Flagship (company)

Template:Short description Template:About {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | headquarters | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | subsidiaries | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }}Template:Nihongo was an independent Japanese video game developer funded by Capcom, Nintendo, and Sega located in Chūō-ku, Osaka Japan that was founded by game designer Yoshiki Okamoto. Flagship had often created scenarios for new and existing products, and has developed for Nintendo several times on the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Their final video game was Kirby: Squeak Squad for the Nintendo DS.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History

Flagship was founded by Yoshiki Okamoto<ref name=EGM100>Template:Cite magazine</ref> on April 24, 1997.Template:Citation needed Funds and personnel for the startup were provided by Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo.<ref name=EGM100/> The developer's first project was a series of episodic, Sega Saturn-exclusive RPGs,<ref name=EGM100/> but it was never released.

In May 2007, Capcom announced that Flagship would cease to exist from June 1, 2007, and their employees merged into Capcom's main studio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Quoting GameSpot's news on the dissolution of Flagship Studios "According to a Capcom spokesperson, while the Flagship name is getting the axe, its employees won't be. Noting that the only thing to change will be the company name on their business cards, the spokesperson said all Flagship staffers are expected to continue working at the publisher in the same capacities".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Games

Year	Title	Platform(s)	Publisher	Notes
1998	Resident Evil 2	PS1	Capcom
2000	Resident Evil – Code: Veronica	Dreamcast	Capcom/Eidos
	Resident Evil Survivor	PS1
	Dino Crisis 2	PS1	Capcom/Virgin
2001	Onimusha: Warlords	PS2	Capcom
	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages	GBC	Nintendo
	Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain no Teiou	Dreamcast	Capcom
2002	Resident Evil Zero	GameCube
	Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	PS2
	The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords	GBA	Nintendo	Ported to GBA
	Clock Tower 3	PS2	Capcom
2003	Resident Evil: Dead Aim
	Dino Crisis 3	Xbox
2004	Onimusha 3: Demon Siege	PS2
	The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap	GBA	Nintendo	Co-developed with Capcom
	Kirby & the Amazing Mirror	GBA		Co-developed with HAL Laboratory and Dimps
2005	Resident Evil 4	GameCube	Capcom	Two unused drafts
	Beck: The Game	PS2	Marvelous Entertainment	Co-developed with Sun-Tec
2006	Kirby: Squeak Squad	DS	Nintendo	Co-developed with HAL Laboratory and Natsume

Drama albums

• BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.1
• BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.2
• BIO HAZARD DRAMA ALBUM ~Fate of Raccoon City~ Vol.3
• BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Sherry, the Little Runaway~
• BIOHAZARD 2 DRAMA ALBUM ~Ada, the Female Spy, is Alive~

Novels

• BIO HAZARD The Phantom Beast of the North Sea