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| − | + | '''Smilebit''' (スマイルビット) was a research and development subsidiary of [[Sega Corporation (2000-2015)|Sega Corporation]]. 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!]], or having joined the new [[Sega Software R&D Dept. 9]]/[[United Game Artists]]. 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.]]. | |
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| + | Following a corporate restructure at Sega in October 2003, Smilebit was redefined as a developer exclusively dedicated to sports games{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231122221751/https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2003/10/2/4de4797b84de660ec1f84f185bf76b5d.html}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231130002500/https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20180418132/}}. President [[Shun Arai]] was transferred to [[Sega Creative Center]], replaced by [[Takayuki Kawagoe]], and the developers associated with the ''[[:category:Panzer Dragoon (franchise)|Panzer Dragoon]]'' and ''[[:category:Jet Set Radio|Jet Set Radio]]'' franchises migrated to [[Amusement Vision]]{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20231122221751/https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2003/10/2/4de4797b84de660ec1f84f185bf76b5d.html}}, taking with them the in-development arcade game ''[[Ollie King]]''. | ||
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| + | The company was reintegrated with [[Sega Corporation (2000-2015)|Sega Corporation]] as '''Smilebit Div''' (スマイルビットDiv) in July 2004, and rebranded as [[Sega Sports Design R&D Dept.]] in November the same year.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20091219123904/http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html}} | ||
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| + | ==Company statistics== | ||
| + | *'''Capital:''' 120 million yen{{magref|dmjp|2000-26|35}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010412114044/http://www.smilebit.com/gaiyou.html}}, 220 million yen{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040612191953/http://www.smilebit.com/company/company.html}} | ||
| + | *'''Number of Employees:''' 105 (2000-07-01){{magref|dmjp|2000-26|35}}, 106 (2000-07-01){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20010412114044/http://www.smilebit.com/gaiyou.html}}, roughly 60 (2003-10-01){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20040612191953/http://www.smilebit.com/company/company.html}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 30 June 2024
Smilebit (スマイルビット) was a research and development subsidiary of Sega Corporation. 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!, or having joined the new Sega Software R&D Dept. 9/United Game Artists. 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..
Following a corporate restructure at Sega in October 2003, Smilebit was redefined as a developer exclusively dedicated to sports games[3][4]. President Shun Arai was transferred to Sega Creative Center, replaced by Takayuki Kawagoe, and the developers associated with the Panzer Dragoon and Jet Set Radio franchises migrated to Amusement Vision[3], taking with them the in-development arcade game Ollie King.
The company was reintegrated with Sega Corporation as Smilebit Div (スマイルビットDiv) in July 2004, and rebranded as Sega Sports Design R&D Dept. in November the same year.[5]
Contents
Company statistics
- Capital: 120 million yen[6][7], 220 million yen[8]
- Number of Employees: 105 (2000-07-01)[6], 106 (2000-07-01)[7], roughly 60 (2003-10-01)[8]
Softography
Dreamcast
- Jet Set Radio (2000)
- Jet Set Radio Taikenban (2000)
- The Typing of the Dead (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)
- 90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football (2001)
- Saka Tsuku Tokudaigou 2: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2001)
Game Boy Advance
