Banpresto produced several successful video game franchises, including Super Robot Wars, Compati Hero, Sailor Moon, Summon Night, and Another Century's Episode. It also operated amusement facilities across Japan, including Hanayashiki, as well as producing model kits, stuffed toys, and UFO catcher prizes. Banpresto has been credited for contributing to the rise in popularity of crossover video games and licensed characters for arcades, though the quality of its creative output has been criticized. D Warriors - Videogame by Sega". Killer List of Videogames. International Arcade Museum. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019 . Retrieved 25 August 2020. a b Niizumi, Hirohiko (13 September 2005). "Bandai and Namco outline postmerger strategy". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020 . Retrieved 27 July 2020. PDF) (in Japanese). No.497. Amusement Press. Game Machine. 15 June 1995. p.17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2020 . Retrieved 25 August 2020.

Gantayat, Anoop (February 23, 2006). "Bandai Namco Absorbs Banpresto". IGN. Archived from the original on April 7, 2021 . Retrieved April 7, 2021. Lopes, Gonçalo (12 March 2018). "Zany Super Famicom Great Battle Series Gets Translated Into English". Nintendo Life (in Japanese). Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018 . Retrieved 6 July 2019. Digital goods, open DVDs and Blu-rays, smart art prints, mystery bundles, and final sale items are excluded from the return policy. Japan Platinum Game Chart". The Magic Box. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019 . Retrieved 23 August 2019.a b c "Bandai Buys Coreland To Make Games" (PDF). No.351. Japan: Amusement Press. Game Machine. 1 March 1989. p.30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2020 . Retrieved 1 August 2020. Banpresto was founded by Japanese businessman Yasushi Matsuda as Hoei International in April 1977. Its poor reputation led to its name being changed to Coreland Technology in 1982, becoming a contractual developer for companies such as Sega. Coreland was majority-acquired by Bandai in 1989 following severe financial difficulties and renamed Banpresto, becoming Bandai's arcade game division. Banpresto focused primarily on producing games with licensed characters, such as Ultraman and Gundam. Its sharing of Bandai's library of popular characters allowed the company to become one of Japan's largest game publishers in the 1990s. Wild, Kim (2007). "Retroinspection: WonderSwan". Retro Gamer. Imagine Publishing (36): 68–71. ISSN 1742-3155. Each Banpresto product comes enclosed in a thematically designed box with many featuring minimal or no assembly but what every statue shares is a high level of both sculpting and paint application. You can find each of our big 6 Anime properties here including ‘Dragon Ball Series’, ‘One Piece’, ‘Naruto Series’, ‘Jujutsu Kaisen’, ‘My Hero Academia’ and ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba’. Not only this, Banpresto also caters to Anime fans of our kinds with classic titles such as ‘Bleach’ & ‘Inyuasha’ and even Disney & Warner Brothers characters including ‘DC Comics’ & ‘Stranger Things’.

a b c Barder, Ollie (22 April 2014). "All is fair in love and Super Robot Wars". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019 . Retrieved 1 August 2020. B.スタジオに". GameBusiness (in Japanese). IID. 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020 . Retrieved 24 August 2020. By 1992, Banpresto was worth ¥1.4 billion yen. [2] The company began expanding its operations as a result, starting with the establishment of Sanotawa, a sales and distribution network subsidiary, in February. Banpresto found additional success in arcades with the release of Ugougo Luga, a stuffed toy that sold over 2.6 million by the end of the year. The company continued to develop and publish video games for home consoles. Among its most successful releases was Super Puyo Puyo, a Super Famicom conversion of Compile's Puyo Puyo series that sold over one million copies. [19] In February 1994, Banpresto established Banpre Kikaku, Ltd. in Kita, Osaka, which became its primary video game development division. [20] As Banpresto was largely a publisher of games by other studios, the move allowed it to experiment with original game concepts and handle development of video games in-house. In addition, Banpre Kikaku also served as a second office, and assisted in its parent company's sales programs and product distribution. Unifive, a producer of merchandiser games, became a wholly-owned subsidiary in March as part of the company's continuing expansion in the arcade industry. Banpresto began to spread its operations throughout other parts of Asia; Banpresto H.K. was founded in Hong Kong in June to import and distribute Banpresto-developed goods across the country.a b "Corporate History". www.banpresto.co.jp. Japan: Banpresto. 2004. Archived from the original on 29 October 2005 . Retrieved 1 August 2020. Super Robot Wars for the Game Boy (pictured above) became one of Banpresto's most-successful titles upon its release in 1991.