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Bandai and Namco To Merge

Posted by Zonk on from the so-it-would-be-banco? dept.

Entertainment company Bandai announced today that they've purchased game creator Namco and as of September of this year will be merging into a single company. From the article: "Bandai shares fell 2.5 percent to 2,335 yen as of 2:27 p.m. in Tokyo, after dropping as much as 3.8 percent. Namco shares rose 8.8 percent to 1,530 yen, headed for their biggest gain since November 2003. The companies' shares were suspended for the first one and a half hours of trading, following an earlier report of the merger plan by the Nihon Keizai newspaper."

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  1. Re:tekken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "So long as they dont butcher tekken, I guess its ok."
    • Glad we've got your approval. I'll inform management that they can proceed with the merger.
  2. Hmm by Daetrin · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Was Bandai the one that there were rumors of Nintendo trying to buy out awhile ago? This would make them a much more valuable acquisiton, but probably more difficult to actually acquire.

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  3. Just imagine... by Retroneous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ridge Racer cars shaped like Hello Kitty. Tekken consisting solely of characters from Digimon and a world where your main targets in Ace Combat are shaped like the star of freakin' Cowboy BeBop.

    The future is...wait a bit...not yet...now!

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  4. Re:tekken by superpulpsicle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What do you mean? It's already butchered. The best one is still Tekken Tag Tournament. Didn't you know every sequel add 1 character and subtract 2. Only way Namco gets my approval is a Tekken Soul Calibre merge with 100 characters.

  5. Nintendo Games... finally? by Elranzer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    With Bandai being *in* with Nintendo, maybe they will finally force Namco to release some of their games multi-console. Soul Calibur 3 being a PS2-exclusive is very disappointing, as that slow system is not built for fighting games. Maybe Nintendo will finally buy Bandai (and Namco along with it) and Soul Calibur 4 will be Revolution-exclusive. Mwa-ha!

  6. What this means to us. by AzraelKans · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Either we FINALLY get some good Dragon Ball Z/anime games (or at least not as crappy) or all Namco games get merged with anime characters and are launched at subpar quality.

    Either way prepare to read this line in the future:

    Heihachi Vs San Goku!

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  7. Merge? by ultramk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Merge my ass, Namco just rolled them up.

    m-

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  8. Finally, what we've always wanted. by oboylet · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll be able to play Tekken and Ridge Racer on my Bandai Pippin @World!