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Koei Tecmo is a Japanese company known for great Nintendo classic games such as Ninja Gaiden and Tecmo Super Bowl.
Company History
Originally known asTehkan Ltd, their name was changed in1 986 toTecmo, Ltd. 2008 was a major year for Tecmo: Not only did their primary designer, Tomonobu Itagaki, quit due to legal disputes, but in August of the year, Square Enix offered to purchase the company, similar to how they did in 2005 with Taito. Tecmo has later opted to merge with the company Koei instead to call it Tecmo Koei and the merge was made official on April 1, 2009. In North America, games from Tecmo or Koei are now published by Tecmo Koei America Corporation. In 2014, the company changed its name in the West to what it is called in Japan, Koei Tecmo. In the summer of 2014, they had also absorbed Gust into its pool of developers.
Titles released by Tecmo
- Fire 'N Ice (Solomon's Key 2) (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden II (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden III (NES)
- Ninja Gaiden Trilogy (SNES)
- Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (DS)
- Solomon's Club (Nintendo Game Boy)
- Solomon's Key (NES)
- Tecmo Bowl (NES, Nintendo Game Boy)
- Tecmo Super Bowl (NES, SNES)
- Tecmo Super Baseball (SNES)
- Tecmo Super NBA Basketball(SNES)
- Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff (DS)
Titles released by Koei
- Genghis Khan (NES)
- L'Empereur (NES)
- Uncharted Waters (NES)
- Angelique (SNES, Game Boy Advance)
- Nobunaga's Ambition (SNES)
- Rise of the Phoenix (SNES)
- Aerobiz (SNES)
- Aerobiz Supersonic (SNES)
- Bandit Kings of Ancient China (SNES)
- Liberty or Death (SNES)
- Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (SNES)
- Gemfire (SNES)
- Emit (SNES)
- Inindo: Way of the Ninja (SNES)
- Operation Europe (SNES)
- Super Mahjong Taikai (SNES)
- Winning Post (SNES)
- Winning Post 2 (SNES)
- WinBack: Covert Operations (Nintendo 64)
- Mystic Heroes (Nintendo Gamecube)
- Samurai Warriors 3 (Wii)
- Samurai Warriors Katana (Wii)
- Sengoku Musou 3: Moushouden (Wii)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 4 (Wii)
- Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (Wii U)
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (Wii U)
- Stop That Roach! (Nintendo Game Boy)
- Sweet Ange (Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Monster Race (Nintendo Game Boy)
- Monster Race 2 (Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Monster Race Okawari (Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Metamode (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Samurai Kid (Nintendo Game Boy Color)
- Dynasty Warriors Advance (Game Boy Advance)
- Magical Houshin (Game Boy Advance)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de (Game Boy Advance)
- Garaku Tale (Nintendo DS)
- Jan Sangoku Musou (Nintendo DS)
- Prey the Stars (Nintendo DS)
- Angelique Duet (Nintendo DS)
- Pop Cutie! Street Fashion Simulation (Nintendo DS)
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Yume no Ukihashi (Nintendo DS)
- Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi Marugoto Teikoku Hotel ~Saikouhou no Ryouricho ga Oshieru Kateiryouri~ (Nintendo DS)
- MISS PRINCESS: Miss Puri! (Nintendo DS)
- Ishin no Arashi Shippuu Ryoumaden (Nintendo DS)
- FabStyle (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)
- Pokémon Conquest (Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS)
- Samurai Warriors Chronicles (Nintendo 3DS)
- Sengoku Musou Chronicle 2nd (Nintendo 3DS)
- Sengoku Musou Chronicle 3 (Nintendo 3DS)
- Shin Sangoku Musou VS (Nintendo 3DS)
- Kiniro no Corda 3 Full Voice Special (Nintendo 3DS)
Virtual Console
On November 19, 2006, at the launch of the Wii, the Tecmo game, Solomon's Key was released on the Wii Virtual Console and in 2009, it was out as an arcade version. Other arcade games from Tecmo include Tecmo Bowl, Ninja Gaiden, Star Force and Rygar.
Games released by Koei Tecmo
Koei Tecmo continued to support Nintendo consoles after they combined, with some games even now being joint projects between the two companies.
- Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer
- Metroid: Other M
- Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir
- Hyrule Warriors
- Zero Tsukihami no Kamen
Subsidiaries
Tecmo Koei is a fairly large publisher and a few developers under their belt including
- Omega Force
- Team Ninja
- Team Tachyon
- Ruby Party
- Gust