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is an Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

-based video game development studio with an additional office in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan. Employing a staff of 218 people, it is known for developing such games as the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (series)
The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai games are a series of fighting games based on the Dragon Ball media franchise.- Gameplay :The Budokai series plays like a typical 3-D fighting game. As well as including the regular punch and kick buttons, there is the ability to shoot Ki blasts. which can also be used in...

 trilogy for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

, and the Sonic the Hedgehog games specific to the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 and Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 under the guise of Sonic Team
Sonic Team
is a Japanese computer and video game developer established in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan in 1990, originally known as Sega AM8. The Japan-based division is also known as G.E. Department Global Entertainment. The studio has collaborated with several in-house Japanese studios as well as other American-based...

. It also co-developed Tales of the Tempest
Tales of the Tempest
is a console role-playing game in the Tales series developed by Dimps and Namco Tales Studio's sound staff for the Nintendo DS. The game, was released in Japan on October 26, 2006. Tales of the Tempest 's characteristic genre name is . The theme song is "VS" by Misono...

 on the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 with Namco Tales Studio
Namco Tales Studio
, formerly , was a Japanese video game development company founded in 1986. The company was renamed in 2003 when Telenet Japan sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder. Namco Tales Studio continues to be the primary developer of the Tales RPG series, as they had been since the...

 and co-developed Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV
is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

 with Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

. The company was founded on March 6, 2000 by several former SNK
SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....

 and Capcom
Capcom
is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

 employees, including Street Fighter
Street Fighter (video game)
is a 1987 arcade game developed by Capcom. It is the first competitive fighting game produced by the company and the inaugural game in the Street Fighter series...

 co-creators Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto.

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  • Street Fighter IV
    Street Fighter IV
    is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

     (co-developer)
  • Super Street Fighter IV
    Super Street Fighter IV
    is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is an updated version of Street Fighter IV and has been said to mark the definitive end of the Street Fighter IV series. Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC, the game was made into a standalone title, but given a lower price...

     (co-developer)

Atomiswave
Atomiswave
The Atomiswave is a custom arcade system board and cabinet from Sammy Corporation. It is based on Sega's NAOMI system board...

  • Demolish Fist
  • Premier Eleven (limited release)
  • The Rumble Fish
    The Rumble Fish
    is a 2D fighting game developed by Dimps and published by Sega Sammy Holdings. It was originally released in 2004 for the Atomiswave arcade platform and was later ported to the PlayStation 2 on March 17, 2005. A sequel, The Rumble Fish 2, has since been developed.-Story:The game takes place in the...

  • The Rumble Fish 2
    The Rumble Fish 2
    is a 2D fighting game for the Atomiswave arcade platform. It was produced by Dimps and published by Sammy. It is the sequel to The Rumble Fish, bringing in several new additions.-Plot:The PROBE-NEXUS Corporation....


Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

  • Digimon Battle Spirit
    Digimon Battle Spirit
    Digimon Battle Spirit is a fighting game originally published by Bandai and developed by Dimps for the Japanese-only WonderSwan Color handheld system under the name Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit...

  • Digimon Battle Spirit 2
    Digimon Battle Spirit 2
    Digimon Battle Spirit 2 is a game for Game Boy Advance released in 2002.-Story:The plot echoes that of Digimon Frontier; several children receive messages on their cell phones asking them if they want their lives to change. Some answer yes, some answer no...

  • Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
    Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure
    is a Game Boy Advance video game based on the Dragon Ball manga and anime series. The game contains 30 playable characters , which is unusually large for a game of this caliber...

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Tomo to Kimi to Senjou De
  • One Piece
  • Sonic Advance
    Sonic Advance
    is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps, published by Sega , by THQ and by Infogrames for Game Boy Advance. It was released in Japan on December 20, 2001, in North America on February 4, 2002 and finally in Europe on March 23, 2002...

  • Sonic Advance 2
    Sonic Advance 2
    is a side-scrolling platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance. The game was released in Japan on December 19, 2002, in North America on March 9, 2003, in Europe on March 18, 2003...

  • Sonic Advance 3
    Sonic Advance 3
    is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps, Sega and Sonic Team and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance and the final installment of the Sonic Advance series. It was first released in North America on June 7, 2004, later in Japan on June 17, 2004 and then in...


Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

  • Crash Boom Bang!
    Crash Boom Bang!
    Crash Boom Bang! is a party game developed by Dimps and published by Sierra Entertainment for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on July 20, 2006, in North America on October 10, 2006, in Europe on October 27, 2006, and in Australia on November 2, 2006...

