was an independent

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ese

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funded by

Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...

, and

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located in

Chūō-ku, Osaka is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It has an area of 8.88 km2, and a population of 60,085. It houses Osaka's financial district, as well as the Osaka Prefecture offices and principal shopping and tourist areas. Consulates Various c ...

that was founded by game designer

Yoshiki Okamoto , sometimes credited as Kihaji Okamoto, is a Japanese video game designer. He is credited with producing popular titles for Konami, including '' Gyruss'' and '' Time Pilot'', and for Capcom, including ''1942'', ''Gun.Smoke'', ''Final Fight'' and ...

. Flagship has often created scenarios for new and existing products, and has developed for Nintendo several times on the Game Boy Color and

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. Their last video game was '' Kirby: Squeak Squad'' for the

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History

Flagship was founded by

on April 24, 1997. Funds and personnel for the startup were provided by

, and

. The developer's first project was a series of episodic,

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-exclusive

RPGs RPG may refer to: Military * Rocket-propelled grenade, a shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon **''Ruchnoi Protivotankoviy Granatomyot'' (Russian: ''Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт''), hand-held anti-tank grenade launc ...

, but it was never released. In May 2007, Capcom announced Flagship would cease to exist from June 1, 2007, and their employees merged into Capcom's main studio. Quoting GameSpot's news on the dissolution of Flagship Studios "According to a Capcom spokesperson, while the Flagship name is getting the axe, its employees won't be. Noting that the only thing to change will be the company name on their business cards, the spokesperson said all Flagship staffers are expected to continue working at the publisher in the same capacities".

Games

*''Beck: The Game'' *''Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain No Teiou'' *''

Clock Tower 3 is a survival horror video game co-produced by Capcom and Sunsoft for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2002, it is the fourth installment in the Clock Tower (series), ''Clock Tower'' series, and the first and only video game directed by Japanese ...

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Dino Crisis 2 is an action-adventure video game for the PlayStation developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by Capcom. It is the second installment in the ''Dino Crisis'' series. After the events of the previous game, unsafe research into time ...

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Dino Crisis 3 is an action-adventure video game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by Capcom for the Xbox. Like the previous installments in the ''Dino Crisis'' series, the gameplay revolves around fighting dinosaurs or other reptiles, bu ...

'' *'' Kirby: Squeak Squad'' *'' Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages'' *'' The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'' (GBA port) *'' The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap'' *'' Onimusha: Warlords'' *'' Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny'' *'' Onimusha 3: Demon Siege'' *''

Resident Evil 2 ''Resident Evil 2'' is a 1998 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation. The player controls Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who must escape Raccoon City after its citizens a ...

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Resident Evil 4 ''Resident Evil 4'' is a 2005 survival horror third-person shooter game developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and published by Capcom. It was originally released for the GameCube on January 11, 2005. Players control U.S. government specia ...

'' (two drafts, unused) *'' Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'' *'' Resident Evil: Dead Aim'' *''

Resident Evil Survivor ''Resident Evil Survivor'' is a first-person light gun shooter video game developed by Tose and published by Capcom. It was released on the PlayStation in Japan on January 27, 2000, in Europe on March 31, 2000 and in North America on August 30, ...

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Resident Evil Zero ''Resident Evil Zero'' (or ''Resident Evil 0'') is a survival horror game developed and published by Capcom for the GameCube in 2002. It is a prequel to ''Resident Evil'' (1996), covering the ordeals experienced in the Arklay Mountains by spec ...

Drama albums

*''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.1'' *''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.2'' *''BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.3'' *''BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Sherry, the Little Runaway~'' *''BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive~''

Novels

*''BIO HAZARD The Phantom Beast of the North Sea''

References

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