WiZ
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- For the similarly-named Japanese game developer, see W.I.Z.
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| WiZ, Inc. | ||
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| Founded: 1986-09-22[1][2] | ||
| Defunct: 2019-04-01[1][3] | ||
| Merged into: Plex[3] | ||
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WiZ Co., Ltd. was a Japanese toy production company and video game developer. Founded in 1986 by former Bandai employee Akihiro Yokoi[1], it is perhaps best known for producing the original Tamagotchi and Digimon virtual pets.
In September 2006, the company became a fully-owned subsidiary of Bandai, and in April 2019, it was formally merged into that company's toy design firm, Plex.[1][3]
Softography
External links
- Official website (Wayback Machine: 2003-02-13 00:42)
- WiZ at Game Developer Research Institute
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/WiZ
- ↑ https://wikimon.net/WiZ
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-08/bandai-plex-subsidiary-to-absorb-tamagotchi-developer-wiz/.143150 (Wayback Machine: 2021-05-29 01:35)
- ↑ https://www.wizinc.co.jp/english/history.html (Wayback Machine: 2016-08-02 10:17)