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| Type | Division (Defunct) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games industry |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Shun Arai |
| Defunct | 2004 |
| Fate | Merged with Sega's Research and Development |
| Successor | Sega Sports R&D |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Owner | Sega |
Smilebit[lower-alpha 1] was a division of Japanese video game developer Sega.
History[]
In 2000 all of Sega's in-house Consumer (CS) and Amusement Machine (AM) R&D departments were separated from the main company and established on 9 semi-autonomous subsidiaries, with each subsidiary getting an elected president as a studio head.[1] However, for more financial stability, Sega began consolidating its studios into six main ones (Sega Wow, Sega AM2, Hitmaker, Amusement Vision, Smilebit, Sonic Team) in 2003, and merged them back into a uniform R&D structure in 2004.
Smilebit was formed from CS1, which contained staff from the Panzer Dragoon series, sports games and PC conversion staff. It was headed by Shun Arai and Takayuki Kawagoe. While continuing sports-related games, the studio became more known for its high-end console games, which includes Jet Set Radio and Hundred Swords for Dreamcast, and the Xbox trio of Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta and GunValkyrie.[2] Due to the teams experience with converting games to the PC since the mid 90's, the team was quickly able to get high performance from the Xbox.[3] This part of the team became assigned to Amusement Vision in 2003.[4] Owing to this the number of Smilebit employees was at 51 right before integration back into Sega in 2004.
List of games[]
Dreamcast[]
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- Sega Rally 2 (1999) [citation needed]
- Jet Set Radio (2000)
- Derby Tsuku: Derby Uma o Tsukurou! (2000)
- Motto Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (2000)
- Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou Net! (2000)
- Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2000)
- The Typing of the Dead (2000)
- 90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football (2001)
- Derby Tsuku 2 (2001)
- Hundred Swords (2001)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! & Asobou! (2001)
- Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou 2: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2001)
Xbox[]
- Gunvalkyrie (2002)
- Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
- Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)
PlayStation 2[]
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- Soccer Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)
- Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Uma o Tsukurou! (2003)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3 (2003)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2003)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003 (2003)
- Derby Tsuku 4: Derby Uma o Tsukurou! (2004)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04 (2004)
- The Typing of the Dead: Zombie Panic (2004)
Game Boy Advance[]
- Baseball Advance (2002)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)
PC[]
- Hundred Swords (2001)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)
- The Typing of the Dead (2000)
- Jet Set Radio (2012)
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ "https://www.segasammy.co.jp/japanese/ir/library/pdf/printing_archive/2000/sega/sega_annual_tuuki_2000.pdf" (PDF). www.segasammy.co.jp. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Classic SEGA Magazine Corner: Xbox Nation interviews Smilebit's Panzer Dragoon Orta artists". Retrieved 2015-05-18.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "http://segabits.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/PDO4_SMALL.png".
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Video Games Daily | News: Sega Studio Mergers: Full Details". archive.videogamesdaily.com. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
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| Sega Sammy Holdings | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Executive | Hajime Satomi (chairman) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sega Corporation |
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| Sammy Corporation | Sammy Networks (Attic Arcade) • Sammy Facility Services • Sammy Digital Security • Taiyo Elec • Rodeo • m2r • GINZA (90%) • ENGI (40%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other assets | Wave Master • Sega Sammy Creation | |||||||||||||||||||
| Former subsidiaries | ASCII Corporation • CA Sega Joypolis • Demiurge Studios (Joypolis) • Index Corporation • Relic Entertainment • Sammy Studios • Sega Ozisoft • SIMS Co., Ltd. • Sonic! Software Planning • Visual Concepts | |||||||||||||||||||
| Defunct | Amusement Vision • Career Soft • Sega AM3 • Sega Racing Studio • SegaSoft • Sega Studios San Francisco • Sega Sports R&D • Smilebit • Technosoft • Three Rings Design | |||||||||||||||||||
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