List of fighting game companies
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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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- 8ing/Raizing along with Q Entertainment developed Battle Stadium D.O.N for the PS2 and GCN (featuring characters from Shōnen Jump franchises Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and Naruto). They are also responsible for the PSP-exclusive series based on Bleach, Bleach: Heat the Soul.
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- ADK created Neo Geo fighting games Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Ninja Master's, and the World Heroes series.
- "Angel" developed many games in the Sailor Moon video game series. Half of them were 2D fighting games made for the SNES and Playstation.
- Arc System Works are responsible for the Guilty Gear series, renowned for its strange character designs and unique gameplay. Their games also feature 2D graphics of higher resolution than found in most fighting games. Arc also developed Fist of the North Star, a 2005 2D arcade fighting game based on the Fist of the North Star anime/manga series.
- Atari developed Fight for Life exclusively for their final (short-lived) home console, the Atari Jaguar, and Primal Rage as an answer to the Mortal Kombat series, as well as Tenth Degree, as an answer to Tekken. Atari is also the U.S. publisher for most of the Budokai fighting game series (developed by Dimps in Japan), and the Budokai Tenkaichi series (developed by Spike in Japan).
[edit] B
- Bandai developed and published the Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden fighting game series and Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension for the SNES, and developed Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout for the PSX. Bandai also developed and published the only DBZ game for the Sega Genesis, Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden.
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- Capcom is best known for the Street Fighter series, whose largely innovative second incarnation (Street Fighter II in 1991) virtually invented the modern fighting game. They have since released a plethora of sequels, spin-offs, remakes, movie tie-ins and other fighting games (often with the same six-button layout). They are also the creators of the Darkstalkers series and beat 'em up games like the Final Fight series. Their most recent significant contributions to the genre are Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Capcom is also the creator of Onimusha Blade Warriors, building upon the Onimusha series.
- Contrail is the developer of the hybrid fighting/role-playing game, Legend of Legaia, for the PSX. The sequel, Legaia 2: Duel Saga, was developed by Prokion.
- CyberConnect2 developed the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, exclusive to the PS2 and PSP. Namco Bandai is the publisher for the series.
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- Data East created Fighter's History, which is notorious for being the game that caused Capcom to sue Data East in court (and lose) because of the game's similarities to Street Fighter II.
- Dimps is the developer of the Rumble Fish series, noted for its distinct 2D graphics. Dimps is also the creator of Custom Beat Battle: Draglade, a 2D Fighter/RPG/rhythm based game hybrid exclusive to the Nintendo DS. Dimps also produced the DragonBall Z Budokai series
- DreamFactory developed or co-developed the Tobal games, Ehrgeiz, UFC: Tapout, and The Bouncer.
[edit] E
- Examu (formerly Yuki Enterprise) developed Samurai Shodown V, Samurai Shodown V Special (noted for its violence), and Arcana Heart (noted for its all-female cast).
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- Fill-in-Cafe developed the Asuka 120% series for the Japanese computer FM Towns (and later appeared on the Sega Saturn and PSX). They are all published by Family Soft.
- Fuuki developed the Asura series, with installments Asura Blade and Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors.
[edit] G
- Ganbarion is the developer of Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars for the Nintendo DS, as well as One Piece Grand Battle! Rush!, One Piece Grand Adventure and One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.
[edit] H
- Hudson Soft is one of the co-developers (along with 8ing/Raizing) and the publisher for the Bloody Roar series. They also co-developed DreamMix TV World Fighters, a crossover fighting game starring characters from Hudson, Takara (now known as Takara Tomy), and Konami game franchises.
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- International Games System (or IGS) is a Taiwan-based company that has made its own 2D fighting games: Spectral vs. Generation (featuring characters from Idea Factory games), Alien Challenge, The Killing Blade and Martial Masters.
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- Konami created Martial Champion as an answer to Street Fighter II, and Dragoon Might as an answer to Samurai Shodown. Later on, Konami made the 3D games Kensei: Sacred Fist (for the PSX) and Deadly Arts (for the N64).
