Smilebit

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Smilebit
Founded: 2000-04-21
Defunct: 2004-07-01 (as Subsidiary), 2005-05-01 (as Division)
Merged into: Sega Sports Design R&D Dept., New Entertainment R&D Dept.
Headquarters: Japan

Smilebit (スマイルビット) was a research and development division within Sega. It is best seen as a logical continuation of Sega Software R&D Dept. 6 (formerly known as Sega CS1). It is largely different to CS1, with the majority of those developers leaving Sega to join the new start-ups Artoon and Land Ho!. Smilebit is largely based on Sega PC instead. Over time, Smilebit became the de facto studio for sports games, with the majority being aimed at Japan. Internationally, Smilebit was known for it's high-end Dreamcast and Xbox titles. Those developers ended up at largely at New Entertainment R&D Dept..

Members

• Akihiko Mukaiyama
• Eigo Kasahara
• Hisayoshi Yoshida
• Masamitsu Shiino
• Masayoshi Kikuchi
• Masayoshi Yokoyama
• Naohiro Warama‎
• Nobuya Ohashi
• Kazuhisa Hasuoka
• Ryuta Ueda
• Shun Arai
• Tadashi Ihoroi
• Takayuki Kawagoe
• Takashi Atsu
• Takaya Segawa
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Osamu Ohashi
• Osamu Sato
• Outa Sano
• Youichi Shimosato

Softography

Dreamcast

• Jet Set Radio Taikenban (2000)
• Jet Set Radio (2000)
• Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou Net! (2000)
• Motto Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (2000)
• Saka Tsuku Tokudaigou: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2000)
• De La Jet Set Radio (2001)
• Hundred Swords (2001)
• Derby Tsuku 2 (2001)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! & Asobou! (2001)
• Saka Tsuku Tokudaigou 2: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2001)
• 90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football (2002)

PlayStation 2

• Saka Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2003)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3 (2003)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003 (2003)
• Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Ba wo Tsukurou! (2003)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04 (2004)

GameCube

• Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Ba wo Tsukurou! (2003)

Xbox

• Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
• Gunvalkyrie (2002)
• Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)

Game Boy Advance

• Baseball Advance (2002)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)

Windows PC

• Hundred Swords (2001)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)
• The Typing of the Dead 2003 (2002)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Bonus Pack (2002)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Power-Up Kit (2002)
• The Typing of the Dead 2004 (2003)
• The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat (2006)

Dreamcast

• The Typing of the Dead (2000) (with WOW Entertainment)

Mobile

• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Mobile (2004)

Magazine articles

Main article: Smilebit/Magazine articles.

External links

• Smilebit Official websites (Japanese, Internet Archive)

References

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CSK																				Sega Sammy Holdings
Sega Enterprises, Ltd.																Sega Corporation															Sega Games & Interactive
Sega R&D 1							Sega AM1								R&D #1	WOW Entertainment				Sega WOW	Sega AM1
Studio 128				Sega R&D 8			Sega AM2								R&D #2	AM2 of CRI	Sega-AM2				Sega AM2
														Sega AM11	R&D #4	Amusement Vision					New Entertainment				Sega CS1
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																			DigitalRex		AM Plus
						Sega AM3									R&D #3	Hitmaker					Sega AM3
												AM Annex			R&D #5	Sega Rosso
							Sega AM4									Sega Mechatro										Product R&D
																													N. Pro. R&D
							Sega AM5									Mirai R&D					Family Entertainment
							Sega AM6
Sega R&D 2							Sega CS					Sega CS1			R&D #6	Smilebit					Sega Sports Design
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												Sega PC															Online R&D
												Sega CS2			R&D #7	Overworks					GE2				Sega CS3
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												Sega CS3			R&D #8						GE1				Sega CS2
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															R&D #9	United Game Artists
	Sega Sound Team
									Sega Digital Media								Wave Master				Wave Master (label)
																					Mobile Content R&D								Sega Networks
																						Visual Entertainment					Marza Animation Planet