Treasure Co. Ltd

Treasure is a Japan video game developer, founded by former employees of Konami on June 19 1992. Treasure is best known for classic-style action games that employ innovative gameplay systems. Their greatest commercial successes have been games like Wario World and Mischief Makers, but they are better known for their critical successes, such as Gunstar Heroes, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, and Bangai-O. Treasure is a small, privately held company, consisting of around 30-40 members, though this number is somewhat misleading as they also employ independent contractors to assist development and sometimes partner with other companies like Nintendo, G.rev, and Sega to increase the size of their teams. Because Treasure is a small, independent company, they generally depend on outside partnerships to finance development. As a result, they've worked on many titles based on licenses, including Astro Boy, McDonald's, Bleach, and Tiny Toons, as well as partnering with companies like Sega, Enix,... full article at wikipedia