "Hello!!" tweet in Feb 2023, almost a a teaser that they were back.

https://x.com/Genki_official/status/1624998022177488898

I've been keeping an eye on them for several years with hope that they would come back with a new TXR game.
It's funny because I revisited the TXR franchise back in 2023 and after beating txr3 i legit was curious what genki was upto and remember seeing this post:
https://x.com/Genki_official/status/1837262998735626547/photo/1
but thought nothing of it.
Wasn't expecting another TXR considering how small they are but I'm glad they are back.

That team picture suspiciously have the physical profiles of some of the rivals in the game lol

Middle row.
Second from the right.
Literally me.
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