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Sega Interactive R&D3
Division of Sega Interactive

Founded: 2015-04-01

Defunct: 2020-04-01

Headquarters:

Japan

2015-04-01

← Sega R&D1

R&D Div. #3 (第三研究開発本部開発一部) was the first third division of Sega Interactive. It was spun out of Sega R&D1. It is unclear exactly when it was founded, but it seems to have coincided with the founding of Sega Interactive. The earliest recorded public mention of its existence came in November 2015.^[1]

R&D3 acted as a spiritual successor to Sega AM3, which had merged with AM1 in 2008. However, it was not a direct replica, as various former AM3 staff remained at R&D1, as did their former franchise Initial D Arcade Stage. Instead, it carried over former AM3 franchise World Club Champion Football, and R&D1’s new franchises ‘’maimai’’^[2] and Wonderland Wars^[3].

R&D3 was best known for its trio of rhythm game series: the afore-mentioned maimai, Chunithm (conceived at R&D1) and the brand new Ongeki. This naturally led to the department's sound section being the best-known for all R&D departments, especially as one of its members was Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. R&D3 overall mostly maintained and updated existing series, with Ongeki and the retooled WCCF Footista being the closest the department had to brand new games.

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 R&D3 acted as a spiritual successor to [[Sega AM3 (2005-2008)|Sega AM3]], which had merged with [[Sega AM1 (2005-2011)|AM1]] in 2008. However, it was not a direct replica, as various former AM3 staff remained at R&D1, as did their former franchise ''[[:category:Initial D|Initial D Arcade Stage]]''. Instead, it carried over former AM3 franchise ''[[:category:World Club Champion Football|World Club Champion Football]]'', and R&D1’s new franchises ‘’[[:category:maimai (franchise)|maimai]]’’{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20160617144453/http://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/interview/vol3-1}} and ''[[Wonderland Wars]]''{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20170928084256/https://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/interview/vol14-2/}}.
-R&D3 was best known for its trio of rhythm game series: the afore-mentioned ''maimai'', ''[[Chunithm]]'' (conceived at R&D1) and the brand new ''[[Ongeki]]''. This naturally led to the department's sound section being the best-known for all R&D departments, especially as one of its members was [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]].
+R&D3 was best known for its trio of rhythm game series: the afore-mentioned ''maimai'', ''[[Chunithm]]'' (conceived at R&D1) and the brand new ''[[Ongeki]]''. This naturally led to the department's sound section being the best-known for all R&D departments, especially as one of its members was [[Takenobu Mitsuyoshi]]. R&D3 overall mostly maintained and updated existing series, with ''Ongeki'' and the retooled ''[[WCCF Footista 2019|WCCF Footista]]'' being the closest the department had to brand new games.
 It was merged with [[Sega Games]] in 2020, becoming a new department in the 5th Development Div. of Sega Asia & Japan Studio HQ.

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