Takeru, also known as Sur Dé Wave, was a Japanese

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. The announcement of the name ''Sur Dé Wave'' appeared in the 1991-05 issue of micomBASIC magazine.

History

Takeru published ''

Cocoron is a 1991 video game developed by K2 and published by Takeru for the Famicom. A version for the PC Engine was announced, but was not released. Gameplay ''Cocoron'' is a side-scrolling action game. It features full character customization, al ...

'', developed by K2 in 1991. The game was directed by

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, who had previously directed Mega Man 1 and 2. Takeru developed '' Little Samson'', which was published by

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. Takeru's 1991 adventure game '' Nostalgia 1907'' sold poorly, and financially hurt the company. A port of ''Cocoron'' to the

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, titled ''PC Cocoron'' was announced, however, it was unreleased. As ''Sur dé Wave'' they also released a Game Boy car adapter power cable
/ref> and a game controller by the name of ''Mega Blaster''.

References

{{Reflist Video game companies of Japan