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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. 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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  3. 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!

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

    Merge my ass, Namco just rolled them up.

    m-

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