List of fighting game companies

This article is list of developers and publishers that produce fighting games.

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*8ing/Raizing along with Q Entertainment developed "Battle Stadium D.O.N" for the PS2 and GCN (featuring characters from "Shōnen Jump" franchises "Dragon Ball Z", "One Piece", and "Naruto"). They are also responsible for the PSP-exclusive series based on "Bleach", "".

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*ADK created Neo Geo fighting games "Aggressors of Dark Kombat", "Ninja Master's", and the "World Heroes" series.
*"Angel" developed many games in the "Sailor Moon" video game series. Half of them were 2D fighting games made for the SNES and Playstation.
*Arc System Works are responsible for the "Guilty Gear" series, renowned for its strange character designs and unique gameplay. Their games also feature 2D graphics of higher resolution than found in most fighting games. Arc also developed "Fist of the North Star", a 2005 2D arcade fighting game based on the "Fist of the North Star" anime/manga series.
*Atari developed "Fight for Life" exclusively for their final (short-lived) home console, the Atari Jaguar, and "Primal Rage" as an answer to the "Mortal Kombat" series, as well as [http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10073 Tenth Degree] , as an answer to Tekken. Atari is also the U.S. publisher for most of the "Budokai" fighting game series (developed by Dimps in Japan), and the "Budokai Tenkaichi" series (developed by Spike in Japan).

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*Bandai developed and published the ' fighting game series and ' for the SNES, and developed ' for the PSX. Bandai also developed and published the only DBZ game for the Sega Genesis, '.

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*Capcom is best known for the "Street Fighter" series, whose largely innovative second incarnation ("Street Fighter II" in 1991) virtually invented the modern fighting game. They have since released a plethora of sequels, spin-offs, remakes, movie tie-ins and other fighting games (often with the same six-button layout). They are also the creators of the "Darkstalkers" series and beat 'em up games like the "Final Fight" series. Their most recent significant contributions to the genre are "Capcom vs. SNK 2" and "Marvel vs. Capcom 2". Capcom is also the creator of "Onimusha Blade Warriors", building upon the "Onimusha" series.
*Contrail is the developer of the hybrid fighting/role-playing game, "Legend of Legaia", for the PSX. The sequel, "", was developed by Prokion.
*CyberConnect2 developed the "" series, exclusive to the PS2 and PSP. Namco Bandai is the publisher for the series.

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*Data East created "Fighter's History", which is notorious for being the game that caused Capcom to sue Data East in court (and lose) because of the game's similarities to "Street Fighter II".
*Dimps is the developer of the "Rumble Fish" series, noted for its distinct 2D graphics. Dimps is also the creator of "", a 2D Fighter/RPG/rhythm based game hybrid exclusive to the Nintendo DS. Dimps also produced the DragonBall Z Budokai series
*DreamFactory developed or co-developed the "Tobal" games, ', ', and "The Bouncer".

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*Examu (formerly Yuki Enterprise) developed "Samurai Shodown V", "Samurai Shodown V Special" (noted for its violence), and "Arcana Heart" (noted for its all-female cast).

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*Fill-in-Cafe developed the "Asuka 120%" series for the Japanese computer FM Towns (and later appeared on the Sega Saturn and PSX). They are all published by Family Soft.
*Fuuki developed the "Asura" series, with installments ' and '.

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*Ganbarion is the developer of "Jump Super Stars" and "Jump Ultimate Stars" for the Nintendo DS, as well as "One Piece Grand Battle! Rush!", "One Piece Grand Adventure" and "".

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*Hudson Soft is one of the co-developers (along with 8ing/Raizing) and the publisher for the "Bloody Roar" series. They also co-developed "DreamMix TV World Fighters", a crossover fighting game starring characters from Hudson, Takara (now known as Takara Tomy), and Konami game franchises.

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*International Games System (or IGS) is a Taiwan-based company that has made its own 2D fighting games: "Spectral vs. Generation" (featuring characters from Idea Factory games), "Alien Challenge", "The Killing Blade" and "Martial Masters".

