Paon DP: History and Key Facts

Paon DP Co., Ltd. (株式会社パオン・ディーピー) is a Japanese video game developer. 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 Nintendo, Paon developed DK: King of Swing, Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast and DK: Jungle Climber. Paon was also involved in development of 2000 SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color fighting game titles, SNK Gals' Fighters as composer and sound work team, as well as composer to some other Neo Geo Pocket Color titles.

When the company Data East went bankrupt, Paon Corporation bought the rights to some of their games, including Karnov, Chelnov and Windjammers, as well as the Glory of Heracles and Kuuga series, all of which are now owned by Paon DP. Paon developed Glory of Heracles in 2008, the sixth title of the Glory of Heracles series, which was published by Nintendo. The rights to that game are split between Paon and Nintendo with the latter owning the trademark as well.

In 2010, the company entered into the business of mobile game development.

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