Arika

Arika Co. Ltd.
Native name	株式会社アリカ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Arika
Formerly	ARMtech K.K
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Video games
Founded	November 1, 1995
Headquarters	Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Akira Nishitani (President)
Products	Street Fighter EX series ; Tetris: The Grand Master series
Number of employees	50
Website	arika.co.jp

Arika (株式会社アリカ, Kabushiki gaisha Arika) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was formed in 1995 by former Capcom employees. It was originally known as ARMtech K.K, but was later named Arika. The name of the company is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who along with Akira Yasuda, created Street Fighter II. Arika's first game was Street Fighter EX. It was successful and was followed up with two updates (Street Fighter EX + and EX + α), and its two sequels Street Fighter EX2 and Street Fighter EX3. In 2018, they released a spiritual successor to both Street Fighter EX and Fighting Layer (published by Namco), titled Fighting EX Layer. From 2019 to 2021, Arika collaborated with Nintendo to create the battle royale games Tetris 99, Super Mario Bros. 35, and with Bandai Namco for Pac-Man 99. Arika is also known for the Tetris: The Grand Master series, the Dr. Mario series, starting with Dr. Mario Online Rx, and the Endless Ocean series.