  • Draglade
    Draglade
    is a fighting video game with music video game and role-playing game elements for the Nintendo DS developed by dimps and published in Japan by Banpresto and Bandai Namco Games. It was then later published in the US by Atlus....

    http://www.draglade.jp/draglade/
  • Mossman Goes Nice
  • Draglade 2http://www.draglade.jp/
  • Tales of the Tempest
    Tales of the Tempest
    is a console role-playing game in the Tales series developed by Dimps and Namco Tales Studio's sound staff for the Nintendo DS. The game, was released in Japan on October 26, 2006. Tales of the Tempest 's characteristic genre name is . The theme song is "VS" by Misono...

  • Fat Hank's Special Pinball
  • Teeth!
  • Sonic Rush
    Sonic Rush
    is a 2005 platform handheld video game developed by Sonic Team and Dimps exclusively for the Nintendo DS as part of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was released on November 15, 2005 in North America, November 18 in the PAL region, and November 23 in Japan. It is a 2D platform game, but Sonic's...

  • Sonic Rush Adventure
    Sonic Rush Adventure
    is a 2007 Sonic the Hedgehog platform game for the Nintendo DS videogame handheld, developed by Dimps and Sonic Team, published by Sega. Sonic the Hedgehog and Blaze the Cat return as playable characters, alongside a new, slightly hotheaded female raccoon named Marine the Raccoon...

  • Skeleton Bones DS
  • Rosario + Vampire Tanabata no Mishi Yokai Gaikui
  • Bleach DS 4th Flame Bringer
  • Sonic Colors
    Sonic Colors
    is a 2010 platforming game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was first announced on May 26, 2010, in a press release by Sega for Italy, and it included a teaser trailer...

  • Nodame Cantabile
    Nodame Cantabile
    is a manga by Tomoko Ninomiya. It was serialized in Japan by Kodansha in the magazine Kiss from July 2001 to October 2009 and collected in 23 tankōbon volumes. A two-volume sequel, called Nodame Cantabile: Opera Chapter, which began serialization in the 10 December 2009 issue of Kiss, was released...

     DS (co-developer)

iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

/iPod Touch
IPod Touch
The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

  • Street Fighter IV
    Street Fighter IV
    is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

     (co-developer)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1
    Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    is an episodic platform video game and a sequel in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was developed by Dimps alongside members of Sonic Team and is intended to be inspired by and similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Episode I was released in October...

     (co-developer)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2
    Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    is an episodic platform video game and a sequel in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was developed by Dimps alongside members of Sonic Team and is intended to be inspired by and similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Episode I was released in October...

     (co-developer)

Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Japanese: DragonBall Z)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 2)

Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 3DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo. The autostereoscopic device is able to project stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or any additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software...

  • Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
    Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
    Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition is a fighting video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. It was released as a launch game in all continents, but in Japan first on 26 February 2011...

     (co-developer)
  • Super Monkey Ball 3D
    Super Monkey Ball 3D
    is an entry in the Super Monkey Ball series developed for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console. Players can either use the Circle Pad or the internal gyroscope of the Nintendo 3DS to navigate AiAi and friends so they can collect as many bananas as possible within the time limit as in previous...

  • Sonic Generations
    Sonic Generations
    is a 2011 platform video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, produced by Sonic Team for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 3DS...


Neo Geo Pocket Color
Neo Geo Pocket Color
The Neo Geo Pocket Color , is a 16-bit colour handheld game console by SNK. It was the last console they produced in the Neo Geo family...

  • Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
    Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure
    Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure is a video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It was released in 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color handheld game console...

  • SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
    SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium
    is a fighting game for the Neo Geo Pocket Color. It features a total of 26 characters from SNK and Capcom, eight of which are hidden. Play options includes 2-fighter tag teams, 3-fighter queue teams, and of course, one-on-one...


PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...

  • Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
    InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
    is a 2D fighting game based on the manga and anime series InuYasha. It consists of battles and minigames in an effort to retrieve shards of the sacred Jewel of Four Souls, essentially following the overall plot of the series...

  • Naruto: Shinobi no Sato no Jintori Kassen
  • Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans
    Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans
    Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans is the first PlayStation game released within the popular Shaman King anime series. This time however, the game developmental team Dimps would take lead of the production...


PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Japanese: DragonBall Z)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 2)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Japanese: DragonBall Z 3)
  • Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
    Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
    is a video game for the PlayStation 2 based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The game was developed by Dimps and published in North America by Atari and in Europe and Japan by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label. It was released in North America on November 4, 2008, in Japan on December...

  • Gunslinger Girl
    Gunslinger Girl
    Gunslinger Girl is an ongoing manga by Yu Aida. It first premiered in the November 2002 issue of the monthly shōnen magazine Dengeki Daioh. The chapters are also being published in tankōbon volumes by ASCII Media Works. 13 volumes have been released in Japan as of April 2011...

