Amusement Vision

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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). As the newly formed WOW Entertainment and Hitmaker were given a more home-centric purpose, Amusement Vision continued catering for the arcade market during the first half of the 2000s. 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 more notable post-Dreamcast successes. They were also responsible for the critically acclaimed F-Zero GX.

Following a corporate restructure, Amusement Vision would become New Entertainment R&D Dept. in 2004.

Members

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

Softography

Dreamcast

• Daytona USA 2001 (2000) (with Genki)

NAOMI

• Slashout (2000)
• Monkey Ball (2001)
• Spikers Battle (2001)

NAOMI 2

• Virtua Striker 3 (2001)

Hikaru

• Planet Harriers (2001)

PlayStation 2

• Super Monkey Ball Deluxe (2005)

GameCube

• Super Monkey Ball (2001)
• 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)

Triforce

• Virtua Striker 2002 (2002)
• F-Zero AX (2003)

Chihiro

• Ollie King (2004)

Game Boy Advance

• Super Monkey Ball Jr. (2002) (with Realism)
• 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• Homepage (Japanese; appears to be very incomplete and outdated)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)