is a Japanese

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. The company was founded in August 2004 as DP Inc. and merged with Paon Corporation, Ltd. in March 2015 to form Paon DP. Paon Corporation was founded on January 20, 1999. Through a partnership with

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, Paon developed '' DK: King of Swing'', ''

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'' and '' DK: Jungle Climber''. Paon was also involved in development of 2000

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fighting game titles, ''

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'' as composer and sound work team, as well as composer to some other Neo Geo Pocket Color titles. When the company

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went bankrupt, Paon became composed of former Data East staff and bought the rights to some of their games, including ''

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'', '' Chelnov'', ''

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'', and the '' Kuuga'' trilogy, all of which are now owned by Paon DP, and the ''

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'' series, which is partially owned by them. The rights to the Glory of Heracles series are now split between Paon DP and Nintendo; Nintendo and Paon DP co-own the copyright for the series, while the trademark is solely owned by Nintendo. Paon developed ''

'' in 2008, the fifth title of the ''Glory of Heracles'' series, which was published by Nintendo. In 2010, the company entered into the business of mobile game development. Paon merged with DP Co., Ltd. on March 1, 2015 to form Paon DP. An associate company of pachislot maker Daito Giken, (since the company's chairman is the same as Daito Giken). As a result of the merger, DP was the surviving entity and Paon Corporation was dissolved. The new company now develops mobile games only to Japan, as well as often licensing their owned properties, in 2017, Paon DP moved its headquarters to Kita, Tokyo. A large amount of developers who were previously at Paon ended up at another Japanese video game developer called Picola Co., Ltd. , which was formed at the same time as the Paon/DP merger in February 2015 and later co-developed the game ''Little Dragons Café'', a cafe-management and dragon-raising simulator that was released for

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and

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in 2018.

Games developed, co-developed, licensed or published by Paon DP

* ''

Puzzle Link 2 ''Puzzle Link 2'' (Japanese: つなげてポンッ！2 Hepburn: ''Tsunagete Pon! 2'') is a 1999 Arcade-style puzzle video game for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color. Like 1998's '' Puzzle Link'', to which it is the direct sequel, ''Puzzle Link 2'' was ...

'' (1999,

) * ''

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'' (2000, Eleven, Gavaking (JP)/

(US),

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) * ''

'' (2000,

) * ''

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'' (2000,

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) * ''Big Bang Pro Wrestling'' (2001,

) * ''

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'' (2002, Pacific Century Cyber Works (JP)/

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(US),

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) * '' Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven'' (2003,

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(JP)/

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(US),

) * ''Fire ProWresting Z'' (2003,

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) * '' Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2'' (2003,

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(JP)/

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(WW),

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) * ''The Wild Rings'' (2003,

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) * ''

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'' (2004,

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) * '' Tenchu: Return from Darkness'' (2004,

(JP)/

(US),

) * '' Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special'' (2004,

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) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Yoshimune'' (2004, Daito Giken, Inc.,

) * '' DK: King of Swing'' (2005,

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) * '' Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary'' (2005,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Ossu! Banchō'' (2005, Daito Giken, Inc.,

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) * ''

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'' (2005,

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) * '' Haunting Ground'' (2005,

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) * ''

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'' (2005,

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) * ''Saint Seiya: The Hades'' (2006,

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) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Hihōden'' (2006, Daito Giken, Inc.,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Hihōden - Ossu! Banchō - Yoshimune DS'' (2007,

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) * ''

'' (2007,

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) * '' Chelnov: Atomic Runner'' (2007,

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) * ''Herakles no Eikō 3: Kamigami no Chinmoku'' (2007,

) * '' DK: Jungle Climber'' (2007,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Shake II'' (2007,

) * ''

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'' (2008,

) * ''Herakles no Eikō 4: Kamigami no Okurimono'' (2008,

) * ''

'' (2008,

) * '' New Horizon English Course 1'' (2008,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Shin Yoshimune'' (2008,

) * '' New Horizon English Course 2'' (2008,

) * ''Herakles no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku'' (2008,

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, BREW,

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) * '' New Horizon English Course 3'' (2008,

) * ''Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot Simulator: 24-Twenty-Four'' (2008,

) * ''

Klonoa ''Klonoa'' is a platform video game series created by Namco in 1997. It stars Klonoa, an anthropomorphic creature who explores dream worlds. The series includes two main games: '' Klonoa: Door to Phantomile'' (1997) for the PlayStation and '' Klo ...

'' (2008,

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(JP)/

(US),

) * '' Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 3: Kowareyuku Machi to Kanojo no Uta'' (2009,

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) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Ossu! Misao - Maguro Densetsu Portable'' (2010,

) * ''AquaSpace'' (2010,

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) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Ossu! Misao - Maguro Densetsu Portable'' (2010,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Hana to Ikimono Rittai Zukan'' (2011,

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) * ''Herakles no Eikō: Ugokidashita Kamigami'' (2011,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Hihōden - Fūjirareta Megami Portable'' (2012,

) * '' Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'' (2013,

) * ''Daito Giken Kōshiki Pachi-Slot Simulator: Hihōden - Taiyō o Motomeru Monotachi'' (2013,

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) * '' Natural Doctrine'' (2014,

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(JP)/

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(US),

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) * ''Scratch Pirates'' (2014,

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, Android) * '' The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution'' (2015,

) * ''Bamon Kingdom Ω'' (2015,

, Android) * ''Dribato! -Dream Card Battle-'' (2015, Android) * ''Wonder Oracle'' (2016,

, Android) * ''World of Summoners'' (2016,

, Android) * ''Prone Position'' (2017,

) * ''Alien Egg'' (2017,

, Android) * ''Nyanko on the Island of Hoshino'' (2018

, Android) * ''Gotsuan Legend'' (2019,

) * ''There is a Strain'' (2020,

) * ''Herakles no Eikō III: Kamigami no Chinmoku'' (2020,

) * ''Daito Yoshisume City'' (2021,

, Android) * '' Windjammers 2'' (2022,

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)

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Games developed, co-developed, licensed or published by Paon DP

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