Tag: Banpresto

Banpresto Dissolves & Merges with Bandai Spirits

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today, the toy company Banpresto has been dissolved and merged into Bandai Namco Holdings’ subsidiary, Bandai Spirits. This news was reported via the National Printing Bureau’s Kanpō publication which revealed Bandai Spirits has taken over all rights and duties of the former company.   Banpresto was originally founded in 1977, as Hoei Sangyo, Co. Ltd. before being renamed as Coreland in 1982. The company eventually became a partial subsidiary of Bandai in 1989, leading to the company’s success. However, in 2006 that is when Bandai Namco Holdings became a whole…

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Bandai Namco Releases 13-Minute Video of Super Robot Wars OG Footage

Christopher Torres

Yesterday, on their YouTube channel Bandai Namco Entertainment released a video showing off some of the game-play of their upcoming installment to the Super Robot Taisen franchise, Super Robot Wars OG: The Moon Dwellers. For the uninitiated, the Super Robot Taisen franchise is a series of Tactical RPG Video Games that comprised of leading a team of Mechas into battle. The series typically has two differing versions with one comprised solely of original characters and Mechas, the OG (Original Generation) series. Whereas, the other variant brings together mechas, pilots, and battle ships…

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