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Paon DP Co., Ltd.
Company typePrivate
IndustryVideo games
PredecessorsPaon Corporation, Ltd.
DP Co., Ltd.
FoundedAugust 3, 2004;19 years ago(2004-08-03)[1]
HeadquartersKita, Tokyo,Japan
Key people
Kaishun Kihara (presidentandCEO)
Ken Yamamoto (vice-president)
Nobuo Iwata
Rikiya Nakagawa
Tatsuya Watanabe (former presidents of Paon)
Iwao Horita (former vice-president of Paon)
Number of employees
44 (as of 2023)[1]
Websitepaon-dp

Paon DP Co., Ltd.(Kabushiki gaisha パオン・ディーピー)is a Japanesevideo game developer.The company was founded in August 2004 as DP Inc. and merged with Paon Corporation, Ltd. in March 2015 to form Paon DP.[1]

Paon Corporation was founded on January 20, 1999.[2]Through a partnership withNintendo,Paon developedDK: King of Swing,Donkey Kong Barrel BlastandDK: Jungle Climber.Paon was also involved in development of 2000SNK'sNeo Geo Pocket Colorfighting game titles,SNK Gals' Fightersas composer and sound work team, as well as composer to some other Neo Geo Pocket Color titles.

When the companyData Eastwent bankrupt, Paon Corporation bought the rights to some of their games, includingKarnov,[3]Chelnov,[3]andWindjammers[4]as well as theGlory of Heracles[5][6]andKuugaseries,[7]all of which are now owned by Paon DP.[1]Paon developedGlory of Heraclesin 2008, the sixth title of theGlory of Heraclesseries, which was published by Nintendo. The rights to that game are split between Paon and Nintendo[8]with the latter owning the trademark as well.[9][10]

In 2010, the company entered into the business of mobile game development.

Paon merged with DP Co., Ltd. on March 1, 2015 to form Paon DP. An associate company of pachislot maker Daito Giken, (since the company's chairman is the same as Daito Giken).

As a result of the merger, DP became the surviving entity while Paon Corporation was dissolved. The new company now develops mobile games only to Japan, as well as often licensing their owned properties, in 2017, Paon DP moved its headquarters to Kita, Tokyo.

A large amount of developers who were previously at Paon ended up at another Japanese video game developer called Picola Co., Ltd.[11],which was formed at the same time as the Paon/DP merger in February 2015 and later co-developed the gameLittle Dragons Café,a cafe-management and dragon-raising simulator that was released forMicrosoft Windows,PlayStation 4andNintendo Switchin 2018.[12]

Games developed, co-developed, licensed, published or co-published by Paon DP

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References

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  1. ^abcd"Company Overview".PAON DP Inc.Retrieved26 October2020.
  2. ^"プログラム・ゲーム の xí họa ・ chế tác ・デザイン の kabushiki gaisha パオン - hội xã điểm chính".October 26, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon October 26, 2008.
  3. ^ab"データイースト レトロゲームミュージック コレクション2".
  4. ^"ネオジオ バーチャルコンソール ラインナップ / NEOGEO Virtual Console Lineup".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-17.
  5. ^"VC ヘラクレス の vinh quang III thần 々 の tặng り vật"(in Japanese).Nintendo.Retrieved2007-04-08.
  6. ^"VC ヘラクレス の vinh quang IV thần 々 の tặng り vật"(in Japanese).Nintendo.Retrieved2008-08-03.
  7. ^"データイースト レトロゲームミュージック コレクション".TEAM Entertainment. Inc.
  8. ^ヘラクレス の vinh quang ～ hồn の chứng minh ～(in Japanese).Nintendo.Retrieved2008-07-31.
  9. ^"Trademark Status & Document Retrieval".
  10. ^"Trademark Status & Document Retrieval".
  11. ^"Picola Inc. -MobyGames".
  12. ^"Little Dragons Café (2018) - MobyGames".
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