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- LucasArts, best known for their adventure game offerings and Star Wars video games, developed its only 3D weapon-based fighting game, Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi, for the PSX.
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- Midway sparked an incredible amount of controversy in 1992's Mortal Kombat, a 2D fighter with digitized sprites and cartoonish gore. Like Street Fighter II had spawned a multitude of imitations, other companies released similarly gory offerings, though they did not do as well. The more recent games in the series (Mortal Kombat 4, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, and Mortal Kombat: Deception) are in 3D. Midway also manufactured the arcade cabinets for the Killer Instinct series.
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- Namco created the Tekken series and the Soul, arguably the most popular 3D fighting games.
- Natsume Co., Ltd. published the N64-exclusive fighting/role-playing game Flying Dragon, which was developed by Culture Brain.
- Nintendo has published games like the Super Smash Bros. series (developed by HAL Laboratory) and Killer Instinct series (developed by Rareware). Nintendo's first fighting game was Urban Champion; the second was the Japan-only Famicom title, Joy Mech Fight.
- Noise Factory is the developer of 2D fighting games such as Rage of the Dragons and Power Instinct Matrimelee (part of the Power Instinct fighting game series originally developed by Atlus).
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- Ocean Software published the N64-exclusive 3D fighting game series, Fighters Destiny which was developed by Imagineer. SouthPeak Interactive published the sequel, Fighter Destiny 2 (intentionally named differently).
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- Q Entertainment developed Battle Stadium D.O.N in collaboration with 8ing/Raizing for the PS2 and GCN systems.
[edit] R
- Rareware is the developer responsible for the combo-intense Killer Instinct series, composed of Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct 2, and Killer Instinct Gold, an update to Killer Instinct 2. The entire series was published by Nintendo.
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- Sega's AM2 team are the developers of the 3D Virtua Fighter series (Virtua Fighter, in 1993, is widely regarded as the first 3D fighting game). Fighting Vipers was a similar game by AM2 with a glam rock theme, but did poorly in the U.S. and Europe. Virtual On also did very poorly in U.S. sales. Sega also created Eternal Champions. Sega also developed various fighting games based on the popular Bleach series for Nintendo consoles.
- SNK were the makers of the long-running King of Fighters series for the Neo Geo consoles and arcade machines they manufactured. They also produced the Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury, and Last Blade series starting in the early 1990s; many other companies followed suit in producing fighting games for the Neo Geo.
- Squaresoft (now Square-Enix) published the PSX-exclusive samurai-based Bushido Blade series, developed by Light Weight. The two games in the series play much more realistically than other weapon-based fighting games, and do not feature meters of any kind.
- Sunsoft created Galaxy Fight and Waku Waku 7 for the Neo Geo.
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- Taito Corporation created the Psychic Force series. Psychic Force and Psychic Force 2012 are the only installments. The games can be considered precursors to the Dragon Ball Z Budokai games. Taito also developed the 3D games Fighter's Impact, and its sequel Fighter's Impact A.
- Tamsoft created the Battle Arena Toshinden series.
- Technos made the popular Double Dragon series, which included one fighting game for the Neo Geo, titled Double Dragon.
- Tecmo's division Team Ninja has developed every instance of the Dead or Alive series. The creation of the Dead or Alive franchise most likely saved Tecmo from both financial and business collapse.
- Tomy, along with 8ing/Raizing, are co-developers of the Naruto: Clash of Ninja series.
- Treasure Co. Ltd. is the sole developer of Bleach: The Blade of Fate and Bleach DS 2nd for the Nintendo DS.
- Type-Moon created (along with French-Bread) the dōjin soft 2D fighter Melty Blood. Its general success (including arcade and PS2 versions) made Type-Moon less of a dōjin soft organization and more of a company.
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[edit] V
- Visco Games' Breakers Revenge became Visco's fighting game franchise for the Neo Geo MVS.
