Now Production
{{Short description|Japanese video game developer}}
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{{single source|date=August 2021}}
{{Cleanup|date=March 2025|reason=Could use more information on history, definitely notable enough for that}}{{Infobox company
| name = Now Production Co., Ltd.
| logo = Now Production logo.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| native_name = 株式会社ナウプロダクション
| native_name_lang = ja
| romanized_name = Kabushiki-gaisha Nau Purodakushon
| type = Private
| industry = Video game
| founded = {{start date and age|1986|06|17}}
| founder = Yutaka Nakata
| hq_location = Chūō-ku, Osaka
| hq_location_country = Japan
| key_people = Toshiaki Awamura
| products = Video games
Mobile games
Pachinko machines
| revenue = {{yen}}75 million
| operating_income = {{yen}}2.70 billion
| income_year = 2018
| num_employees = 109{{cite web | url=https://www.nowpro.co.jp/en/company/gaiyou/ | title=Company Overview | NOW PRODUCTION CO.,LTD|development of game software, smart phone apps, Pachinko/Pachisulo LCD Unit }}
| num_employees_year = 2021
| website = {{URL|https://www.nowpro.co.jp/en/|www.nowpro.co.jp}}
| footnotes = {{cite web |title=Company Overview |url=https://www.nowpro.co.jp/en/company/gaiyou/ |website=www.nowpro.co.jp |publisher=Now Production |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716013518/https://www.nowpro.co.jp/en/company/gaiyou/ |archive-date=July 16, 2020 |location=Japan |date=November 2018}}
}}
{{nihongo foot|Now Production Co., Ltd.|株式会社ナウプロダクション|Kabushiki-gaisha Nau Purodakushon|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} (Stylized as NOWPRO) is a Japanese video game developer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Founded in 1986, it started developing various games for major Japanese companies including Namco, Hudson Soft, Capcom, Activision, Taito, Konami, Sega, and Nintendo. The company used to have a development department in East Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, but it is now closed. Now Production has also been developing and selling software applications for iPhone and iPod Touch since 2009.
History
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List of games
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=Nintendo Entertainment System=
- Metro-Cross (1986)
- Taito Grand Prix: Eikou heno License (1987)
- Spelunker II: Yūsha e no Chōsen (1987)
- Jikuu Yuuden: Debias (1987)
- Yokai Dochuki (1988)
- Wagan Land (1989)
- Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (1989)
- Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (1990)
- Yo! Noid (1990) (originally in Japan as Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru)
- Wagan Land 2 (1990)
- Adventure Island II (1991)
- Adventure Island III (1992){{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/12/standing-in-the-shadows-vol-1-now-production|title=Standing in the Shadows Vol. 1: Now Production|first=Travis|last=Fahs|date=December 12, 2008|website=IGN}}
- Ms. Pac-Man (1993)
- Master Takahashi's Adventure Island IV (1994)
=Game Boy=
- Mickey's Dangerous Chase (1991)
- Dig Dug (1992)
- Barcode Boy: Kattobi Road (1993)
- Adventure Island II: Aliens in Paradise (1993)
=Game Boy Advance=
- Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (2001)
- Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (2002)
- WTA Tour Tennis (2002)
- Gachinko Pro Yakyuu (2002)
- Goemon: New Age Shutsudō! (2002)
- Silent Scope (2002)
- Metal Max 2 Kai (2003)
- One Piece: Going Baseball (2004)
=Game Boy Color=
- Dance Dance Revolution GB (2000)
- Dance Dance Revolution GB2 (2000)
- Detanabi Pro Yakyuu (2000)
- Detanabi Pro Yakyuu 2 (2001)
- Dance Dance Revolution GB3 (2001)
- Dance Dance Revolution GB Disney Mix (2001)
- Oha Star Dance Dance Revolution GB (2001)
=Game Gear=
- Wagan Land (1991)
- Pac-Attack (1994)
=GameCube=
- Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (2003)
- Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)
- Sonic Riders (2006)
=Sega Genesis=
- Quad Challenge (1991)
- Splatterhouse 2 (1992)
- Splatterhouse 3 (1993)
- Rolling Thunder 3 (1993)
=Mobile=
=Neo Geo=
- Neo Bomberman (1997)
=Nintendo DS=
- Nazotte Oboeru Otona no Kanji Renshuu Kanzenban (2007)
- Shoho Kara wa Hajimeru Otona no Eitango Renshuu (2008)
- Unsolved Crimes (2008)
- Zero Kara Hajimeru: Otona no 5-Kokugo Nyuumon (2008)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009)
- Kodawari Saihai Simulation: Ocha no Ma Pro Yakyuu DS (2009)
- Imi Gawakaru Otona no Jukugo Renshuu: Kadokawa Ruigo Shinjiten Kara 5-Man Mon (2009)
- WireWay (2009)
- Nazotte Oboeru Otona no Kanji Renshuu Kaiteiban (2010)
- Zoobles! Spring to Life! (2011)
=Nintendo Switch=
- Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise (2020)
- Pac-Man Museum+ (2022){{Cite web |title=PAC-MAN MUSEUM+ |url=https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/pac-man/pac-man-museum |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Bandai Namco Europe |language=en}}
- Pac-Man World Re-Pac (2022){{Cite web|url=https://store.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-world-re-pac/|title=PAC-MAN WORLD Re-PAC|website=BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.}}
=PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16=
- Chew Man Fu (1990)
- Bravoman (1990)
- Dragon Saber (1991)
- Final Soldier (1991)
- Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (1991)
- Doraemon: Nobita no Dorabian Night (1991 and 1992)
- Samurai Ghost (1992)
- New Adventure Island (1992)
- Power Tennis (1993)
=PlayStation=
- Namco Museum Vol. 1 (1995)
- Namco Museum Vol. 3 (1996)
- Digical League (1997)
- Smash Court 2 (1998)
- Block Kuzushi (1999)
- Dragon Valor (1999)
- Extreme Go-Kart Racing (2000)
- Rescue Shot (2000)
- Ganbare Goemon: Oedo Daikaiten (2001)
- Goemon: Shin Sedai Shūmei! (2001)
- Big League Slugger Baseball (2003)
=PlayStation 2=
- Ninja Assault (2002)
- Surfing Air Show with Rat Boy (2002)
- Gachinko Pro Yakyuu (2003)
- Katamari Damacy (2004)
- Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 (2004)
- Demon Chaos (2005)
- We Love Katamari (2005)
- Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse (2005)
- Sonic Riders (2006)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009)
=PlayStation 3=
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009)
=PlayStation Portable=
- Higanjima (2005)
- PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient (2005)
- PQ2: Practical Intelligence Quotient 2 (2006)
- Undead Knights (2009)
=Super Nintendo Entertainment System=
- Super Power League (1993)
- King of the Monsters 2 (1993)
- Miracle Girls (1993)
- Super Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium 2 (1994)
- Super Power League 2 (1994)
- Super Power League 3 (1995)
- Supapoon (1995)
- Supapoon DX (1996)
- Super Power League 4 (1996)
=Wii=
- Mario Super Sluggers (2008)
- Little League World Series Baseball 2008 (2008)
- Little League World Series Baseball 2009 (2009)
- The Munchables (2009)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009)
- Transformers: Prime – The Game (2012)
=Xbox=
- Sonic Riders (2006)
=Xbox 360=
- Beautiful Katamari (2007)
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers (2009)
=Mobile=
- ''Godzilla Battle Line (2021)
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