WOW Entertainment

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WOW Entertainment
Founded: 2000-04-21
Defunct: 2003-10-01
Merged with: Overworks (2004)
Headquarters: Japan

WOW Entertainment (ワウ エンターテイメント) was a development company owned by Sega Corporation during 2000 to 2003.

WOW Entertainment is a continuation of Sega Software R&D Dept. 1, though as with other R&D divisions of Sega restructured around this time, it was classed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sega as opposed to simply being a R&D division.

Not much has changed in terms of approach for the studio when it became WOW Entertainment. The studio provided a variety of different games to the arcades, as well as the Dreamcast. A very different venture for WOW was the attempt to rival Gran Turismo, with the Sega GT for Dreamcast and Sega GT 2002 for Xbox.

In October 2003, WOW Entertainment merged with Overworks to become Sega WOW (briefly "WOW Works").

Members

• Kazunari Tsukamoto
• Makoto Uchida
• Rikiya Nakagawa
• Takashi Oda

Softography

NAOMI

• Alien Front (2001)
• Inu no Osanpo (2001)

NAOMI GD-ROM

• Sports Jam (2000)
• Virtua Golf (2001)
• World Series Baseball (2001)
• Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting (2001)
• Lupin the 3rd: The Typing (2002)

NAOMI Multiboard

• Sega Strike Fighter (2000)

NAOMI 2

• Wild Riders (2001)

Dreamcast

• Sega GT (2000)
• The Typing of the Dead (2000)
• Giant Gram 2000: Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi (2000)
• Sega Marine Fishing (2000)
• Sega Tetris (2000)
• Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (2000)
• Sports Jam (2001)
• Alien Front Online (2001)
• Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
• Candy Stripe: Minarai Tenshi (2001)

Game Boy Advance

• Columns Crown (2001)
• The Pinball of the Dead (2002)
• Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002)

PlayStation 2

• Vampire Night (2001)
• NBA 2K2 (2002) (localisation)
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu Taikenban (2003)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (2003) (player animation)
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (2003)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003 (2003) (player animation)

GameCube

• Home Run King (2002)
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (2003)

Triforce

• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu: Mizushima Shinji Allstars vs Pro Yakyuu (2003)

Xbox

• Sega GT 2002 (2002)
• Sega GT 2002/Jet Set Radio Future (2002)
• The House of the Dead III (2002)
• Sega GT Online (2003)

Chihiro

• The House of the Dead III (2002)

Windows PC

• Sega GT (2001)
• Sega Marine Fishing (2001)
• The Typing of the Dead 2003 (2002)
• The Typing of the Dead 2004 (2003)
• The Typing of the Dead Typing Lariat (2006)

NAOMI

• Sports Jam (2000)
• Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni (2000)
• Alien Front (2001)
• Dynamic Golf (2001)
• Inu no Osanpo (2001) (with Cave)
• Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting (2001)
• Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
• World Series Baseball (NAOMI) (2001)
• Lupin the 3rd: The Typing (2002)

NAOMI 2

• Wild Riders (2001)

Namco System 246

• Vampire Night (2001) (with Namco)

Chihiro

• The House of the Dead III (2002)

Softography (consumer)

Dreamcast

• Alien Front Online (2001)
• Candy Stripe (2001)
• Sega Bass Fishing 2 (2001)
• Sega GT (2000)
• Sega Marine Fishing (2000)
• Sega Tetris (2000)
• Sports Jam (2001)
• World Series Baseball 2K1 (2001)

PlayStation 2

• Sega Bass Fishing Duel (2002)
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu (2003)
• Vampire Night (2001)

Game Boy Advance

• Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002) (Supervision)
• Columns Crown (2001)
• Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni! (2004)
• The Pinball of the Dead (2002)

Xbox

• Sega GT 2002 (2002)
• Sega GT Online (2003)
• The House of the Dead III (2003)

GameCube

• Home Run King (2002)
• Gekitou Pro Yakyuu (2003)

PC

• Sega Bass Fishing (2001)
• Sega GT (2001)
• Sega Marine Fishing (2002)

Magazine articles

Main article: WOW Entertainment/Magazine articles.

External links

• WOW Entertainment official website (Japanese, Internet Archive)