History Creator / Level5

** On the company side of this, it did crossover with Creator/StudioGhibli for ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni''. (Ghibil provided the art and animations.) ''Megaton Musashi'' ups the ante by adding in ''Anime/MazingerZ'', ''Anime/GetterRobo'', ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', ''Anime/CombattlerV'', ''Anime/VoltesV'' and even ''WebAnimation/Hololive''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While ''Professor Layton'', ''Inazuma Eleven'' and ''LBX'' tread the fine line between typical kid-centric elements and darker undertones, ''VideoGame/TimeTravelers'' is the first of which Level-5 [[MaturityIsSeriousBusiness thrown any pretense of being "family-friendly" out of the window]], what's with the semi-realistic darker tone and [[AnyoneCanDie increasing amount of violence and deaths that came with it]]. And [[BloodierAndGorier then ''Megaton Musashi'' came along]]...

** ''VideoGame/NiNoKuniCrossWorlds'' published by Level-5 but developed by NetMarble

* CrossOver: Level-5 seems to be getting rather fond of this these days. First there was ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonVSAceAttorney'', then ''[[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO]] vs VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' and the many TV commercials featuring the protagonists from those two series. ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'', and ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' characters have featured as secret characters in the ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' series, and a puzzle from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheAzranLegacy'' features the characters of ''[[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO]]''.
** On the company side of this, it did crossover with Creator/StudioGhibli for ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni''. (Ghibil provided the art and animations.)

Once there was this game developing company called Riverhillsoft, who began with the AdventureGame ''J.B. Harold Murder Club'' and went on to produce such timeless classics like... uh... ''VideoGame/OverBlood''...? Anyway, in 1998, two years before Riverhillsoft disbanded, one of its members, Akihiro Hino, left to produce his own game developing company, being particularly supported by Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment, and went to produce some respectably good sellers for the then-newborn UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, especially the ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'' series. That company's name is [[https://level5.co.jp Level-5 Inc.]] 『株式会社レベルファイブ』 , and they only got bigger.

* CelShading: ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'' is considered one of the pioneers in the use of cel-shading in video games, and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' was widely praised for being one of the most gorgeous cel-shaded titles on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. The trailer for the [=PS3=] version of ''VideoGame/NiNoKuni'' shows that they haven't lost their touch when it comes to this.

* NoExportForYou: They have made a bunch of cellphone games that never saw the light of day outside of Japan. To give an idea of what the rest of the world is missing, they have a VideoGame/PokemonGo clone called ''Franchise/YoKaiWatch World'' and a Yo-Kai Watch themed VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents clone called ''[=GeroPo=] Rhythm'' that offers music from all their game franchises, two ''Ni No Kuni'' spinoffs (one being a prequel to the first game). Meanwhile, the only games available to the rest of the world are several VideoGame/ProfessorLayton spinoffs, with all but two have been retired from sale, HD Remakes of the VideoGame/ProfessorLayton UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS games [[note]]probably produced in response to seeing how well Capcom were doing with their VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney mobile ports[[/note]], as well as ''VideoGame/LiberationMaiden'' which is still on sale but cannot be purchased on [=iOS11=] devices because it has not been updated with a 64-bit build, though it's still available on the 3DS. However, this is averted with ''Ni no Kuni Cross Worlds'', which will be the first Level-5 mobile title to be released outside of Japan.

The company seems to have a working relationship with Creator/OLMIncorporated, as they're responsible for the cutscenes and anime adaptations of their recent works (''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'', ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'').