WOW Entertainment
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| WOW Entertainment | ||
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| Founded: 2000-04-21[1] | ||
| Defunct: 2003-10-01[2] | ||
| Merged with: Overworks (2004) | ||
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2000-04-21 2003-10-01
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WOW Entertainment (ワウ エンターテイメント) was a development company owned by Sega Corporation during 2000 to 2003.
WOW Entertainment is a continuation of Sega Software R&D Dept. 1[3], though as with other R&D divisions of Sega restructured around this time, it was classed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega as opposed to simply being a R&D division. At one point was listed as having 107 employees, overseen by president Rikiya Nakagawa[4].
Not much has changed in terms of approach for the studio when it became WOW Entertainment. The studio provided a variety of different games to the arcades, as well as the Dreamcast. A very different venture for WOW was the attempt to rival Gran Turismo, with the Sega GT for Dreamcast and Sega GT 2002 for Xbox.
In October 2003, WOW Entertainment merged with Overworks to become Sega WOW (briefly "WOW Works")[2]. WOW Entertainment was itself briefly known by a different name from April 2000 until July, being WOW (株式会社ワウ).[5]
Contents
- 1 Company statistics
- 2 Softography
- 2.1 NAOMI
- 2.2 NAOMI GD-ROM
- 2.3 NAOMI Multiboard
- 2.4 NAOMI 2
- 2.5 Triforce
- 2.6 Chihiro
- 2.7 Dreamcast
- 2.8 Game Boy Advance
- 2.9 PlayStation 2
- 2.10 GameCube
- 2.11 Xbox
- 2.12 Windows PC
- 2.13 i-mode 503i
- 2.14 J-Sky (50KB)
- 2.15 J-Sky (100KB)
- 2.16 Vodafone Live! (256KB)
- 2.17 Sony Ericsson K700
- 2.18 Sony Ericsson K750
- 2.19 Namco System 246
- 2.20 PC
- 3 List of staff
- 4 Magazine articles
- 5 External links
- 6 References
Company statistics
- Capital: 120 million yen[6][7][8]
- Number of Employees: 120 (2000-07-01)[6], 107[7], 127 (2003-04-01)[8]
Softography
NAOMI
- Alien Front (2001)
- Inu no Osanpo (2001)
NAOMI GD-ROM
- Sports Jam (2000)
- Virtua Golf (2001)
- World Series Baseball (2001)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting (2001)
- Lupin the 3rd: The Typing (2002)
NAOMI Multiboard
- Sega Strike Fighter (2000)
NAOMI 2
- Wild Riders (2001)
Triforce
Chihiro
- The House of the Dead III (2002)
Dreamcast
- Sega GT (2000)
- The Typing of the Dead (2000)
- Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (2000)
- Sega Marine Fishing (2000)
- Sega Tetris (2000)
- Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (2000)
- Sports Jam (2001)
- Alien Front Online (2001)
- Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
- Candy Stripe: Minarai Tenshi (2001)
Game Boy Advance
- Columns Crown (2001)
- The Pinball of the Dead (2002)
- Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002)
PlayStation 2
- Vampire Night (2001)
- NBA 2K2 (2002) (localisation)
- Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu Taikenban (2003)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2003) (player animation)
- Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (2003)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003 (2003) (player animation)
GameCube
Xbox
- Sega GT 2002 (2002)
- Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
- The House of the Dead III (2002)
- Sega GT Online (2003)
Windows PC
- Sega GT (2001)
- Sega Marine Fishing (2001)
- The Typing of the Dead 2003 (2002)
- The Typing of the Dead 2004 (2003)
- The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat (2006)
i-mode 503i
- Pokke ni Tennis (2001)
- Soccer Eleven (2001)
- Pokke ni Tennis Doubles (2002)
J-Sky (50KB)
- Columns Jr. (2001)
- K-Typing of the Dead (2001)
- Super Tennis Mini (2002)
- Super Tennis (2002)
- Best Soccer (2002)
- Super Tennis Xmas Version (2002)
J-Sky (100KB)
- Future Drive (2002)
- Snobo Rider (2002)
Vodafone Live! (256KB)
- Super Real Tennis (2003)
Sony Ericsson K700
- Super Real Tennis (2004)
Sony Ericsson K750
- Super Real Tennis (2005)
Namco System 246
- Vampire Night (2001) (with Namco)
PC
- Sega Bass Fishing (2001)
List of staff
- Takayuki Yokoyama (programmer)
- Teruhito Abe
- Tsutomu Akazawa
- Hiroshi Ando
- Takeshi Ando
- Toshihiro Ando
- Masayuki Ao
- Mika Araki
- Megumi Barada
- Toshihiro Fujimaki
- Tadashi Fujita
- Akihito Fujiwara
- Hitoshi Furukubo
- Eiichi Harada
- Yosuke Harada
- Yasuhiro Hayashida
- Susumu Hirai
- Kazutaka Horie
- Masaharu Ijichi
- Tatsuhiko Ikeda
- Kenichi Imaeda
- Norio Ishii
- Tadayuki Iwa
- Hiroshi Kanazawa
- Shien Kato
- Hideyuki Katoh
- Hiroaki Kawamura
- Ichiro Kawaoka
- Tomoharu Kawataki
- Tetsuya Kawauchi
- Masaki Kondoh
- Tatsuto Kumada
- Yasuhito Kuroiwa
- Taku Makino
- Mizuki Marui
- Katsunori Matsui
- Akira Miyanishi
- Gen Miyazaki
- Masamoto Morita
- Rikiya Nakagawa
- Satoshi Nakajima
- Takashi Namba
- Masaki Namikoshi
- Kazumasa Nishijima
- Makito Nomiya
- Takashi Oda
- Akira Ogata
- Takuya Ohashi
- Hidehiko Okubo
- Norihito Omoda
- Koji Ooto
- Katsu Oshida
- Eriko Sakurai
- Kazutomo Sanbongi
- Junpei Sato
- Motoyoshi Sato
- Mie Sawaki
- Takao Seki
- Hideaki Sekiya
- Atsushi Shimamura
- Hitoshi Shimokawa
- Makoto Sugawara
- Nanae Suizu
- Akihiro Suzuki
- Yoshiharu Suzuki
- Daisuke Tabayashi
- Hiroyuki Taguchi
- Masanori Takeuchi
- Ryodo Tanaka
- Haruyoshi Tomita
- Yukio Tsuji
- Susumu Tsukagoshi
- Kazunari Tsukamoto
- Makoto Uchida
- Atsushi Ueno
- Akira Wada
- Akira Watanabe
- Tatsuya Watanabe
- Kei Yamada
- Kumiko Yamada
- Noriko Yamada
- Yoshihiro Yamakawa
- Takuya Yamazaki
- Makihito Yokota
- Chihiro Yoshida
Magazine articles
- Main article: WOW Entertainment/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 1
- ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf, page 94
- ↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/eng/about_WOW.html
- ↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/aboutWOW/index.html (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-07 05:52)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-26 (2000-08-04,11)" (JP; 2000-07-21), page 31
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/aboutWOW/company.html
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/aboutWOW/company.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-13 03:52)
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