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'''WOW Entertainment''' was a development company housed within [[Sega]] between 1998 and 2004. Its employees came from [[Sega AM1]].
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (ワウ エンターテイメント) was a development company owned by [[Sega Corporation]] during 2000 to 2003.
  
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They are most famous for the ''House of the Dead'' series and '''Vampire Night'' light gun games. They are also known for role-playing games such as ''[[Candy Stripe]]''. Another notable title is the Gran Turismo-like game Sega GT 2002.
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WOW Entertainment is a continuation of '''Sega Software R&D Dept. 1'''{{fileref|DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf.pdf|page=92}}, 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.
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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.
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In October 2003, WOW Entertainment merged with [[Overworks]] to become [[Sega WOW]] (briefly "WOW Works"){{fileref|IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf|page=1}}.
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==Members==
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*[[Kazunari Tsukamoto]]
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*[[Makoto Uchida]]
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*[[Rikiya Nakagawa]]
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*[[Takashi Oda]]
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==Softography (arcade)==
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{{multicol|
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===[[NAOMI]]===
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* ''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Alien Front]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Dynamic Golf]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Inu no Osanpo]]'' (2001) (with [[Cave]])
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* ''[[Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[World Series Baseball (NAOMI)]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Lupin the 3rd: The Typing]]'' (2002)
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===[[NAOMI 2]]===
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* ''[[Wild Riders]]'' (2001)
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===Namco System 246===
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* ''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001) (with [[Namco]])
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===[[Chihiro]]===
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* ''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2002)
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==Softography (consumer)==
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===[[Dreamcast]]===
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* ''[[Alien Front Online]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Candy Stripe]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega GT]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Sega Tetris]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[World Series Baseball 2K1]]'' (2001)
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===[[PlayStation 2]]===
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing Duel]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Gekitou Pro Yakyuu]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001)
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===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
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* ''[[Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms]]'' (2002) (Supervision)
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* ''[[Columns Crown]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni!]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[The Pinball of the Dead]]'' (2002)
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===[[Xbox]]===
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* ''[[Sega GT 2002]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Sega GT Online]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2003)
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===[[GameCube]]===
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* ''[[Home Run King]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Gekitou Pro Yakyuu]]'' (2003)
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===PC===
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega GT]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (2002)
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
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==External links==
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030811222750/http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/index.html WOW Entertainment official website (Japanese, Internet Archive)]
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==References==
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<references />
  
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In 2004 WOW merged with [[Overworks]] (another Sega held division) to form [[Sega WOW]].
 
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==Softography==
 
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*''[[The House of the Dead 2]]'' (1999)
 
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*''[[Zombie Revenge]]'' (1999)
 
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*''[[Sega GT]]'' (2000)
 
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*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (2000)
 
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (also with [[Smilebit]])
 
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (U.S. edition) (2001) (also with [[Smilebit]])
 
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*''[[World Series Baseball]]'' (2001) — TODO which version?
 
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*''[[Alien Front Online]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Inu no Osanpo]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001)
 
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*''[[Sega GT 2002]]'' (2002)
 
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*''[[Columns Crown]]'' (2002)
 
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*''[[The House of the Dead 3]]'' (2002)
 
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*''[[The Pinball of the Dead]]'' (2002)
 
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*''[[Super Real Tennis]]'' (2003)
 
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2003]]'' (2002) (also with [[Smilebit]])
 
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*''[[Nightshade]]'' (2004)
 
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*''[[Sega GT Online]]'' (2004)
 
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*''[[The House of the Dead 4]]'' (2005)
 
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*''[[Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka]]'' (2006)
 
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*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2]]'' (2007) (also with [[Smilebit]])
 
 
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Revision as of 20:51, 5 June 2017

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[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")[2].

Members

Softography (arcade)

NAOMI

NAOMI 2

Namco System 246

Chihiro

Softography (consumer)

Dreamcast

PlayStation 2

Game Boy Advance

Xbox

GameCube

PC

Magazine articles

Main article: WOW Entertainment/Magazine articles.

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:DCM_JP_20000825_2000-28.pdf.pdf, page 92
  2. ↑ File:IR EN 2003-07-30.pdf, page 1


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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