B.B. Studio
B.B. Studio Co., Ltd. (株式会社B.B.スタジオ, Kabushiki-gaisha B.B. Sutajio) is a Japanese video game development company. The company in its current form is a result of a merger between BEC and Banpresoft by their parent company, Bandai Namco Entertainment.[2]
Native name | 株式会社B.B.スタジオ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha B. B. Sutajio |
Kabushiki gaisha Subsidiary | |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | February 1994 (as Banpre Kikaku)[1] |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Another Century's Episode series Super Robot Wars series |
Parent | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Website | www |
History
BEC Co., Ltd. (株式会社ベック, Kabushiki-gaisha Bekku), short for Bandai Entertainment Company, was a joint venture by Bandai and Human for video game development. They were best known for developing licensed video games for Bandai including Digimon, Dragon Ball Z and Mobile Suit Gundam.[3] Once Bandai and Namco merged as Bandai Namco, BEC became a video game development subsidiary for the merged company.
Banpre Kikaku Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンプレ企画, Kabushiki-gaisha Banpure Kikaku) was a subsidiary of Banpresto that developed video games. Its name was changed to Banpresoft Co., Ltd. (株式会社バンプレソフト, Kabushiki-gaisha Banpuresofuto) in March 1997.
On April 1, 2011, Bandai Namco merged BEC with Banpresoft in order to streamline and unify the Bandai gaming subsidiaries under one division.[4] whilst the Banpresto brand was re-established as a toy company as part of Bandai Namco's toys and hobby business.[5]
Titles
Developed by BEC
- Cyborg 009
- Digimon Digital Card Battle (PS)
- Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars (DS)
- Digimon World 2 (PS)
- Digimon World 3 (PS)
- Digimon World 4 (PS2, Xbox, GC)
- Digimon World DS (DS)
- Digimon World Dawn and Dusk (DS)
- Digimon World Data Squad (PS2)
- Dokodemo Hamster 3: O-Dekake Safuran
- Dragon Ball Z: Goku Gekitouden (GB)
- Dragon Ball Z: Harukanaru Densetsu (DS)
- Dragon Ball Z: Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu (PS)
- From TV Animation - Slam Dunk: I Love Basketball (Saturn)
- Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor (SNES)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (PS3)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Senki: Battlefield Record UC 0081 (PS3)
- MS Saga: A New Dawn (PS2)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (N64)
- Uchū Senkan Yamato PS game series (PS or PS2)
- Super Bikkuriman (SNES)
- Slayers (SNES, NEC PC-9801)
- Soul Eater: Battle Resonance (PS2, PSP)
- Ultraman: Towards the Future (SNES, Genesis, and others)
- Ultra Seven (SNES)
Developed by Banpresoft
- Super Robot Wars Alpha (PS)
- Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden (PS)
- Super Robot Wars Alpha for Dreamcast (DC)
- Super Robot Wars R (GBA)
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation (GBA)
- 2nd Super Robot Wars Alpha (PS2)
- Super Robot Wars MX (PSP)
- Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 (GBA)
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Alpha: To the End of the Galaxy (PS2)
- Super Robot Wars: Original Generations (PS2)
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation Gaiden (PS2)
- Super Robot Wars Z (PS2)
Developed by B.B. Studio
- 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai-hen (2011)
- Gundam Memories: Memory of the Battle (2011)
- Ambition of Mobile Suit Gundam New Gillen (2011)
- Weiss Schwarz Portable (2011)
- Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin II Revelation of Evil God (2012)
- 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei-hen (2012)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation (2012)
- Lagrange: Kamogawa Days (2012)
- Super Robot Wars Card Chronicle (2012)
- Flowers our Eureka Seven AO Jungfrau (2012)
- 2nd Super Robot Wars Original Generation (2012)
- Gundam Card Butler (2013)
- Magi the beginning of the Labyrinth (2013)
- Dragon Ball Heroes Ultimate Mission (2013)
- Super Robot Wars UX (2013)
- Super Robot Wars Operation Extend (2013)
- Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin III Pride of Justice (2013)
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Infinite Battle (2013)
- Magi A New World (2014)
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Jigoku-hen (2014)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories (2014)
- Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin F Coffin of the End (2014)
- Journey of your local railway to five local character and Japan (2014)
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z Tengoku-hen (2015)
- SD Gundam Strikers (2015)
- Super Robot Wars BX (2015)
- Super Robot Wars X-Ω (2015)
- Gundam Battle Operation Next (2015)
- Digimon World: Next Order (2016)[6]
- Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Moon Dwellers (2016)
- Shogi RPG Tsumetsume Load (2016)
- Super Robot Wars V (2017)
- Super Robot Wars X (2018)
- Full Metal Panic! Fight: Who Dares Wins (2018)
- Super Robot Wars T (2019)
- Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (2019)
- Namco Museum Archives (2020)
References
- "株式会社B.b.スタジオ - 会社概要".
- "Bandai Namco Corporate History". Bandai Namco Holdings. April 2011.
- "BEC Co., Ltd". Giant Bomb.
- "Bandai Namco Holdings: Corporate History". Bandai Namco Holdings. 23 November 2013.
- "History". Banpresto. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- Romano, Sal (16 September 2016). "Digimon World: Next Order coming west for PS4 2017". Gematsu.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Former Banpresoft website
- Former BEC website