Over on the official website for Level-5’s North American studio comes a video for fans from the company’s president, CEO, and founder, Akihiro Hino. Level-5 International America, as it’s called, has officially begun operations according to Hino, who explains that it will be focused on both releasing games developed in Japan and creating original content designed for the United States.
In North America, Level-5 is probably best known for the Professor Layton series and Dragon Quest IX, though it was also behind Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, Dragon Quest VIII, Jeanne D’Arc, and White Knight Chronicles. It also has produced a fair number of games that have yet to make it to North America, including Ni No Kuni and the Inazuma Eleven series.
