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{{stub}}'''WOW Entertainment''' was a development company housed within [[Sega]] during the early 2000s.
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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.
  
It can be seen as the logical continuation of [[Sega AM1]], primarily concerning itself with ''The House of the Dead'' and ''[[Sega GT]]'' amongst other products. Unlike AM1, however, WOW was made to focus its efforts on the home market, despite having maintained its distance during the [[Sega Saturn]] years.
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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.
  
In 2004 WOW merged with [[Overworks]] to form [[Sega WOW]].
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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.
  
==Softography==
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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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===[[Dreamcast]]===
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==Members==
*''[[Sega GT]]'' (2000)
 
*''[[Giant Gram 2000 Zen Nihon Pro Wres 3 Eikou no Yuushatachi]]'' (2000)
 
*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (2000)
 
*''[[Sega Tetris]]'' (2000)
 
*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (with [[Smilebit]])
 
*''[[Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni]]'' (2000)
 
*''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[World Series Baseball 2K1]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[Alien Front Online]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[Candy Stripe]]'' (2001)
 
  
===PC===
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*[[Kazunari Tsukamoto]]
*''[[The Typing of the Dead]]'' (2000) (with [[Smilebit]])
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*[[Makoto Uchida]]
*''[[Sega Marine Fishing]]'' (2002)
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*[[Rikiya Nakagawa]]
*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2003]]'' (2002) (with [[Smilebit]])
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*[[Takashi Oda]]
*''[[The Typing of the Dead 2004]]'' (2003) (with [[Smilebit]])
 
  
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==Softography (arcade)==
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===[[NAOMI]]===
 
===[[NAOMI]]===
*''[[Sega Strike Fighter]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2000)
*''[[Sports Jam]]'' (2000)
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* ''[[Quiz Aa! Megami-sama: Tatakau Tsubasa to Tomoni]]'' (2000)
*''[[World Series Baseball (NAOMI)|World Series Baseball]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Alien Front]]'' (2001)
*''[[Alien Front]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Dynamic Golf]]'' (2001)
*''[[Inu no Osanpo]]'' (2001) (with [[Cave]])
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* ''[[Inu no Osanpo]]'' (2001) (with [[Cave]])
*''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Lupin the 3rd: The Shooting]]'' (2001)
*''[[Dynamic Golf]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing 2]]'' (2001)
*''[[Lupin III: The Shooting]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[World Series Baseball (NAOMI)]]'' (2001)
*''[[Lupin III: The Typing]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Lupin the 3rd: The Typing]]'' (2002)
  
 
===[[NAOMI 2]]===
 
===[[NAOMI 2]]===
*''[[Wild Riders]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Wild Riders]]'' (2001)
  
 
===Namco System 246===
 
===Namco System 246===
*''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001)
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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)
  
 
===[[PlayStation 2]]===
 
===[[PlayStation 2]]===
*''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Sega Bass Fishing Duel]]'' (2002)
*''[[Sega Bass Fishing Duel]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Gekitou Pro Yakyuu]]'' (2003)
*''[[Gekitou Pro Yakyuu]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[Vampire Night]]'' (2001)
  
 
===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
 
===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
*''[[Columns Crown]]'' (2001)
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* ''[[Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms]]'' (2002) (Supervision)
*''[[The Pinball of the Dead]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Columns Crown]]'' (2001)
*''[[Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Lilliput Oukoku: Lillimoni to Issho Puni!]]'' (2004)
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* ''[[The Pinball of the Dead]]'' (2002)
  
 
===[[Xbox]]===
 
===[[Xbox]]===
*''[[Sega GT 2002]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Sega GT 2002]]'' (2002)
*''[[The House of the Dead III]] (2003)
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* ''[[Sega GT Online]]'' (2003)
*''[[Sega GT Online]]'' (2003)
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* ''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2003)
  
 
===[[GameCube]]===
 
===[[GameCube]]===
*''[[Gekitou Pro Yakyuu]]'' (2003)
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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)]
  
===[[Chihiro]]===
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==References==
*''[[The House of the Dead III]]'' (2003)
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===Mobile===
 
*''[[Super Real Tennis]]'' (2004)
 
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{{SoJ}}

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)

Softography (consumer)

Magazine articles

Main article: WOW Entertainment/Magazine articles.

External links

References


Timeline of Sega of Japan research and development divisions








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