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==History==

Bandai was conceived in the late 1940s as a division of a textile wholesale business, focused on development and distribution of toys. It officially spun off into an independent company by Naoharu Yamashina on July 5th, 1950 by, after which it rose to fame as a world leader in the toy and prize machine industries, as well as achieving modest success in publishing video games throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with their most dominant titles being licensed games of several manga, anime, and television programs. Bandai is also well-known for its digital pet franchises ''Tamagotchi'' and ''Digimon''.

Bandai was conceived in the late 1940s as a division of a textile wholesale business, focused on development and distribution of toys. It officially spun off into an independent company by Naoharu Yamashina on July 5th, 1950, after which it rose to fame as a world leader in the toy and prize machine industries, as well as achieving modest success in publishing video games throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with their most dominant titles being licensed games of several manga, anime, and television programs. Bandai is also well-known for its digital pet franchises ''Tamagotchi'' and ''Digimon''.

Namco was formed by {{iw|wikipedia|Masaya Nakamura}} on June 1st, 1955 as a developer of coin-operated amusement machines before fully shifting development into video games with its acquisition of Atari Japan in 1974. Along with publishing Atari-developed games in Japan, Namco would start producing their own franchises. To many, Namco is best known as one of the most prolific publishers of the "golden age" of video games, producing arcade hits such as {{uv|Galaxian}}, {{uv|Pac-Man}}, {{uv|Dig Dug}}, {{uvm3|Mappy}}, {{uvm3|Rally-X}}, and {{uvm3|Babylonian Castle Saga|The Tower of Druaga}}. Later successes of theirs include ''Ridge Racer'', {{uv|Tekken}}, ''Ace Combat'', the {{uvm3|Tales}} series, ''Klonoa'' and {{uvm3|Taiko no Tatsujin}}.

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 ==History==
-Bandai was conceived in the late 1940s as a division of a textile wholesale business, focused on development and distribution of toys. It officially spun off into an independent company by Naoharu Yamashina on July 5th, 1950 by, after which it rose to fame as a world leader in the toy and prize machine industries, as well as achieving modest success in publishing video games throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with their most dominant titles being licensed games of several manga, anime, and television programs. Bandai is also well-known for its digital pet franchises ''Tamagotchi'' and ''Digimon''.
+Bandai was conceived in the late 1940s as a division of a textile wholesale business, focused on development and distribution of toys. It officially spun off into an independent company by Naoharu Yamashina on July 5th, 1950, after which it rose to fame as a world leader in the toy and prize machine industries, as well as achieving modest success in publishing video games throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with their most dominant titles being licensed games of several manga, anime, and television programs. Bandai is also well-known for its digital pet franchises ''Tamagotchi'' and ''Digimon''.
 Namco was formed by {{iw|wikipedia|Masaya Nakamura}} on June 1st, 1955 as a developer of coin-operated amusement machines before fully shifting development into video games with its acquisition of Atari Japan in 1974. Along with publishing Atari-developed games in Japan, Namco would start producing their own franchises. To many, Namco is best known as one of the most prolific publishers of the "golden age" of video games, producing arcade hits such as {{uv|Galaxian}}, {{uv|Pac-Man}}, {{uv|Dig Dug}}, {{uvm3|Mappy}}, {{uvm3|Rally-X}}, and {{uvm3|Babylonian Castle Saga|The Tower of Druaga}}. Later successes of theirs include ''Ridge Racer'', {{uv|Tekken}}, ''Ace Combat'', the {{uvm3|Tales}} series, ''Klonoa'' and {{uvm3|Taiko no Tatsujin}}.