     Volume I to III
  • Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary
  • Saint Seiya: The Hades
  • Seven Samurai 20XX
    Seven Samurai 20XX
    is a PlayStation 2 game released by Sammy Studios in 2004. Its story and concept are based upon Akira Kurosawa's 1954 movie Seven Samurai. Rights for the production of the game were given by the Kurosawa production, with character designs by French artist Mœbius and the composition of the music by...

  • Shaman King: Funbari Spirits
    Shaman King: Funbari Spirits
    Shaman King: Funbari Spirits, is a cel-shaded 2D style fighting game released in Japan only on April 4, 2004. It is not to be confused with Shaman King: Power of Spirit, a game produced by Konami to go along with the 4kids Entertainment dub....

  • The Rumble Fish
    The Rumble Fish
    is a 2D fighting game developed by Dimps and published by Sega Sammy Holdings. It was originally released in 2004 for the Atomiswave arcade platform and was later ported to the PlayStation 2 on March 17, 2005. A sequel, The Rumble Fish 2, has since been developed.-Story:The game takes place in the...

  • Sonic Unleashed
    Sonic Unleashed
    Sonic Unleashed , is a video game and the 11th installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for multiple platforms...

     (Day time stage design)
  • Yū Yū Hakusho Forever
  • The Battle of Yū Yū Hakusho: Shitō! Ankoku Bujutsu Kai

PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
    Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
    is a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The game was developed by Dimps and published in North America and Australia by Atari, and in Japan and Europe by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label...

  • Saint Seiya Senki
    Saint Seiya Senki
    , known in Europe as Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle, is a video game for the PlayStation 3, inspired by the characters appearing in Masami Kurumada's Saint Seiya manga and its anime adaptation....

  • Street Fighter IV
    Street Fighter IV
    is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

     (co-developer)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    is an episodic platform video game and a sequel in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was developed by Dimps alongside members of Sonic Team and is intended to be inspired by and similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Episode I was released in October...

     (co-developer)
  • Super Street Fighter IV
    Super Street Fighter IV
    is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is an updated version of Street Fighter IV and has been said to mark the definitive end of the Street Fighter IV series. Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC, the game was made into a standalone title, but given a lower price...

     (co-developer)
  • Street Fighter X Tekken
    Street Fighter X Tekken
    is an upcoming crossover fighting game being developed by Capcom. The game was announced at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International by Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono. The game is set to release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Vita sometime in March 2012. The game...

     (co-developer)

PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
  • Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
  • Dragonball Evolution

Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

  • Mobile Ops: The One Year War
    Mobile Ops: The One Year War
    Mobile Ops: The One Year War, known in Japan as , is a third-person shooter/First-person shooter for the Microsoft Xbox 360 that is based on the anime series Gundam. The game features combat in mobile suits, on foot and in vehicles , as well as online play...

  • Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
    Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
    is a video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles based on the anime and manga series Dragon Ball. The game was developed by Dimps and published in North America and Australia by Atari, and in Japan and Europe by Namco Bandai under the Bandai label...

  • Street Fighter IV
    Street Fighter IV
    is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

     (co-developer)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    is an episodic platform video game and a sequel in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was developed by Dimps alongside members of Sonic Team and is intended to be inspired by and similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Episode I was released in October...

     (co-developer)
  • Super Street Fighter IV
    Super Street Fighter IV
    is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is an updated version of Street Fighter IV and has been said to mark the definitive end of the Street Fighter IV series. Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC, the game was made into a standalone title, but given a lower price...

     (co-developer)
  • Street Fighter X Tekken
    Street Fighter X Tekken
    is an upcoming crossover fighting game being developed by Capcom. The game was announced at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International by Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono. The game is set to release on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Vita sometime in March 2012. The game...

     (co-developer)

PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

  • Universal Century - Gundam Online: Dawn Of Australia
    Universal Century
    is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C. is often used instead in recent production like MS Igloo and Master Grade model instructions and official pages is the original timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. The official English name U.C....

  • Street Fighter IV
    Street Fighter IV
    is a fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom since . The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August...

     (co-developer)
  • Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
    Super Street Fighter IV
    is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is an updated version of Street Fighter IV and has been said to mark the definitive end of the Street Fighter IV series. Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC, the game was made into a standalone title, but given a lower price...

     (co-developer)

Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

  • Sonic Unleashed
    Sonic Unleashed
    Sonic Unleashed , is a video game and the 11th installment in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for multiple platforms...

     (Day time stage design)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    Sonic the Hedgehog 4
    is an episodic platform video game and a sequel in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game was developed by Dimps alongside members of Sonic Team and is intended to be inspired by and similar to the original Sonic the Hedgehog titles on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.Episode I was released in October...

     (co-developer)

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