Liona Interactive
# Liona Interactive

LIONA Interactive (株式会社LIONA) (formerly known as iNiS Corporation (株式会社イニス, Inisu)) is a Japanese video game developer that specializes in rhythm games.

It was co-founded by Keiichi Yano on February 3, 1997, as iNiS Ltd.. The company's former name iNiS is an acronym and it stands for "infinite Noise of the inner Soul." In 2000, the company changed name to iNiS Corporation.

In December 2016, iNiSJ Corporation was founded. In March 2017, iNiS changed its name to Spica. After a while, in May, Spica went bankrupt.

In 2020, iNiSJ changed its name to LIONA Interactive.

## Subsidiaries

* SONICA Co., Ltd.: Established in 2001, it is a provider of sound solutions.

## Titles developed

### CD/DVD-ROM

| Title | Platform | Release Date |
| - | - | - |
| Penguin Piano | ? | October 1997 |
| Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition CD-ROM | Windows/Mac OS hybrid | March 20, 1999 |
| Space Battleship Yamato Master Edition DVD-ROM | DVD player | ? |
| Picasso | ? | ?(1997–2000) |
| Safari Tokyo | Windows | October 1998 |
| Kiseki No Maya Uranai | ? | April 1998 |
| Minna no Tabetaku Ver.2 | ? | October 1999 |
| Roland VP-9000 promo CD-ROM | ?(CD-ROM) | February 2000 |

### Video games

| Title | Platform | Release Date |
| - | - | - |
| beatmania Da!! | Windows/Mac OS hybrid | February 17, 2000 |
| beatmania BEST Da!! | Windows/Mac OS hybrid | September 28, 2000, July 5, 2002(rerelease) |
| pop'n music Da!! | Windows/Mac OS hybrid | September 28, 2000, September 6, 2002(rerelease) |
| Gitaroo Man | PlayStation 2 | June 21, 2001 |
| Gundam Pilot Academy | Arcade | 2002 |
| Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan | Nintendo DS | July 28, 2005 |
| Gitaroo Man Lives! | PlayStation Portable | June 8, 2006 |
| Rain Wonder Trip | PlayStation Portable | July 6, 2006 |
| Elite Beat Agents | Nintendo DS | November 6, 2006 |
| Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2 | Nintendo DS | May 17, 2007 |
| Anata mo DS de Classic Kiite Mimasenka? | Nintendo DS | July 5, 2007 |
| Lips | Xbox 360 | November 18, 2008 |
| Lips: Number One Hits | Xbox 360 | October 20, 2009 |
| Lips: Canta en Español | Xbox 360 | November 13, 2009 |
| Lips: Deutsche Partyknaller | Xbox 360 | 2009 |
| Lips: Party Classics | Xbox 360 | February 26, 2010 |
| Lips: I ♥ The 80's | Xbox 360 | April 2, 2010 |
| The Black Eyed Peas Experience | Xbox 360 | November 8, 2011 |
| Infinity Blade Cross | iOS | February 20, 2012 |
| Anata Toshokan | iOS, Android | May 19, 2012 (iOS), May 25, 2012 (Android) |
| Demons’ Score | iOS, Android | September 19, 2012 |
| Symphonica | iOS | October 18, 2012 |
| The Hip Hop Dance Experience | Wii, Xbox 360 | November 13, 2012 |
| Karaoke | Xbox 360 | December 11, 2012 |
| Eden to Green | Android, iOS | April 8, 2013 |
| Initial D Perfect Shift Online | Nintendo 3DS | April 2, 2014 |
| Just Sing | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 6, 2016 |
| Project Rap Rabbit (co-developed with NanaOn-Sha) | PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows | Cancelled |

### Web design

| Title | Platform | Release Date |
| - | - | - |
| Shockwave Christmas Card (Dreamarts) | ? | ? |

### Prototype titles

| Title | Platform | Release Date |
| - | - | - |
| MixJuice | Xbox | 1999 |
| Minpan | ? | 2002 |
| Ace Trekkers | ? | 2002 |
| Pugi Pugi (tentative) | ? | 2004 |
| Yosei no Sumu Mori | Xbox 360 | 2005 |

### Engines

* FUEL audio library (for ACID)
* nFactor2 (next-generation rendering engine - Wii, Xbox 360, PC only)
* MixJuice (interactive music engine)
* Unreal Engine 3
* Unreal Engine 4
* Unity

## Awards

* IGN's Best Nintendo DS developer of 2006