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*Konami created "Martial Champion" as an answer to "Street Fighter II", and "Dragoon Might" as an answer to Samurai Shodown. Later on, Konami made the 3D games "" (for the PSX) and "Deadly Arts" (for the N64).

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*LucasArts, best known for their adventure game offerings and "Star Wars" video games, developed its only 3D weapon-based fighting game, "", for the PSX.

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*Midway sparked an incredible amount of controversy in 1992's "Mortal Kombat", a 2D fighter with digitized sprites and cartoonish gore. Like "Street Fighter II" had spawned a multitude of imitations, other companies released similarly gory offerings, though they did not do as well. The more recent games in the series ("Mortal Kombat 4", ', and ') are in 3D. Midway also manufactured the arcade cabinets for the "Killer Instinct" series.

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*Namco created the "Tekken" series and the "Soul", arguably the most popular 3D fighting games.
*Natsume Co., Ltd. published the N64-exclusive fighting/role-playing game "Flying Dragon", which was developed by Culture Brain.
*Nintendo has published games like the "Super Smash Bros." series (developed by HAL Laboratory) and "Killer Instinct" series (developed by Rareware). Nintendo's first fighting game was "Urban Champion"; the second was the Japan-only Famicom title, "Joy Mech Fight".
*Noise Factory is the developer of 2D fighting games such as "Rage of the Dragons" and "Power Instinct Matrimelee" (part of the "Power Instinct" fighting game series originally developed by Atlus).

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*Ocean Software published the N64-exclusive 3D fighting game series, "Fighters Destiny" which was developed by Imagineer. SouthPeak Interactive published the sequel, "Fighter Destiny 2" (intentionally named differently).

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*Q Entertainment developed "Battle Stadium D.O.N" in collaboration with 8ing/Raizing for the PS2 and GCN systems.

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*Rareware is the developer responsible for the combo-intense "Killer Instinct" series, composed of "Killer Instinct", "Killer Instinct 2", and "Killer Instinct Gold", an update to "Killer Instinct 2". The entire series was published by Nintendo.

*Sega's AM2 team are the developers of the 3D "Virtua Fighter" series ("Virtua Fighter", in 1993, is widely regarded as the first 3D fighting game). "Fighting Vipers" was a similar game by AM2 with a glam rock theme, but did poorly in the U.S. and Europe. "Virtual On" also did very poorly in U.S. sales. Sega also created "Eternal Champions". Sega also developed various fighting games based on the popular "Bleach" series for Nintendo consoles.
*SNK were the makers of the long-running "King of Fighters" series for the Neo Geo consoles and arcade machines they manufactured. They also produced the "Samurai Shodown", "Fatal Fury", and "Last Blade" series starting in the early 1990s; many other companies followed suit in producing fighting games for the Neo Geo.
*Squaresoft (now Square-Enix) published the PSX-exclusive samurai-based "Bushido Blade" series, developed by Light Weight. The two games in the series play much more realistically than other weapon-based fighting games, and do not feature meters of any kind.
*Sunsoft created "Galaxy Fight" and "Waku Waku 7" for the Neo Geo.

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*Taito Corporation created the "Psychic Force" series. "Psychic Force" and "Psychic Force 2012" are the only installments. The games can be considered precursors to the "Dragon Ball Z Budokai" games. Taito also developed the 3D games Fighter's Impact, and its sequel Fighter's Impact A.
*Tamsoft created the "Battle Arena Toshinden" series.
*Technos made the popular "Double Dragon" series, which included one fighting game for the Neo Geo, titled "Double Dragon".
*Tecmo's division Team Ninja has developed every instance of the "Dead or Alive" series. The creation of the "Dead or Alive" franchise most likely saved Tecmo from both financial and business collapse.
*Tomy, along with 8ing/Raizing, are co-developers of the "" series.
*Treasure Co. Ltd. is the sole developer of ' and ' for the Nintendo DS.
*Type-Moon created (along with French-Bread) the dōjin soft 2D fighter "Melty Blood". Its general success (including arcade and PS2 versions) made Type-Moon less of a dōjin soft organization and more of a company.

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*Visco Games' "Breakers Revenge" became Visco's fighting game franchise for the Neo Geo MVS.

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