- Baseball Advance (2002)
- Greatest Nine (2002)
- Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance (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
Triforce
- Virtua Striker 4 (2004) (as Smilebit Div)
Xbox
- Gunvalkyrie (2002)
- Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
- Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
- Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)
Chihiro
- Ollie King (2003) (early development)
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)
i-mode 90x
- J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Mobile (2005) (as Smilebit Div)
J-Sky (50KB)
- Typing Jet (2001)
- Jyabakuryou (2001)
List of staff
- Yuji Saito (animator)
- Hiroyuki Arai (artist)
- Chisai Abe
- Shun Arai
- Takashi Atsu
- Yasuhito Baba
- Kentaro Fujita
- Shinpei Fukuda
- Hisato Fukumoto
- Ryotaro Fukunaga
- Jun Fukushima
- Kazuhiro Fumoto
- Masato Hagishita
- Maiko Hagiwara
- Fumiaki Hara
- Tomoko Hasegawa
- Kazuhisa Hasuoka
- Yoshiaki Hattori
- Masamitsu Hayashi
- Mikio Hayashi
- Naoko Higashi
- Yuichi Higuchi
- Naohiro Hirao
- Tomokazu Honma
- Osamu Hori
- Eiji Horita
- Kazuki Hosokawa
- Hiroshi Ichikawa
- Yusuke Ichikawa
- Yuichi Ide
- Satoru Igita
- Tadashi Ihoroi
- Naoyuki Ikeshiro
- Hideyasu Imase
- Keisuke Inoue
- Manabu Ishihara
- Takashi Iwade
- Norihisa Iwasaki
- Takayuki Iwasaki
- Junichi Kakutani
- Hiromasa Kaneko
- Maki Kaneko
- Yosuke Karasawa
- Norihito Kato
- Takayuki Kawagoe
- Hiromi Kawamata
- Satoshi Kawase
- Masayoshi Kikuchi
- Takeo Kimata
- Yoshiaki Kitagawa
- Misaka Kitamura
- Hirotsugu Kobayashi
- Tadashi Kuroi
- Satoshi Kuwata
- Hiroyasu Lee
- Keiichiro Maeda
- Tamotsu Maeno
- Ryosuke Masuda
- Masaaki Matsuura
- Shinji Matsuura
- Kazuhiro Miyazawa
- Kunihiko Mori
- Yumi Morikawa
- Sachiko Morosawa
- Akihiko Mukaiyama
- Kenji Murayama
- Takahiro Nagata
- Yuusuke Nakadaira
- Taira Nakamura
- Hiroshi Nakatani
- Masaharu Nakayama
- Osamu Ogata
- Nobuya Ohashi
- Osamu Ohashi
- Hitoshi Ohta
- Hiroshi Okamoto
- Yuuichi Okazaki
- Hikaru Okita
- Tadashi Okuda
- Toru Oosaki
- Jun Orihara
- Akio Sakai
- Fumiyoshi Sakauchi
- Kenji Sakurai
- Outa Sano
- Koichi Sasaki
- Katsuhiko Sato
- Osamu Sato
- Takaya Segawa
- Yusuke Sekine
- Masamitsu Shiino
- Yukie Shimizu
- Masaaki Shimoma
- Yoichi Shimosato
- Keisuke Shimura
- Tetsuo Shinyu
- Touryu Sho
- Kaori Shoji
- Nobuhiro Suzuki
- Yasuhiro Suzuki
- Takahiro Tabata
- Atsutoshi Takahashi
- Masaya Takahashi
- Tomonobu Takahashi
- Makoto Takanashi
- Noriyuki Takano
- Miho Takayanagi
- Yutaka Takeda
- Yuji Takii
- Kohichiro Tamura
- Takeshi Tanaka
- Tomoharu Tanaka
- Kenichi Tanase
- Sanae Tatsuo
- Jiro Terakawa
- Takaaki Tokunaga
- Kentarou Tomii
- Daisuke Tomoda
- Yoshihiko Toyoshima
- Koue Tsukuda
- Tsuyoshi Tsunoi
- Ryuta Ueda
- Naohiro Warama
- Yuka Warigai
- Tohru Watanuki
- Riichiro Yamada
- Masaki Yamaguchi
- Yoko Yamazaki
- Hiroko Yokosuka
- Masayoshi Yokoyama
- Hisayoshi Yoshida
- Keisuke Yuasa
- Jun Yukawa
Photo gallery
Hundred Swords lead developers
Magazine articles
- Main article: Smilebit/Magazine articles.
External links
References
- ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:IR EN 2004-05-18.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://dengekionline.com/data/news/2003/10/2/4de4797b84de660ec1f84f185bf76b5d.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-22 22:17)
- ↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20180418132/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-11-30 00:25)
- ↑ http://sega.jp/segamoba/about/column.html (Wayback Machine: 2009-12-19 12:39)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-26 (2000-08-04,11)" (JP; 2000-07-21), page 35
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.smilebit.com/gaiyou.html (Wayback Machine: 2001-04-12 11:40)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://www.smilebit.com/company/company.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-06-12 19:19)
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