BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment

BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc. is an arcade, mobile and home video game publisher, based in Japan. The company also publishes video, music and other entertainment products related to its video game IPs. It is the product of a merger between the video game development divisions of BANDAI and NAMCO. Originally referred to in the West as NAMCO BANDAI Games, the company was internationally renamed as BANDAI NAMCO Games in January 2014. On December 17, 2014, BANDAI NAmco Holdings announced that it will change its gaming division name from BANDAI NAMCO Games to BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment on April 1, 2015. BANDAI NAMCO Games had a hand in the development of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

As NAMCO, they were a front-runner during the golden age of arcade video games. PAC-MAN, arguably their most famous title, went on to become the best-selling arcade game in history and an international popular culture icon. They are also known for creating successful franchises such as Galaxian, RIDGE RACER, ACE COMBAT, TEKKEN and Soul series.

BANDAI was a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys (after Mattel and Hasbro). Some ex-BANDAI group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs. Its headquarters is located in Taitō, Tokyo. Popular manga franchises had their video games produced by BANDAI, such as the Dragon Ball series, Naruto series, One Piece series and InuYasha series.

Influence in McLeodGaming
PAC-MAN, NAMCO ' s most popular character, acted as an Assist Trophy when he was first introduced in Super Smash Flash 2. However, he was revealed to have been upgraded to playable character status for Beta.

The Tales series has a strong representation in the Super Smash Flash series, due to the character Lloyd Irving appearing in both Super Smash Flash games. However, Tales of Symphonia is the only game to have representation from the Tales series.

No other BANDAI NAMCO Games content appears in other McLeodGaming media at the current moment.