Amusement Vision

Amusement Vision
Founded: 2000-04-21
Defunct: 2004-07-01, 2005-04-01 (as Division)
Headquarters: Japan
2000-04-21 2004-07-01 ← Sega Software R&D Dept. 4 New Entertainment R&D Dept. →

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Amusement Vision (アミューズメントヴィジョン) was a research and development division within Sega.

It was created in 2000 to act as a replacement for Sega Software R&D Dept. #4 (formerly known as Sega AM11). Just like the newly formed WOW Entertainment, Hitmaker and Sega Rosso, Amusement Vision were given a more home-centric purpose, in addition to catering the arcade market.

Sega AM2's Toshihiro Nagoshi managed the studio, with his brainchild Daytona USA seeing an Amusement Vision-led upgrade in the form of Daytona USA 2001.Amusement Vision's big success was the Monkey Ball franchise, one of the most notable post-Dreamcast successes. They were also responsible for the critically acclaimed F-Zero GX. Based on these successes, Nagoshi was allowed to further develop home console projects in the future, while other studios returned to be arcade-centric.

Following a corporate restructure, Amusement Vision would become New Entertainment R&D Dept. in 2005.

Members

• Daisuke Sato
• Eigo Kasahara
• Hiroyuki Sakamoto
• Hisashi Endo
• Satoshi Mifune
• Jun Tokuhara
• Junichi Yamada
• Tetsuya Kaku
• Toshihiro Nagoshi
• Yukinobu Arikawa

Softography

NAOMI

• Slashout (2000)

NAOMI GD-ROM

• Monkey Ball (2001)
• Spikers Battle (2001)

NAOMI 2

• Club Kart: European Session (2001)
• Virtua Striker 3 (2001)

Hikaru

• Planet Harriers (2000)

Chihiro

• Ollie King (2004)

Triforce

• Virtua Striker 3 Ver. 2002 (2002)
• F-Zero AX (2003)

Dreamcast

• Daytona USA 2001 (2000)
• Daytona USA 2001 Taikenban (200x)

PlayStation 2

• Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)

GameCube

• Super Monkey Ball (2001)
• Virtua Striker 3 Ver. 2002 (2002)
• Super Monkey Ball 2 (2002)
• F-Zero GX (2003)
• Super Monkey Ball 2 Pack (2004)

Xbox

• Spikeout: Battle Street (2005)
• Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)

Game Boy Advance

• Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002)
• Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon (2004)

Magazine articles

Main article: Amusement Vision/Magazine articles.

External links

• Homepage (Japanese; appears to be very incomplete and outdated)
  • Archived on 29 June 2004 (Internet Archive)

References

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Sega Enterprises, Ltd.																Sega Corporation															Sega Games & Interactive
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						Sega AM3									R&D #3	Hitmaker					Sega AM3
												AM Annex			R&D #5	Sega Rosso
							Sega AM4									Sega Mechatronics										Product R&D
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							Sega AM5									Mirai R&D					Family Entertainment
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Sega R&D 2							Sega CS					Sega CS1			R&D #6	Smilebit					Sega Sports Design
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															R&D #9	United Game Artists
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									Sega Digital Studio								Wave Master				Wave Master (label)
																					Mobile Content R&D								Sega Networks
																						Visual Entertainment					Marza Animation Planet