Spike + Chunsoft merger

[Fabrizo]

Sense there has been some talk about Spike lately in the suggestions forum (Conception thread), I thought some of you might find this interesting: http://andriasang.com/comyye/

Chunsoft are the developers behind "999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors" on DS, "Shiren the Wanderer" on Wii, and the upcoming Vita game "Extreme Escape Adventure".

I don't think any of Spikes games have been localized though they've made some really neat ones like Dangan Ronpa and Gachitora.

[Gintoki]

Hmmm, thats definitely an interesting combo.

[Shizuka]

Wow, quite a lot of merges. First was Acquire and Gungho, now it's Spike and Chunsoft. I hope this benefits XSEED instead of hurting them.

[Gintoki]

Aksys too, seeing as they brought over 999.

[Shizuka]

Spike developed Crimson Tears (localized by Capcom) and a few Dragon Ball games (localized by Namco).

[Takao]

Spike also developed the Fire Pro Wrestling games (localized by Agetec), amongst others like Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble (localized b Atlus).

[Gintoki]

Kenka Bancho! <3 I have the PS2 version, but the choices that popped up were always too fast for me to read, so I just went around beating up old people.

[Nephlabobo]

For some reason, I have it in my head that Spike are associated with the Way of the Samurai games, but I'm not sure if I'm right about that.

[Wyrdwad]

You are correct.

Interesting merger indeed! Both are great companies, so I look forward to seeing what sorts of havoc they can wreak together.

-Tom

[Shizuka]

For some reason, I have it in my head that Spike are associated with the Way of the Samurai games, but I'm not sure if I'm right about that.

I had the exact same thing for me, but it seems that the only connection is that Spike's the franchise's publisher in Japan.