Franchises owned by Bandai Namco

This page shows all of the franchises and series owned by *Bandai Namco* as of 2017 that are referenced in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch.

## Major Franchises

These are the franchises referenced with Characters, stages, items, or assist trophies. These are considered Major and Minor franchises.

### **Pac-Man**

Bandai Namco's biggest and most famous franchise. Represented by their mascot, Pac-Man, and their very iconic villain, Blinky, they represent one of the biggest icons in gaming history, as well as being a major part in Nintendo's history. Pac-Man has been merged together with Mario multiple times, such as in the Mario Kart GX arcade series, and Pac-Man VS.. Pac-Man games have also been released on multiple consoles, as far as the NES. They also have 4 stages, 2 assist trophies, 1 item, and multiple enemies and trophies that represent it's series. It's series symbol is an depiction of Pac-Man's classic form.

### **Namco**

A franchise that represents Bandai Namco before it's merge, being known as just Namco. This franchise centers around the multitude of arcade games that released in the 1980-90's. From the most evolutionary, such as Galaxian, to the obscure, many games and elements are categorized under this franchise. In Super Smash Bros. Switch, many games are represented through items, assists, and enemies. The popular series of collaboration titles, named the Namco Museum, are also represented, having it's own stage.

### **Dig-Dug**

One of Bandai Namco's most popular franchises. This series as shown to gain a lot of love from the company, alongside Galaga, and Pac-Man. This series has garnered a spin-off, the Mr. Driller series, it's own arrangement game, and it's own unique story. The main character, Dig Dug (also known as Taizo Hori) is a playable character in the game, as well as items and multiple enemies showing in Smash Switch's game modes.

### **Digimon: Digital Monsters (V-Pet)**

A franchise that started off as a spin off of Bandai's popular Tamagatchi franchise. Ever since it's first series of V-Pet toys and it's anime in 1999, the series exploded in popularity, rivaling Pokemon at one point and becoming it's own expansive universe, with over 2000 colorful monsters. It's creatures, named Digimon, are iconic enough in their own right, and this series remains very important to Bandai Namco. It's protagonist(s), Tai and Agumon, appear as playable characters, and multiple Digimon appear as assists with their own item, the Digivice, enemies, and stage hazards. It also has a stage, Cyberspace Eden, and many trophies.

### **Tekken**

A fighting franchise that was one of the first fighting games to use 3D animation, and the best selling fighting game franchise in history. With the series spanning over several games and having 3 films, it is one of the most influential fighting games of all time. Jin Kazama is a playable fighter, who comes from this franchise. The popular boss, Ogre, also appears in the game's Story Mode, as well as the stage, Bountiful Sea.

### **Klonoa**

A series made by Bandai Namco and Klonoa Works. It stars the titular character of the series who appears as a playable character in Smash Switch. It's one of Bandai Namco's niche franchises, with a fanbase who love the series. It's currently on a hiatus, however, an animated film is apparently in the works.

### **Tales Of**

The Tales Of series is a franchise of role-playing games. Ever since the release of Tales Of Symphonia, it has been a huge and profitable franchise, characterized by it's "Linear Motion Battle System". Lloyd, a character from Tales Of Symphonia, appears as a playable fighter, as well as having 2 assist trophies in game. Later on, the character, Yuri from Tales of Vesperia was announced as a playable DLC character.