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Smilebit was a research and development division within Sega. It is best seen as a logical continuation of Sega AM6 and was headded by Shun Arai.

AM6 had been an unusual group within Sega, being split into Team Aquila (Victory Goal) and Team Andromeda (Panzer Dragoon), as well as smaller task forces such as G9 Team. With Smilebit, all of these groups were finally brought together under one banner (save for staff who moved to United Game Artists), and Smilebit became the de facto studio for sports games (although it also diversified into other genres).

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-'''Smilebit''' was a research and development division within [[Sega]]. After a company shakeup in 1998, Smilebit emerged as a replacement for [[Sega AM6]], and operated until 2004  when Smilebit itself became known as Sega's '''Sports Design R&D Dept.''' (''New Entertainment R&D Dept. #3''). Both Sega AM6 and Smilebit had built up a reputation for producing Sega's line of sports titles, and are now the only team at Sega catering for this genre.
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+'''Smilebit''' was a research and development division within [[Sega]]. It is best seen as a logical continuation of [[Sega AM6]] and was headded by [[Shun Arai]].
-Smilebit's creation brought together specialist teams within Sega AM6 such as [[Team Aquila]] (''[[Victory Goal]]'') and [[Team Andromeda]] (''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''), though several of these members have since moved over to [[United Game Artists]] and [[Amusement Vision]]. It was headed by [[Shun Arai]] until 2004, and is now run by [[Takayuki Kawagoe]].
+AM6 had been an unusual group within Sega, being split into [[Team Aquila]] (''[[Victory Goal]]'') and [[Team Andromeda]] (''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''), as well as smaller task forces such as [[G9 Team]]. With Smilebit, all of these groups were finally brought together under one banner (save for staff who moved to [[United Game Artists]]), and Smilebit became the de facto studio for sports games (although it also diversified into other genres).
-Before specializing solely in sports games Smilebit was also responsible for cult classics such as ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' and ''[[The Typing of the Dead]]''.
 ==Softography==
+{{multicol|
+===[[Dreamcast]]===
+*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (with [[WOW Entertainment]])
 *''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' (2000)
-*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (also with [[WOW Entertainment]])
+*''[[Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou Net!]]'' (2000)
+*''[[Motto Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou!]]'' (2000)
 *''[[Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (2000)
+*''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001)
+*''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! & Asobou!]]'' (2001)
+*''[[Derby Tsuku 2]]'' (2001)
 *''[[90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football]]'' (2001)
-*''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001)
-*''[[The Typing of the Dead: U.S Edition]]'' (2001) (also with WOW Entertainment)
-*''[[Derby Tsuku 2]]'' (2001)
 *''[[Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou 2: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (2001)
-*''[[Virtua Striker 3]]'' (2001) (also with Amusement Vision)
-*''[[Virtua Striker 3 Ver.2002]]'' (2002) (also with Amusement Vision)
+===PC===
-*''[[Virtua Striker 2002]]'' (2002) (also with Amusement Vision)
+*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (with [[WOW Entertainment]])
+*''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001)
+*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2003]]'' (2002) (with [[WOW Entertainment]])
+*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2004]]'' (2003) (with [[WOW Entertainment]])
+===[[Xbox]]===
 *''[[Jet Set Radio Future]]'' (2002)
+*''[[Gunvalkyrie]]'' (2002)
 *''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]'' (2002)
-*''[[Gunvalkyrie]]'' (2002)
+===[[PlayStation 2]]===
+*''[[Soccer Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (2002)
+*''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2]]'' (2003)
+*''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003]]'' (2003)
+*''[[J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3]]'' (2003)
+*''[[Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Uma o Tsukurou!]]'' (2003)
+*''[[J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04]]'' (2004)
+===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
 *''[[Baseball Advance]]'' (2002)
+*''[[J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance]]'' (2002)
 *''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance]]'' (2002)
-*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2003]]'' (2002) (also with [[WOW Entertainment]])
-*''[[Soccer Tsuku 2002: J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!]]'' (2002)
+===[[GameCube]]===
-*''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance]]'' (2002)
+*''[[Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Uma o Tsukurou!]]'' (2003)
-*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2004]]'' (2003) (also with [[WOW Entertainment]])
+}}
-*''[[Derby Tsuku 3]]'' (2003)
-*''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3]]'' (2003)
-*''[[J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04]]'' (2004)
-*''[[Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Europe Championship]]'' (2006)
-*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2]]'' (2007) (also with [[WOW Entertainment]])
-*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' (2007) (also with [[Sonic Team]], [[Nintendo]] and [[Racjin]])
-*''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' (2009) (also with [[Sonic Team]], [[Nintendo]] and [[Racjin]])
-*''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'' (2011) (also with [[Sonic Team]], [[Nintendo]] and [[Racjin]])
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