Sega
| Sega Corporation 株式会社セガ | ||||
 Sega logo used for international territories such as the United States and Europe. | ||||
| Founded | June 30, 1960 | |||
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| Headquarters | Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden Tower, 1-1-1 Nishi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Type | Subsidiary | |||
| Owner(s) | Sega Sammy Holdings | |||
| Subsidiaries | Atlus Sega Fave TMS Entertainment Marza Animation Planet Sega of America Sega Europe | |||
| Industry | Video games, mobile games | |||
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Sega (Japanese: セガ) is a Japanese multinational video game company founded on June 30, 1960 and currently headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe are headquartered in Irvine, Califonia and London respectively. Sega's video game and arcade businesses were previously split into two companies from 2015 to 2020, these divisions operated under the names Sega Interactive (arcade games) and Sega Games (video game software) respectively. Sonic the Hedgehog the titular character of his namesake franchise serves as the company's mascot. The company is owned by Sega Sammy Holdings, which was formed in 2004 after Sammy Corporation purchased Sega to form a holding company. From 1983 to 2001, Sega developed video game consoles, these included: the SG-1000, the Sega Mark III & the Sega Master System, Mega Drive/Genesis, Game Gear, Sega Saturn and the Dreamcast.
Sega Fave
Sega Toys (Japanese: セガトイズ Sega Toizu) is a Japanese toy company that was formed on February of 1991 as S-PAL Co. Ltd., a division of the original Yonezawa Toys. In 1994, Espal absorbed Yonezawa Toys and a few months later Sega purchased Espal and was renamed to Sega-Yonezawa. Espal was one of the first few companies to develop games for the Pico learning system. In 1998, the company was renamed to its current name and took over all future sales of the Pico system after Sega launched the Dreamcast. During this time, Sega Toys developed and published several Pokémon games for the Pico. In 2004, Sega Toys debuted an upgraded version of the Pico system known as the Advanced Pico Beena. At least four Pokémon games were released for the system during the Beena's lifespan. The company was renamed to Sega Fave (Japanese: セガ フェイブ Sega Feibu) effective on April 1, 2024 which combined Sega Toys with Sega's amusement machine business.[1] Said company would take over development of arcade titles based on the Pokémon animated series from that year onwards.
Atlus
Atlus (Japanese: アトラス Atorasu) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded in 1986. In 1991, the company established a North American branch to localize and publish Atlus titles in the region, but in the coming years, Atlus USA began licensing and publishing titles from other companies. In 2003, the company was sold to Takara[2] and in 2006, the company was acquired by Index. By 2010, Index Holdings absorbed Atlus into their mobile game division, renamed itself to Index Corporation and began using the name as a brand for its video games, Atlus USA was renamed to Index Digital Media by that point. As Atlus lacked an division in Europe, Australia and East Asia, their titles were published by other companies in those regions, most notably NIS America, Koei and Square Enix among many others. In 2013, Index filed for bankruptcy and the company (including Atlus) was later sold to Sega Sammy Holdings.[3] In 2014, Sega Sammy announced the separation of Index's content and solution businesses under two new companies: Index (solutions) and a new company under the Atlus name (video games), effective on April 1 of that year. In 2015, Sega Sammy sold Index's solution businesses to Sawada Holdings[4] as part of a major restructuring of the Sega Sammy Group. Sega kept the Atlus brand and its properties as a result and since then, Atlus has continued to develop and publish games (via Sega) and has also briefly helped localize Sega games that were developed or sold exclusively in Japan for the international market. In 2016, Sega of America absorbed Atlus USA and thus, games from Atlus are published by Sega themselves internationally. Sometime during 2017, the company established an publishing branch in Europe, within Sega's UK division, Sega Europe. In 2019, Atlus USA was renamed to Atlus West and its publishing duties were absorbed by Sega of America. Atlus and Sega jointly developed the Print Club machines and a Pokémon variation of the machine was developed at the tail end of the machine's popularity.
Pokémon games
Arcade games
- Print Club Pokémon B
- Pokémon Tretta (Taiwanese distribution)
- Pokémon Corogarena
Video games
Due to Sega's exit from the hardware market in 2001.[5], all licensed video games based on the animated series for a Sega-developed system were published by Sega Toys.
- Pokémon: Catch the Numbers!
- Pokémon Advanced Generation: I've Begun Hiragana and Katakana!
- Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pico for Everyone Pokémon Loud Battle!
- Pokémon Advanced Generation: Pokémon Number Battle!
- Intellectual Training Drill Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Letter and Number Intelligence Game
- Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Search for Pokémon! Adventure in the Maze!
- Pokémon Best Wishes: Intelligence Training Pokémon Big Sports Meet!
External links
Sega Sammy Holdings
Sega Fave
References
- ↑ Notice regarding the Organizational Restructure in the Entertainment Contents Business (Absorption-type Demerger between consolidated subsidiaries and change of trade name of subsidiary)
- ↑ Takara to buy Atlus
- ↑ Sega to acquire Atlus parent company for $140M (update)
- ↑ Notice of Conclusion of Transfer Agreement of Subsidiary's Shares (Index Corporation) by Subsidiary (SEGA Holdings Co., Ltd.)
- ↑ Sega officially exits video-game console market
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