Paon DP
| File:Paon Corporation, Ltd..PNG | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | video game industry |
| Founded | January 20 1999 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Rikiya Nakagawa |
| Products | video games |
Number of employees | 120 |
| Website | http://www.paon.co.jp/ |
Paon (パオン) is a video game development company based in Japan.
So far Paon has been given the right to work with the Donkey Kong series from Nintendo, following the sale of Rare to Microsoft. They have created DK: King of Swing, DK: Jungle Climber and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. They also developed Hercules no Eikō: Tamashī no Shōmei, the fifth title of the Hercules no Eikō series.
When the company Data East went bankrupt, PAON bought the rights to some of their games, including Chelnov (sometimes known as Atomic Runner outside of Japan)[1] and the Hercules no Eikō series. They are now gradually releasing some of them on the Wii's Virtual Console. They have recently participated in the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. So far, Paon have developed games for the Wii, DS and PS2.
Games developed by Paon
- The Wild Rings (2003, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox)
- DK: King of Swing (2005, Nintendo, Game Boy Advance)
- Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007, Nintendo, Wii)
- DK Jungle Climber (2007, Nintendo, Nintendo DS)
- Hercules no Eikou: Tamashii no Shoumei (2008, Nintendo, Nintendo DS)
- Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (2008, Namco (JP)/ Bandai Namco Games (US), Wii)
References
- ^ "チェルノブ : Wii(R) バーチャルコンソール メガドライブ 公式サイト". SEGA of Japan. September 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-02.