Banpresto

Founded in 1977-04 last activity in 2012
Status: nomoregames
Country: Japan

9.0

per year

aka(s): Hoei, Coreland

Banpresto Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy company, and a former game developer and publishing,
headquartered in the Shinagawa Seaside West Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The current iteration of the
company was formed on April 1, 2008, with the focus on the toy consumer business.

The original company was founded April 1977 as Hoei Sangyo, Co. Ltd.. During the 1980s it worked mainly as a subcontractor for Sega and
its arcade division, and the company was renamed Coreland in 1982. It started to be partially owned by Bandai in 1989, when it gained its current name. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings in March 2006. Banpresto has created a variety of Japan-only video games, most notably the Super Robot
Wars series. Other projects include anime tie-in games such as the Slam Dunk basketball games and Tenchi Muyou! Game Hen. Banpresto also made
the Another Century’s Episode series, a collaboration with FromSoftware, and the Compati Hero series of games which crosses over the Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Gundam franchises. Banpresto also makes several varieties of mechanical prize-winning games. As Coreland, the company has produced a number of games for Sega, including Pengo, 4-D Warriors and I’m Sorry. Banpresto’s video game operations were absorbed into Bandai Namco Games on April 1, 2008.
As part of the merger, two of Banpresto’s subsidiaries, Pleasure Cast Co. Ltd and Hanayashiki Co. Ltd, became Namco subsidiaries. Banpresto itself now
focuses on its prize machines business.

It is known for .hack//, Alien Storm, Ar tonelico, Atelier, Baldies, Compati Hero Series, Cyberbots, Darkstalkers, Dead Rising, Devil May Cry, Doukyuusei, Dragon Drive, Dragon Knight, Fantasy Zone, Farland Saga, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gods Eater, Kirby, Lode Runner, Magna Carta, Mega Man, Puyo Puyo, Resident Evil, Sakura Taisen, Shining, Space Channel 5, Space Harrier, Street Fighter, Summon Night, Super Robot Wars, Tales of, Tekken, Valkyria Chronicles, Valkyrie no Boken, Virtua Fighter, Xenosaga

Releases per year

1990	9
1991	8
1992	13
1993	19
1994	24
1995	39
1996	29
1997	21
1998	20
1999	19
2000	15
2001	17
2002	11
2003	15
2004	11
2005	14
2006	14
2007	10
2008	6
2009	6
2010	2

2012	2

324 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

	19
	51
	12
	2
	0

Common gametypes

Top platforms

PS		71
SNES		54
Arcade		39
PS2		32
GBA		27
GB		24
GBC		13
Saturn		11
NES		9
WonderSwan		7
Nintendo DS		5
PSP		4
PC Engine CD		4
NEC PC9801		4
N64		3

Banpresto best rated games

Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Yakyoku	2005	ps2
Summon Night: Craft Sword Monogatari - Hajimari no Ishi	2005	gba
Super Robot Pinball	2001	gbc
Dai-3-Ji Super Robot Taisen	1993	snes
Super Robot Taisen Gaiden: Masou Kishin: The Lord of Elemental	1996	snes
Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors	2002	gbc
Shin Masō Kishin: Panzer Warfare	1999	ps1
Super Puyo Puyo	1993	snes
Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2	2005	gba
Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3	2004	ps2

Banpresto worst games

Dragon Ball Z	1993	arcd
CB Chara Wars - Ushinawareta Gag	1992	snes
Super Dragonball Z	2005	arcd
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	1994	gg
Summon Night: Craft Sword Monogatari 2	2004	gba