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
• Nobuya Ohashi
• Kazuhisa Hasuoka
• Ryuta Ueda
• Shun Arai
• Tadashi Ihoroi
• Takayuki Kawagoe
• Takashi Atsu
• Takaya Segawa
• Tetsuo Shinyu
• Osamu Ohashi
• Osamu Sato
• Outa Sano
• Youichi Shimosato

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

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

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)

Dreamcast

• The Typing of the Dead (2000) (with WOW Entertainment)

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)