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==''Mario'' Toys==
==''Mario'' toys==
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SMGSuperBalls.jpg|Super balls containing recognizable item figurines from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. The set includes a [[1-Up Mushroom]], [[Bee Mushroom]], [[Boo Mushroom]], [[Fire Flower]], [[Ice Flower]], [[Life Mushroom]], [[Power Star]], and [[Spring Mushroom]]. These balls were manufactured by Bandai.
SMGSuperBalls.jpg|Super balls containing item figurines from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
Bandai NSMBW Light Block Keychain.jpg|Keychain of a [[Light Block]] from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' by Bandai.
Bandai NSMBW Light Block Keychain.jpg|Keychain of a [[Light Block]] from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''
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Revision as of 18:05, September 20, 2022

Bandai Namco Holdings
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Founded Bandai: July 5, 1950
Namco: June 1, 1955
Bandai Namco Entertainment: March 31, 2006
First Super Mario game Donkey Konga
Latest Super Mario game Mario Kart Tour
Current president Yasuo Miyakawa

Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. (officially capitalized BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc.; previously Namco Bandai Games Inc., officially capitalized NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.) is a publisher, created when Namco and Bandai merged their video game divisions in 2006. On April 1, 2015, the company changed its name to Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.. A subsidiary of the entertainment conglomerate Bandai Namco Holdings, Bandai Namco Entertainment is in charge of managing, publishing, and marketing content; while Bandai Namco Studios serves as the company's main game development studio. They have developed several Mario games for Nintendo in the past. Bandai Namco Entertainment has created several successful franchises, including Tekken, Pac-Man, Galaxian, Ace Combat, and Tales.

The first Mario game developed by the company, before the merger, was Mario Superstar Baseball for the Nintendo GameCube. After the merger, they later developed the game's follow-up for the Wii, Mario Super Sluggers. The company produced an arcade cross-over Mario Kart game, which came to be known as Mario Kart Arcade GP, as well as three sequels, Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX and Mario Kart Arcade GP VR. These arcade Mario Kart games have featured playable appearances of Pac-Man characters, as well as the Tamagotchi Mametchi and Don-chan from the Taiko no Tatsujin series. The company also assisted in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart Tour's development, the former of which features a Mii Racing Suit based on Pac-Man. They are the primary developers for Mario Sports Superstars, with Camelot Software Planning co-developing for the tennis and golf segments of the game.

Bandai Namco Games co-developed Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with Sora Ltd.. Their own character, Pac-Man, is featured as a playable fighter those games, with various Namco characters appearing in one of his taunts, and the ghosts Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde appearing as an Assist Trophy. Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken series and Template:Wikia from Tales of Symphonia are the basis for downloadable costumes for Mii Fighters.

Bandai Namco Holdings owns Banpresto, the publisher of the Japan-only arcade games Mario Undōkai, Būbū Mario, and Super Mario Attack, as well as Tamashii Nations, producers of S.H. Figuarts.

Mario games

Title Year released Console
Donkey Konga 2003 Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Konga 2 2004 Nintendo GameCube
Donkey Konga 3 JP 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Superstar Baseball 2005 Nintendo GameCube
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2005 Arcade
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 2007 Arcade
Mario Super Sluggers 2008 Wii
Mario Kart Arcade GP DX 2013 Arcade
Mario Kart 8 2014 Wii U
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS 2014 Nintendo 3DS
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 2014 Wii U
Mario Sports Superstars 2017 Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart Arcade GP VR 2017 Arcade
Mario Kart Tour 2019 Mobile

Mario toys

Super Mario Land finger puppets

Template:More images A set of ten finger puppets produced by Bandai in 1989.

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