Amusement Vision

Amusement Vision

File:Amusement Vision Logo.png
Company type	Subsidiary of Sega
Industry	Video game industry
Founded	2000
Defunct	2004
Headquarters	Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Products	Super Monkey Ball series
Parent	Sega
Website	http://www.amusementvision.com/

Amusement Vision, Ltd. (アミューズメントヴィジョン株式会社, Amyūzumento Vijon Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese video game developer owned by Sega.

Amusement Vision was formed in 2000 and was then considered to be a second-party developer to Sega. On July 1, 2004, Sega's subsidiaries, Wow Entertainment, Amusement Vision, Hitmaker, Smilebit, Sega Rosso, and United Game Artists reintegrated into Sega following the merge between Sega and Sammy in 2005, and a holding company, (Sega Sammy Holdings), was formed. The subsidiaries ceased to exist and were renamed.

Games developed by Amusement Vision (Ltd.)

• Virtua NBA — (2000) (Arcade)
• Slash Out — (2000) (Arcade)
• Planet Harriers — (2000) (Arcade)
• Daytona USA 2001 — (2000) (Dreamcast)
• Monkey Ball — (2001) (Arcade)
• Spikers Battle — (2001) (Arcade)
• Virtua Striker 3 — (2001) (Arcade)
• Super Monkey Ball — (2001) (GameCube)
• Virtua Striker 3 ver.2002 — (2002) (GameCube)
• Virtua Striker 2002 — (2002) (Arcade)
• Super Monkey Ball 2 — (2002) (GameCube)
• F-Zero AX — (2003) (Arcade)
• F-Zero GX — (2003) (GameCube)
• F-Zero AX "Cycraft ver." — (2003) (Arcade)
• Super Monkey Ball — (2003) (N-Gage)
• Shining Force: Kuroki Ryu no Fukkatsu — (2004) (Game Boy Advance)
• Ollie King — (2004) (Arcade)

Legacy

The team behind the original Super Monkey Ball series and F-Zero GX is one of the most profilic at Sega today. They created the Yakuza series and Binary Domain, and the leader Toshihiro Nagoshi is CCO of the company today. The Super Monkey Ball series spawned several installments on different consoles and phones.

External links

• Amusement Vision's official website