fictional company see dirk gently s holistic detective agency . wayforward technologies inc. type private industry video game industry founded 1990 headquarters valencia california united states key people voldi way founder john beck ceo matt bozon creative director products video games website http www.wayforward.com wayforward technologies inc. is an american independent video game developer based in valencia california . founded in 1990 by technology entrepreneur voldi way wayforward started by developing games for consoles such as the super nes and genesis as well as tv games and pc educational software . in 1997 they relaunched their video games arm placing the company as a contractor for publishers and working on a variety of licensed assets . the company has created a variety of original game properties such as the shantae series including the first title shantae which appeared on the game boy color and was published by capcom . currently wayforward technologies works on games for the nintendo 3ds and playstation vita handheld consoles wiiware games for nintendo s wii and wii u consoles games for personal computer and other licensed titles for playstation network and xbox live arcade . history edit wayforward technologies was founded in 1990 by voldi way as an independent videogame design company following on from a previous company he started that specialised in software for sheet metal fabrication . 1 the name wayforward technologies may refer to the novel dirk gently s holistic detective agency by douglas adams where a character named gordon way had founded a company by the same name . 2 early on the company focused on producing software for the super nes genesis sega cd game gear and game boy color . they also branched out into educational computer games for the personal computer and leapster . 1 during this time many of the staff were doing other jobs in order to support their ambition to become game developers . 3 in 1994 wayforward technologies entered into a partnership with american education publishing in order to focus on developing further educational computer games . 4 the partnership was successful with the company winning awards for innovation at the 1995 consumer electronics show . during this time wayforward focused on licensed assets such as the muppets for their educational games or godzilla or the scorpion king for their more traditional games . 3 wayforward restarted their videogame development business in april 1997 working as a developer for hire by providing services to software publishers . 1 john beck ceo stated that by providing services on small projects the company has managed to remain a stable level of work . in mid 2002 wayforward released their first internally developed game based on their own intellectual property called shantae . while it achieved critical acclaim it was one of the last games to be released for the game boy color and as a result only enjoyed limited success . 1 when nintendo announced the dual screen handheld console that became the nintendo ds in early 2004 wayforward began examining the various options the new console offered . work started on a sequel to shantae using the two screens . despite presenting the concepts to a number of publishers they were ultimately unsuccessful at securing a deal . 3 because of the large number of shantae related assets that were produced including 3d models wayforward frequently uses them when trying out new technology or development platforms . 1 later in 2004 the company was contracted by thq to produce a new chat game called ping pals for the nintendo ds . despite the tight timescales involved in developing the game wayforward used the opportunity to obtain development kits for the platform . 3 the game met unfavourably with the majority of critics and gained only a single positive review . 5 in 2006 the company produced and released justice league heroes the flash just as the game boy advance was reaching the end of its commercial life cycle which met with largely positive reviews . 6 since then wayforward has gone on to develop further titles for the nintendo ds . looney tunes duck amuck based on the 1951 warner bros. cartoon duck amuck was highly anticipated 7 at the e3 trade show but also received mixed reviews upon release . 8 on february 19 2008 john beck and matt bozon were speakers at the independent games summit part of the 2008 game developers conference discussing a range of issues facing independent games companies . 9 currently wayforward are developing titles for nintendo s wii console involving the use of internally developed intellectual property . lit was announced on march 5 2008 and was released on february 9 2009 for the wiiware online shop platform . 10 a new game in the shantae series is also being considered for the platform . 11 according to the spring 2009 entry of the shantae fan club online newsletter wayforward introduced a new character named alta who is a pink haired girl that wields a scepter . she represented a brand new original franchise . this was revealed on march 9 2009 to be a dsiware exclusive game called mighty flip champs . 