New Zealand firm Instinct Entertainment has announced that it's taking its Game Creator Flash Lite development tool to Japan, after signing a deal with a Tokyo-based investor.

The tool will launch there later this year, with the investor - Terrie Lloyd - taking an equity stake in the company as part of the deal.

"We believe that the mobile games platform in particular has very good prospects here in Japan and elsewhere in North Asia," says Lloyd.
Scoop says that the deal was brokered by Chris Lipscombe from strategic marketing consultancy Ground Zero, who claims that the deal was worked on for a year prior to it being signed.

Will Game Creator be a success in Japan, then? Flash Lite mobile games are already huge there, so much will depend on how Instinct's point'n'click package compares to rival development tools.