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3 | Arc System Works is a Japanese video game company. Founded in 1988 as Arc Co., Ltd., it spent its early years laboring in obscurity as a contract developer for the likes of Creator/{{Sega}}, Face and Banpresto before coming into its own as a publisher in 1995. Since then it has created quite a few of the modern {{fighting game}}s. Examples include ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', and ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia''. |
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5 | Not to be confused with the similarly named but otherwise unrelated Creator/AksysGames, a North American distributor known for publishing many of their games in the US. They also have a European branch in the form of Zen United/[=pQube=]. |
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7 | The main team responsible for ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' and ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', originally named "Team Neo Blood," was composed of ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'', ''VideoGame/TheLastBlade'', and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' developers from Creator/{{SNK}}, which explains why many characters in the first ''Guilty Gear'' game are blatant {{exp|y}}ies or amalgamations of characters from those games, and typical gameplay in their titles tends to be heavily high-damage and combo-oriented, with lots of juggling. |
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9 | Since then, the company has split itself among two teams: [[RedOniBlueOni "Team Red" - focused more on ''Guilty Gear'', and "Team Blue", responsible for ''[=BlazBlue=]'' and other sprite-based games]]. |
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13 | !!Early games developed by Arc for other companies: |
14 | %% Lack of index markup is deliberate |
15 | * ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' (Platform/SegaGenesis version) |
16 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' (Platform/SegaMasterSystem version) |
17 | * ''VideoGame/MichaelJacksonsMoonwalker'' (Platform/SegaMasterSystem version) |
18 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}'' (Platform/GameBoy and [[Platform/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]] versions) |
19 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' |
20 | ** ''[[VideoGame/SailorMoonS Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jougai Rantou!? Shuyaku Soudatsusen]]'' (uncredited, published by Angel) |
21 | ** ''VideoGame/SailorMoonAnotherStory'' |
22 | * ''[[VideoGame/SolomonsKey Zipang]]'' ([[Platform/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]] version) |
23 | * ''VideoGame/Strikers1945 Plus'' (Platform/PlayStationPortable version) |
24 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' |
25 | ** ''VideoGame/YsIVMaskOfTheSun'' (Platform/PlayStation2 version) |
26 | ** ''VideoGame/YsVLostKefinKingdomOfSand'' (Platform/PlayStation2 version) |
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28 | !!Games and series developed by Arc System Works (in whole or in part): |
29 | * ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart 3'' (console and PC ports only) |
30 | * ''VideoGame/ArcStyleBaseball3D'' |
31 | * ''VideoGame/BattleFantasia'' |
32 | * ''Birthdays the Beginning'' |
33 | * ''Franchise/BlazBlue'' |
34 | ** ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCalamityTrigger'' |
35 | ** ''VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift'' |
36 | ** ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'' |
37 | ** ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueCentralFiction BlazBlue: Central Fiction]]'' |
38 | ** ''VisualNovel/XBlazeCodeEmbryo'' |
39 | ** ''VideoGame/BlazBlueCrossTagBattle'' |
40 | * ''[[VideoGame/ShikigamiNoShiro Castle Shikigami III]]'' (co-developed by Alfa System) |
41 | * ''VideoGame/ChaosCode'' (publisher) |
42 | * ''VideoGame/CodeShifter'' |
43 | * ''Damascus Gear'' |
44 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonIV'' |
45 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'' |
46 | ** ''Anime/DragonBallZ: Supersonic Warriors'' |
47 | ** ''Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden'' |
48 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Ball FighterZ}}'' |
49 | * ''VideoGame/DNFDuel'' (co-developed by Creator/EightingRaizing) |
50 | * The ''Family/Okiraku [X]'' game series on [[/index]]Platform/{{WiiWare}} and on Platform/{{Nintendo 3DS}} via eShop |
51 | * ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarTwinBlueStarsOfJudgment'' |
52 | * ''VisualNovel/GetsueiAcademyKou'' (a former doujin game in collaboration with Creator/TomokazuSugita) |
53 | * ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasyVersus'' (co-developed with Creator/{{Cygames}}) |
54 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' |
55 | * ''VideoGame/{{Hoshigami|RuiningBlueEarth}} [[VideoGameRemake Remix]]'' |
56 | * ''Inferno Climber'' |
57 | * ''VisualNovel/JakeHunter'' |
58 | * ''VideoGame/KillLaKillIF'' (publisher) |
59 | * ''Magical Beat'' |
60 | * ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood Actress Again Current Code'' (publisher, Platform/{{Steam}} version) |
61 | * ''VideoGame/{{Mistover}}'' (publisher) |
62 | * ''Of Mice and Sand'' |
63 | * ''Manga/OnePiece: Grand Pirate Colosseum'' |
64 | * ''VideoGame/PizzaPop'' |
65 | * ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} 2nd Encore'' (publisher, Japan) |
66 | * ''VisualNovel/TokyoTwilightGhostHunters'' (co-developed with Toy Box, Inc.) |
67 | * ''VideoGame/UnderNightInBirth'' (co-developed with French Bread) |
68 | * ''Wizard's Symphony'' |
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70 | !!Games and series acquired by Arc System Works from Technos Japan |
71 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' |
72 | * ''VideoGame/KunioKun'' |
73 | * ''VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall'' |
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75 | !! Games and series developed by Arc System Works (in part): |
76 | * ''[[VideoGame/AnotherCode Another Code: Recollection]]'' (in collaboration with Creator/{{Nintendo}}) |
77 | * ''VideoGame/HardCorpsUprising'' (co-developed with Creator/{{Konami}}) |
78 | * ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' |
79 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' (in collaboration with Creator/{{Atlus}}) |
80 | ** ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' (in collaboration with Creator/{{Atlus}}) |
81 | * ''VideoGame/SengokuBasaraX'' (in collaboration with Creator/{{Capcom}}) |
82 | * ''VideoGame/DNFDuel'' (In collaboration with Neople and Creator/{{Eighting}}) |
83 | * ''VideoGame/RWBYArrowfell'' (co-developed with Creator/WayforwardTechnologies in collaboration with Creator/RoosterTeeth) |
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