1 wayforward would create mighty milky way another puzzle platformer with a new character named luna . its sequel mighty switch force was released exclusively on the 3ds eshop on december 22 2011 with a sequel two years later called mighty switch force 2 on the nintendo 3ds eshop . recently wayforward technologies developed a game for the nintendo ds and 3ds based on the popular cartoon network show adventure time . the show s creator pendleton ward confirmed the news of the game s development on his personal twitter account on the 23rd of march 2012 and adventure time hey ice king why d you steal our garbage was released on november 20 2012 . a sequel explore the dungeon because i don t know as well as a regular show video game mordecai and rigby in 8 bit land were released in 2013 . 12 on february 24 2013 wayforward game director & designer austin ivansmith confirmed that a sequel to mighty switch force was in development on the 50th episode of sup holmes on destructoid 13 which was released on june 13 2013 . a new shantae title was revealed via nintendo power 14 shantae and the pirate s curse which was released in october 23 2014 on the nintendo 3ds and wii u eshop . another game in the series shantae half genie hero is currently in development . 15 cat girl without salad an april fools joke by wayforward in 2013 got a positive fan response leading wayforward to develop the full game set to be released in the june 2016 humble monthly bundle . 16 games developed edit year title platforms 1994 mickey s ultimate challenge genesis super nes game boy game gear master system 2000 xtreme sports game boy color 2000 bear in the big blue house bear s sense of adventure pc 2000 sabrina the animated series zapped game boy color 2001 sabrina the animated series spooked game boy color 2001 pearl harbor defend the fleet pc 2001 wendy every witch way game boy color 2001 wwf betrayal game boy color 2002 shantae game boy color 2002 the scorpion king sword of osiris game boy advance 2002 godzilla domination game boy advance 2003 rescue heroes billy blazes game boy advance 2003 nickelodeon toon twister 3d pc 2004 the spongebob squarepants movie game boy advance 2004 ping pals nintendo ds 2005 sigma star saga game boy advance 2005 spongebob squarepants lights camera pants game boy advance 2005 barbie and the magic of pegasus game boy advance 2006 x men the official game game boy advance 2006 justice league heroes the flash game boy advance 2006 american dragon jake long attack of the dark dragon nintendo ds 2006 american dragon jake long rise of the huntsclan game boy advance 2006 spongebob squarepants creature from the krusty krab game boy advance nintendo ds 2006 barbie in the 12 dancing princesses game boy advance nintendo ds 2007 looney tunes duck amuck nintendo ds 2007 shrek ogres & dronkeys nintendo ds 2007 contra 4 nintendo ds 2008 space chimps nintendo ds 2009 lit wiiware 2009 mighty flip champs dsiware 2009 a boy and his blob wii playstation 4 playstation vita xbox one pc os x linux 2009 where the wild things are nintendo ds 2010 galactic taz ball nintendo ds 2010 despicable me minion mayhem nintendo ds 2010 batman the brave and the bold the videogame nintendo ds wii 2010 shantae risky s revenge dsiware ios playstation 4 pc 2011 spongebob squigglepants nintendo 3ds wii 2011 centipede infestation nintendo 3ds wii 2011 thor god of thunder 17 nintendo ds 2011 mighty milky way 18 dsiware 2011 mighty flip champs dx playstation minis 2011 bloodrayne betrayal 19 xbox 360 playstation 3 pc 2011 aliens infestation 20 nintendo ds 2011 mighty switch force 21 nintendo 3ds 2011 happy feet two the video game nintendo ds nintendo 3ds 2012 hotel transylvania nintendo ds nintendo 3ds 2012 double dragon neon xbox 360 playstation 3 pc 2012 silent hill book of memories 22 playstation vita 2012 adventure time hey ice king why d you steal our garbage 23 nintendo ds nintendo 3ds 2012 mighty switch force hyper drive edition wii u pc 2013 the smurfs 2 the video game playstation 3 wii wiiu xbox 360 2013 ducktales remastered 24 wii u xbox 360 playstation 3 pc ios android windows phone 2013 regular show mordecai and rigby in 8 bit land nintendo 3ds 2013 adventure time explore the dungeon because i don t know 25 wii u playstation 3 xbox 360 pc nintendo 3ds 2013 mighty switch force 2 wii u nintendo 3ds 2014 drawn to life ios 2014 transformers rise of the dark spark 26 nintendo 3ds 2014 shantae and the pirate s curse 27 nintendo 3ds wii u pc 2014 adventure time the secret of the nameless kingdom 15 playstation 3 playstation vita xbox 360 nintendo 3ds microsoft windows 2014 wonder momo typhoon booster no longer available was on nvidia shield pc macintosh 2014 scooby doo & looney tunes cartoon universe adventure pc nintendo 3ds 2014 teenage mutant ninja turtles danger of the ooze 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