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'''Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント}}, ''Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.''), formerly named '''Bandai Namco Games Inc.''', stylized as "BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.", is an arcade, mobile and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan. It is a merge between the video game divisions of {{s|wikipedia|Bandai}} and {{s|wikipedia|Namco}}.  
'''Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.''' ({{ja|株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメント}}, ''Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.''), formerly named '''Bandai Namco Games Inc.''', stylized as "BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.", is an arcade, mobile and home video game developer and publisher based in Japan. It is a merge between the video game divisions of {{s|wikipedia|Bandai}} and {{s|wikipedia|Namco}}.  


The company is well known for developing RPG games like the ''Digimon'', ''Dark Souls'' and ''Tales'' series, as well as other fighting games such as the ''Tekken'' and ''Soul'' series.
The company is well known for developing RPG games like the ''Digimon'', ''Dark Souls'' and ''Tales'' series, as well as other fighting games such as the ''Tekken'' and ''Soul'' series. To many, however, Namco is best known as one of the most prolific publishers of the Golden Age of Video Games, producing arcade hits such as ''Pac-Man,'' ''Dig Dug,'' ''Galaga,'' ''Mappy,'' ''Rally-X,'' and ''The Tower of Druaga.''


Bandai Namco is the head developer for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', along with [[Sora Ltd.]]. Several items and characters from some of Namco's games, such as ''Galaga'' and ''Rally-X'', appear in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-tons-of-screenshots/?nggpage=6 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – tons of screenshots] Nintendo Everything</ref> A full list of Namco properties represented in ''Smash'' can be found [[List of Namco universes|here]]. Bandai Namco would later become a head developer of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', along with Sora Ltd.
Bandai Namco is the head developer for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', along with [[Sora Ltd.]]. Several items and characters from some of Namco's games, such as ''Galaga'' and ''Rally-X'', appear in ''Super Smash Bros. 4''.<ref>[http://nintendoeverything.com/super-smash-bros-for-wii-u-tons-of-screenshots/?nggpage=6 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – tons of screenshots] Nintendo Everything</ref> A full list of Namco properties represented in ''Smash'' can be found [[List of Namco universes|here]]. Bandai Namco would later become a head developer of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', along with Sora Ltd.