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'''Bandai Co., Ltd.'''(株式会社バンダイ ''Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai'') is a Japanese toy making and video game company. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys (after | '''Bandai Co., Ltd.'''(株式会社バンダイ ''Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai'') is a Japanese toy making and video game company. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys (after ''Mattel'' and ''Hasbro'').<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1707379,00.html Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building]"</ref> Its headquarters is located in Taitō, Tokyo.<ref>"[http://www.bandai.co.jp/e/releases/E2002030401.html Bandai Group Establishes 'Bandai Channel' to Distribute Broadband Content]." ''Bandai Group''. March 4, 2004. Retrieved on March 16, 2010.</ref> | ||
After the merger with game developer and amusement facility operator [[Namco]], Bandai Co., Ltd. is now under the management of Namco Bandai Holdings and a member of Bandai Namco Group. After group reorganisation in 2006, Bandai heads the group's Toys and Hobby Strategic Business Unit (SBU).<ref name=toyshobbysbu>[http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/about/business/toyshobby.html Toys and Hobby Strategic Business Unit]</ref> | After the merger with game developer and amusement facility operator [[Namco]], Bandai Co., Ltd. is now under the management of Namco Bandai Holdings and a member of Bandai Namco Group. After group reorganisation in 2006, Bandai heads the group's Toys and Hobby Strategic Business Unit (SBU).<ref name=toyshobbysbu>[http://www.bandainamco.co.jp/en/about/business/toyshobby.html Toys and Hobby Strategic Business Unit]</ref> | ||
====Bandai Games (Now Namco Bandai Games)==== | ====Bandai Games (Now Namco Bandai Games)==== | ||
'''Bandai Games''' produced and distributed video games based on Bandai properties including [[Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front]], [[ | '''Bandai Games''' produced and distributed video games based on Bandai properties including [[Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front]], [[Shin Kidou Senshi Gundam W: Endless Duel|Gundam Wing: Endless Duel]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo]]. In the beginning of 2005, Bandai Games opened a United States office as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai America which, prior to that, handled the publishing of video games in North America itself. | ||
On March 31, 2006, it was merged into Namco Ltd. and Namco Ltd. was renamed | On March 31, 2006, it was merged into Namco Ltd. and Namco Ltd. was renamed ''Namco Bandai Games'' Inc. | ||
==PlayStation 2 Games developed/published by Bandai== | ==PlayStation 2 Games developed/published by Bandai== | ||