Some of Bubble Bobble’s ideas appear here in nascent form: a single-screen platform game where the player controls a weird chicken-like creature (the Chack’n of the title), the aim is to retrieve a heart from one corner of the maze-like screen before rushing back to the top. ( wiki )īefore Bubble Bobble, there was Chack’n Pop, a far more obscure platform game released by Taito in 1983. SCP1 was dissolved when ES1 Corporation re-branded as Taito Corporation in February 2010.Īs such, the current Taito Corporation is technically the company formerly called ES1 Corporation. ES1 Corporation was owned by SPC1, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings. Taito Soft Corporation was eventually merged into Square Enix in March 2010 and dissolved.ĮS1 Corporation was established on Jas an operator of arcade facilities. On the other hand, Taito Soft Corporation (formerly SQEX) was left with 10 employees to concentrate exclusively on the development and publishing of video games for home consoles. In an “absorption-type company split” move, Taito Corporation (the second company) was spun-off as a separate company and renamed Taito Soft Corporation, while ES1 Corporation was renamed “Taito Corporation” (the third company).ĭuring the merger with Taito Corporation (the second company) to become itself the new Taito Corporation, ES1 inherited all of Taito’s arcade business and nearly the totality of its employees. And so, the third and present Taito Corporation came to being on Februby merging Taito Corporation (formerly SQEX/Game Designers Studio) with ES1 Corporation. Square Enix Holdings wanted all of its arcade operations to be consolidated into one subsidiary. Third company: Taito and ES1 merging as Taito Corporation (2010–present) Game Designer Studios was used by Square Co, Ltd in order to evade an exclusivity deal to develop for Sony PlayStation as Sony Corp had an 18.6% stake in Square Co Ltd. It was renamed to SQEX Corporation in 2005 once Square Co, Ltd merged with Enix and purchased the company as a subsidiary. SQEX was established on Junder the name Game Designers Studio as a shell corporation of the defunct Square Co, Ltd. Although the combined company took on the name “Taito Corporation”, it was actually Taito that was dissolved and SQEX that was the surviving entity. To accomplish this goal, Square Enix merged Taito into SQEX Corporation. In March 2006, Square Enix, which already owned 93% of the company, wanted to make Taito a wholly owned subsidiary. Second company: Merger of Taito and SQEX Corporation (2006–2010) In 1972, the name of the company was changed to “Taito Corporation” which has remained Taito’s legal name ever since. The company was founded as “Taito Trading Company”. Two mergers (in 20) were achieved in order to adapt to the business requirements of its parent company, Square Enix.įirst company: Taito Corporation (1953–2006) Taito Corporation has incarnated three different companies over the course of its existence. In the past, the company had operated divisions in North America, Brazil, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and Beijing, China. Taito has its headquarters in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, sharing the facility with its parent company. Taito owns several arcades in Japan known as Taito Stations or Game Taito Stations. It has produced arcade games all around the world, while also importing and distributing American coin-op video games in Japan. Taito is known for producing hit arcade games, such as Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble. Despite being a subsidiary to Square Enix Holdings, the parent company has kept the branding of Taito entirely distinct from Square Enix. Taito is wholly owned by Square Enix Holdings. It is also a former publisher of home video games. The Taito Corporation (株式会社タイトー Kabushikigaisha Taitō) (commonly referred to as Taito) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher of arcade hardwares and mobile phones, and an operator of video arcades. The Puzzle Bobble Series was developed by Taito. Please join us in welcoming (again) our special guest Quan, founder of and inventor of the Omega Console!ĪFPH and Quan discuss one of our personal favorite puzzle games and all time classic, the Puzzle Bobble Series! It will take us through the dark world of Japanese Corporate take overs only to emerge in the bright and forever positive light of Puzzle Bobble. On Stitcher Radio! Don’t forget to Subscribe! Download MP3 AFPH – Episode 6: Puzzle Bobble
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