Banpresto
Sign in to save(formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-owned subsidiary of toymaker Bandai from 1989 to 2006, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings from 2006 to 2008. In addition to video games, Banpresto produced toys, keyrings, apparel, and plastic models.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Banpresto Co. Ltd.
- Company.logo
- Banpresto logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 180px
- Company.logo_alt
- The word "BANPRESTO" in red, above a black visor graphic.
- Company.image
- Shinagawa seaside west tower 2009.JPG
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.image_alt
- A tall glass building
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Company.native_name
- 株式会社バンプレスト
- Company.native_name_lang
- ja
- Company.romanized_name
- Kabushiki gaisha Banpuresuto
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.founder
- Yasushi Matsuda
- Company.fate
- Dissolved; video game operations folded into Namco Bandai Games. Currently active as a brand for Bandai Spirits.
- Company.hq_location
- Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Company.area_served
- Japan
- Company.revenue
- 3.020 billion (2008)
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and acquisition by Bandai (1977–1989)
- ''Super Robot Wars'' and expansion (1989–1996)
- Restructuring and continuing expansion (1996–2005)
- Namco Bandai takeover and dissolution (2005–2008)
- Games
- Hoei/Coreland
- Banpresto
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
(formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in the New Territories. Banpresto was a partly-owned subsidiary of toymaker Bandai from 1989 to 2006, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings from 2006 to 2008. In addition to video games, Banpresto produced toys, keyrings, apparel, and plastic models.
Banpresto was founded by Japanese businessman Yasushi Matsuda as Hoei International on April 30, 1977. Its poor reputation led to its name being changed to Coreland Technology in 1982, becoming a contractual developer for companies such as Sega. Coreland was majority-acquired by Bandai in 1989 following severe financial difficulties and renamed Banpresto, becoming Bandai's arcade game division. Banpresto focused primarily on producing games with licensed characters, such as Ultraman and Gundam. Its sharing of Bandai's library of popular characters allowed the company to become one of Japan's largest game publishers in the 1990s.
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