Smilebit

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Smilebit
Founded: 2000-04-21
Defunct: 2004-07-01 (as Subsidiary), 2005-05-01 (as Division)
Merged into: Sega Sports Design R&D Dept., New Entertainment R&D Dept.
Headquarters: Japan

Smilebit (スマイルビット) was a research and development division within Sega. 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!. 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..

Members

• Akihiko Mukaiyama
• Eigo Kasahara
• Hisayoshi Yoshida
• Masamitsu Shiino
• Masayoshi Kikuchi
• Masayoshi Yokoyama
• Naohiro Warama‎
• Kazuhisa Hasuoka
• Ryuta Ueda
• Shun Arai
• Tadashi Ihoroi
• Takayuki Kawagoe
• Takashi Atsu
• Takaya Segawa
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Osamu Ohashi
• Outa Sano
• Youichi Shimosato

Softography

Dreamcast

• 90 Minutes: Sega Championship Football (2001)
• Derby Tsuku 2 (2001) (Development: Land Ho!)
• Hundred Swords (2001)
• De La Jet Set Radio (2000)
• Motto Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (2000)
• Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou Net! (2000)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! & Asobou! (2001)
• Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2000)
• Soccer Tsuku Tokudaigou 2: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2001)
• The Typing of the Dead (2000) (with WOW Entertainment)

PlayStation 2

• Soccer Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)
• Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Ba wo Tsukurou! (2003) (with Land Ho!)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3 (2003)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2003)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003 (2003)
• Derby Tsuku 4: Derby Ba wo Tsukurou! (2004) (with Land Ho!)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! '04 (2004)

Game Boy Advance

• Baseball Advance (2002)
• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance (2002)

Xbox

• Gunvalkyrie (2002)
• Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
• Panzer Dragoon Orta (2002)

GameCube

• Derby Tsuku 3: Derby Ba wo Tsukurou! (2003) (with Land Ho!)

Triforce

• Virtua Striker 4 (2004)

PC

• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (2002)

Mobile

• J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Mobile (2004)

Magazine articles

Main article: Smilebit/Magazine articles.

External links

• Smilebit Official websites (Japanese, Internet Archive)