Storm City Games was a video game publisher known for releasing a variety of budget and casual titles in 2009, primarily for Nintendo platforms. Their catalog includes the licensed game Up, puzzle titles like Hands On! Tangrams and Jewel Master Egypt, and the action-adventure game The Island of Dr. Frankenstein. They also published the early augmented reality Nintendo DS title System Flaw, alongside Vegas Party and Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral.
Operating during the height of the Nintendo DS and Wii commercial lifecycles, the company filled a specific market niche by securing North American distribution rights for European-developed software. For instance,
System Flaw represented a technical milestone as one of the earliest retail titles designed specifically to utilize the Nintendo DSi camera peripheral for motion-tracking gameplay.
In the licensed software sector, the publisher capitalized on major cinematic releases by distributing the portable iteration of Disney-Pixar's
Up, bringing the film's characters to handheld players. Their puzzle and strategy lineup relied on established gameplay loops;
Jewel Master Egypt expanded the tile-matching genre, while
Hands On! Tangrams adapted traditional dissection puzzles to the DS touch screen.
Multiplayer and adventure offerings further diversified their portfolio.
Vegas Party targeted the casual multiplayer demographic on the Wii with casino-themed minigames, while
The Island of Dr. Frankenstein offered a narrative-driven exploration experience. Additionally, environmental themes were explored in
Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral, which combined puzzle mechanics with marine conservation motifs. Through these varied partnerships, the company briefly established a broad footprint in the value-priced retail market.