Namco Tales Studio
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Namco Tales Studio Ltd.
History
Originally headed by Masahiro Akishino, Wolf Team became independent from Telenet in 1987, was reintegrated in 1990 and got merged with another Telenet subsidiary called Lasersoft, then was completely absorbed in an internal restructuring at Telenet in 1993 at which point most of the staff left together with Akishino.
The remaining staff were the then-very-young programmer
For Tale Phantasia, a game concept by Gotanda, they looked for an outside publisher with a better reputation.[5] After approaching Enix, Telenet struck a contract with Namco. Namco insisted on many changes to the game, including changing the title to Tales of Phantasia. The conflict over these changes pushed the game's release from 1994 into late 1995. Most of the initial staff left during this dispute and founded tri-Ace in early 1995.
To continue the lucrative arrangement with Namco to develop the
At the time of its renaming Namco owned 60% of this venture, Telenet Japan/Kazuyuki Fukushima retained 34%, and Tales series director Eiji Kikuchi received 6%. (Kikuchi, who was the head of Telenet's game development department for 10 years, left Telenet to head the new team full-time.) Effective on April 1, 2006, the then-newly merged Bandai Namco Holdings bought the remaining shares from Telenet Japan, cutting the last link to the developers' former employer and increasing its stockholding majority to 94%. In October 2007, Telenet filed for bankruptcy and closed, putting an end to the Wolf Team name. Namco later acquired the remaining shares.
Namco Tales Studios remained the primary developer of the so-called "mothership" titles of the Tales series, with the exception of Tales of Legendia and Tales of Innocence. Legendia was developed by an internal Namco development team called Team Melfes; while Innocence was developed by an independent developer, Alfa System, which also developed various spinoff games in the Tales series.
In November 2011, it was announced that the current Tales Studio would be dissolved and would merge with their publisher,
Developed games
Namco Tales Studio has developed games for the GameCube, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Game | Release date | Platform |
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Tales of Phantasia | 1995 | Super NES |
Tales of Destiny | 1997 | PlayStation |
Tales of Eternia | 2000 | PlayStation |
Tales of Destiny 2 | 2002 | PlayStation 2 |
Tales of Symphonia | 2003 | GameCube |
Tales of Rebirth | 2004 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
Tales of the Abyss | 2005 | PlayStation 2 |
Tales of Destiny Remake | 2006 | PlayStation 2 |
Tales of Destiny Director's Cut | 2008 | PlayStation 2 |
Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World | 2008 | Wii |
Tales of Vesperia | 2008 | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
Tales of Hearts | 2008 | Nintendo DS |
Tales of Graces | 2009 | Wii |
Keroro RPG: Kishi to Musha to Densetsu no Kaizoku[1] | 2010 | Nintendo DS |
Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X | 2010 | PlayStation Portable |
Tales of Graces F | 2010 | PlayStation 3 |
Tales of Xillia | 2011 | PlayStation 3 |
Notes: 1 Tales Studio sound staff only
For a complete list of Tales of games, see Tales (video game series).
As Wolf Team
- Aisle Lord
- Anett Futatabi
- Arcus
- Arcus II: Silent Symphony
- Arcus 3
- Arcus Odyssey
- Akushu: Kagerou no Jidai wo Koe te
- Apros: Daichi no Shou Kaze no Tankyuu Sha hen
- Cliff Hanger
- Cobra Command
- Crystal Chaser: Tenkuu no Masuishou
- D: European Mirage
- Daitoua Mokujiroku Goh
- Diamond Players
- Devastator
- Dino Land
- Earnest Evans
- El Viento
- Fhey Area
- Final Zone (FZ Senki AXIS)
- Gaudi: Barcelona no Kaze
- Granada
- Goh 2
- Gulf War Soukouden
- Hiōden
- Hiōden 2
- Hiōden: Mamono-tachi tono Chikai
- Jinmu Denshou
- Mid-Garts
- Niko^2
- Revenge of the Ninja
- Road Blaster
- Ryū: Naki no Ryū Yori
- Seirei Shinseiki - Fhey Area
- Shinsengumi: Bakumatsu Genshikou
- Sol-Feace/Sol-Deace
- Span of Dream
- Suzaku
- Tales of Destiny
- Tales of Destiny 2
- Tales of Eternia
- Tales of Phantasia
- Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon
- Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2
- Tenbu Limited / Mankan Zenseki
- Tenbu: Sangokushi Seishi
- The Grail Hunter
- The Journey Home: Quest for the Throne
- Tokyo Twilight Busters
- Time Gal
- Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
- Yaksa
- Zan: Kagerou no Toki
- Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku
- Zan II: Spirits
- Zan 2: Kagerou no Jidai
- Zan 2: Kagerou no Jidai Soshuhen
- Zan 3: Tenun Ware ni Ari
- Zan Gear
Notes
References
- ^ Goulter, Tom (November 21, 2011). "Tales Studio shut down by Namco Bandai". GamesRadar+. Future plc. Archived from the original on April 25, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ a b Anoop Gantayat (November 21, 2012). "Namco Bandai Dissolving Tales Studio". Andriasang. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ^ a b Ashcraft, Brian (November 21, 2011). "Was This Inevitable? The Tales Studio Is Dead". Kotaku. G/O Media. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ a b http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/files/E38390E383B3E38380E382A4E3838AE383A0E382B3E382B9E3.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Pär Villner & Fredrik Schaufelberger: "Square Enix", Level (Swedish magazine) 29, September 2009, pg. 44-59. (Swedish)